__NOTOC__{{Infobox military person |name=Friedrich Hochbaum |birth_date=7 August 1894 |death_date={{death date and age|1955|1|28|1894|8|7|df=y}} |birth_place= Magdeburg, Province of Saxony, German Empire |death_place=Voikovo prison camp, Ivanovo, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance=German Empire<br/>Weimar Republic<br/>Nazi Germany |branch=German Army |service_years=1913–1945 |rank= ''General der Infanterie'' |commands=34th Infantry Division<br/>XVIII Army Corps |unit= |battles= {{tree list}} *World War I *World War II **Battle of France **Operation Barbarossa **Battle of Białystok–Minsk **Battle of Smolensk (1941) **Battle of Moscow **Battle of Kursk **Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive **Cherkassy Pocket **Uman–Botoşani Offensive **East Pomeranian Offensive {{tree list/end}} |awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |other_work= }}
'''Friedrich Hochbaum''' (7 August 1894 – 28 January 1955) was a German general during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Hochbaum surrendered to Soviet troops in May 1945 and died in captivity in January 1955.
==Awards and decorations== thumb|upright|Tombstone of Friedrich Hochbaum at German War Cemetery Cherntsy * Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (10 October 1914) & 1st Class (5 August 1916)<ref name="Thomas p287">Thomas 1997, p. 287.</ref> * Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (3 July 1941) & 1st Class (21 August 1941)<ref name="Thomas p287"/> * German Cross in Gold on 25 April 1942 as ''Oberst'' in Infanterie-Regiment 253<ref>Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 188.</ref> * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves ** Knight's Cross on 22 August 1943 as ''Generalleutnant'' and commander of 34. Infanterie-Division<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 189.</ref> ** Oak Leaves on 4 June 1944 as ''Generalleutnant'' and commander of 34. Infanterie-Division<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 71.</ref>
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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 |last=Thomas |first=Franz |year=1997 |title=Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K |trans-title=The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K |language=German |location=Osnabrück, Germany |publisher=Biblio-Verlag |isbn=978-3-7648-2299-6 }} {{refend}}
{{S-start}} {{S-mil}} {{Succession box |before=Generalleutnant Theodor Scherer |after=Generalleutnant Theobald Lieb |title= Commander of 34. Infanterie-Division |years=2 November 1942 – 31 May 1944 }} {{Succession box |before=General der Gebirgstruppe Karl Eglseer |after=''none'' |title= Commander of XVIII. Gebirgs-Armeekorps |years=24 June 1944 – 9 May 1945 }} {{S-end}}
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