__NOTOC__{{more citations needed|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox military person |name=Karl Kriebel |birth_date=26 February 1888 |death_date={{death date and age|1961|11|28|1888|2|26|df=y}} |birth_place= Metz, Alsace-Lorraine |death_place=Sparenberg, Germany |image= Generalmajor Karl Kriebel.jpg |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flag|German Empire}} (to 1918)<br/>{{flag|Weimar Republic}} (to 1933)<br/>{{flag|Nazi Germany}} |branch=Army (Wehrmacht) |service_years= 1907–1945 |rank=General of the Infantry |commands=56 Infantry Division<br/>46th Infantry Division |unit= |battles= World War I ---- World War II *Invasion of Poland *Battle of Belgium *Battle of France *Invasion of Yugoslavia *Operation Barbarossa *Crimean Campaign (1941–1942) |awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |other_work= }}
'''Karl Kriebel''' (26 February 1888 – 28 November 1961) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
At the beginning of World War II, Kriebel was appointed commander of 56th Infantry Division. Later, he commanded several other divisions. He also served as a deputy member on the "Court of Military Honour," a drumhead court-martial that expelled many of the officers involved in the 20 July Plot from the Army before handing them over to the People's Court.
==Awards and decorations== <!---- * Iron Cross (1914) ** 2nd Class ** 1st Class * Iron Cross (1939) ** 2nd Class ** 1st Class-----> * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 4 July 1940 as ''Generalmajor'' and commander of 56. Infanterie-Division<ref>Fellgiebel 2000, p. 225.</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 }} {{refend}}
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