# Max Pfeffer

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**Max Pfeffer** (7 June 1883 – 31 December 1955) was a general in the [Wehrmacht](/source/Wehrmacht) of [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II) who commanded the IV Army Corps. He was a recipient of the [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross).

Pfeffer surrendered to the Soviet forces at the conclusion of the [Battle of Stalingrad](/source/Battle_of_Stalingrad) in 1943. Convicted as a [war criminal](/source/War_criminal) in the Soviet Union, he died in captivity in 1955.

## Awards and decorations

- [Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross](/source/Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross) on 4 December 1941 as *[Generalleutnant](/source/Generalleutnant)* and commander of 297. Infanterie-Division[1]

## References

### Citations

1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 275.

### Bibliography

- 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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