Max Lemke

Max Lemke
Max Lemke
Born	7 April 1895
Died	29 May 1985 (aged 90)
Allegiance	German Empire; Nazi Germany
Branch	German Army
Years of service	1914–1918; 1935–1945
Rank	Generalmajor
Commands	7th Panzer Division; Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring
Battles / wars	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; Operation Bagration; Bobruysk Offensive; Courland Pocket; East Prussian Offensive; Battle of the Oder-Neisse; Battle of Bautzen (1945); ;
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Max Lemke (7 April 1895 – 29 May 1985) was a German Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II, the last commander of the Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1 „Hermann Göring“ and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. He was a POW from 12 May 1945 until 18 June 1945. After the war he was an active member of the "Ordensgemeinschaft der Ritterkreuzträger" (Association of Knight's Cross Recipients).