Friedrich Stephan (soldier)
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Friedrich Stephan (Danzig, 26 January 1892 – Ljubljana, 5 June 1945) was a Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II.
His mother was from the family Mengele. He served in the first world war with his uncle Stephan Mengele. He commanded the 267th Infantry Division (January 1942 – June 1943) on the Eastern Front.
Between September 1944 and February 1945 he was Kampfkommandant of the Belgrade area and led anti-partisan operations. On 29 April 1945, he became the last commander of the 104th Jäger Division. He was taken prisoner by the Yugoslav Partisans and shot on 5 June 1945 in Ljubljana, together with generals Gustav Fehn (XV Mountain Corps), Werner von Erdmannsdorff (LXXXXI Corps) and Heinz Kattner (Feldkommandant of Sarajevo).
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| Preceded by Generalmajor Karl Fischer |
Commander of 267th Infantry Division 24 January 1942 – 8 June 1943 |
Succeeded by Generalleutnant Otto Drescher |
| Preceded by Generalleutnant Hartwig von Ludwiger |
Commander of 104th Jäger Division 29 April – 8 May 1945 |
Succeeded by None |
Yugoslav World War II war crimes trials | |||||
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| December 1944 – May 1945 without trial |
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| Hungarian military and political officials Vojvodina Supreme Court |
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| German police officials (3rd trial) 9–22 December 1946 |
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| German officers (4th trial) at Belgrade 5–13 February 1947 verdict 16 February |
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| German occupation officials in Serbia (5th trial) Military Court of the Yugoslav 3rd Army at Belgrade 27 February–3 March 1947 |
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| German officers (6th trial) at Belgrade 5 April 1947 |
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| German officers held at Belgrade 22–31 October 1947 |
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