# Alexander Conrady

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{{short description|German Army general}}
{{for|the optical designer, academician, and author|Alexander Eugen Conrady}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name=Alexander Conrady
|birth_date={{birth date|1903|7|16|df=y}}
|death_date={{death date and age|1983|12|21|1903|7|16|df=y}}
|birth_place= [Neu-Ulm](/source/Neu-Ulm)
|death_place= 
|image=
|image_size=120px
|caption=
|nickname=
|allegiance= [Weimar Republic](/source/Weimar_Republic)<br/>[Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany)
|branch=[German Army](/source/German_Army_(1935-1945))
|service_years= 1923–1945
|rank=''[Generalmajor](/source/Generalmajor)''
|commands=''36. Infanterie-Division''
|unit=
|battles= {{tree list}}
* [World War II](/source/World_War_II)
** [Invasion of Poland](/source/Invasion_of_Poland)
** [Battle of France](/source/Battle_of_France)
** [Operation Barbarossa](/source/Operation_Barbarossa)
** [Battle of Kursk](/source/Battle_of_Kursk)
** [Operation Bagration](/source/Operation_Bagration)
{{tree list/end}}
|awards=[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross_with_Oak_Leaves)
|other_work=
}}

'''Alexander Conrady''' (16 July 1903 – 21 December 1983) was a German general during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) who commanded the 36th Infantry Division.  He was a recipient of the [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross) of [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany). Conrady was taken prisoner by Soviet troops during [Operation Bagration](/source/Operation_Bagration) on the night of the 30th of June 1944 while traveling in a halftrack containing two other German Generals, General Hoffmeister and General Engel. They had originally been reported missing but it was later revealed that they were captured.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Veal |first1=Stephen Ariel |title=The collapse of the German army in the East in the summer of 1944 (Volume 1) |journal=The Collapse of the German Army in the East in the Summer of 1944 (Volume 1) |volume=1 |page=405 |url=https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5309&context=open_access_etds}}</ref> He was released in 1955.<ref>Zeidler 1996, p70.</ref>

==Awards and decorations==
* [Wehrmacht Long Service Award](/source/Wehrmacht_Long_Service_Award) 3rd Class (2 October 1936)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p93">Thomas & Wegmann 1998, p. 93.</ref>
* [Iron Cross](/source/Iron_Cross) (1939) 2nd Class (4 October 1939) & 1st Class  (2 July 1940)
* [Eastern Front Medal](/source/Eastern_Front_Medal) (16 July 1942)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p93"/>
* [Infantry Assault Badge](/source/Infantry_Assault_Badge) (23 November 1941)<ref name="Thomas & Wegmann p93"/>
* [German Cross](/source/German_Cross) in Gold on 24 December 1941 as ''[Major](/source/Major_(Germany))'' in the I./Infanterie-Regiment 118 (motorized)<ref>Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 75.</ref>
* [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross_with_Oak_Leaves)
** Knight's Cross on 17 October 1942 as ''[Oberstleutnant](/source/Oberstleutnant)'' and commander of I./Infanterie-Regiment 118<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 131.</ref>
** 279th Oak Leaves on 22 August 1943 as ''[Oberst](/source/Oberst)'' and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 118<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 62.</ref>

==References==

===Citations===
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===Bibliography===
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite book
  |last=Fellgiebel
  |first=Walther-Peer
  |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
  |year=2000
  |orig-date=1986
  |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile
  |trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches
  |language=German
  |location=Friedberg, Germany
  |publisher=Podzun-Pallas
  |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6
}}
* {{Cite book
  |last1=Patzwall
  |first1=Klaus D.
  |last2=Scherzer
  |first2=Veit
  |year=2001
  |title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II
  |trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2
  |language=German
  |location=Norderstedt, Germany
  |publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall
  |isbn=978-3-931533-45-8
}}
* {{Cite book
  |last1=Thomas
  |first1=Franz
  |last2=Wegmann
  |first2=Günter
  |year=1998
  |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 4: C–Dow
  |trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 4: C–Dow
  |language=German
  |location=Osnabrück, Germany
  |publisher=Biblio-Verlag
  |isbn=978-3-7648-2534-8
}}
* {{Cite book
  |last1=Zeidler
  |first1=Manfred
  |year=1996
  |title=Stalinjustiz contra NS-Verbrechen. Die Kriegsverbrecherprozesse gegen deutsche Kriegsgefangene in der UdSSR in den Jahren 1943 – 1952. Kenntnisstand und Forschungsprobleme. Berichte und Studien des Hannah-Arendt-Instituts für Totalitarismusforschung e.V. an der TU Dresden
  |language=German
  |location=Dresden, Germany
  |publisher=
  |isbn=3-9316-4808-7
}}

{{refend}}

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{{succession box
|before=Generalleutnant [Egon von Neindorff](/source/Egon_von_Neindorff)
|after=Generalmajor August Well
|title=Commander of [36. Infanterie-Division](/source/36th_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht))
|years=19 January 1944 – 1 July 1944
}}
{{s-end}}

{{Knight's Cross recipients of the 36th ID}}
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Category:Recipients of the Gold German Cross
Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Category:German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
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