# Georg Haus

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**Georg Haus** (16 September 1895 – 16 April 1945) was a general in the [Wehrmacht](/source/Wehrmacht) of [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany) 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). Haus was killed on 16 April 1945 near [Pillau](/source/Baltiysk), [East Prussia](/source/East_Prussia) during the Soviet [Zemland Offensive](/source/Zemland_Offensive). He was posthumously promoted to [Generalleutnant](/source/Generalleutnant).

## Awards and decorations

- [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross) on 12 February 1944 as *[Oberst](/source/Oberst)* and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 55[1]

## Notes

1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 179.

## References

- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000 [1986]). *Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile* [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] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.

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