# Alfred Hemmann

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{{Infobox military person
 | name          = Alfred Hemmann
 | birth_date    = 13 October 1895
 | death_date    = {{death date and age|1957|9|26|1895|10|13|df=y}}
 | birth_place   = 
 | death_place   = 
 | image         = 
 | caption       = 
 | nickname      = 
 | allegiance    = {{flag|German Empire}}<br />{{flag|Weimar Republic}}<br />{{flag|Nazi Germany}}
 | branch        = [Army](/source/German_Army_(Wehrmacht))
 | service_years = 1914–1919<br />1935–1945
 | rank          = ''[Generalleutnant](/source/Generalleutnant)''
 | commands      = [263rd Infantry Division](/source/263rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht))
 | unit          = 
 | battles       = <!---  [World War I](/source/World_War_I)
---- --->
[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)
* [Siege of Leningrad](/source/Siege_of_Leningrad)
* [Riga Offensive (1944)](/source/Riga_Offensive_(1944))--->
 | awards        = [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross)
 | other_work    = 
}}

'''Alfred Hemmann''' (13 October 1895 – 26 September 1957) was a German general in the [Wehrmacht](/source/Wehrmacht) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). He was a recipient of the [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross) of [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany). Hemmann surrendered to Soviet forces in May 1945 in the [Courland Pocket](/source/Courland_Pocket); he was released in 1955.

==Awards and decorations==
<!---  * [Iron Cross](/source/Iron_Cross) (1914) & 2nd Class
* [Iron Cross](/source/Iron_Cross) (1939) 2nd Class & 1st Class ---->
* [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross) on 21 August 1941 as ''[Oberstleutnant](/source/Oberstleutnant)'' and commander of Infanterie-Regiment 426{{sfn|Fellgiebel|2000|p=183}}

==References==
===Citations===
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===Bibliography===
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*{{Cite book| 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
 | last = Fellgiebel | first = Walther-Peer | year = 2000
 | author-link = Walther-Peer Fellgiebel
 | orig-year = First published 1986
 | publisher = Podzun-Pallas | location = Friedberg, Germany
 | language = de
 | isbn = 978-3-7909-0284-6
}}
{{refend}}

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 | before=Generalmajor [Rudolf Sieckenius](/source/Rudolf_Sieckenius)
 | after=None
 | title=Commander of [263rd Infantry Division](/source/263rd_Infantry_Division_(Wehrmacht))
 | years=September 1944 – 9 May 1945
}}
{{s-end}}

{{Knight's Cross recipients of the 126th ID}}
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Category:1895 births
Category:1957 deaths
Category:German Army personnel of World War I
Category:German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
Category:Lieutenant generals of the German Army (1935–1945)
Category:People from Gliwice
Category:Military personnel from the Province of Silesia
Category:Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 2nd class
Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

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