Hubert Lanz and Romanian Officers

Generalleutnant Hubert Lanz (Kommandeur 1. Gebirgs-Division) chats with Romanian officer, both the commander of a Mountain Division. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Schelm on 26 December 1942. Hubert, a World War 1 veteran, earned the Ritterkreuz on the 1st of October 1940 for his participation in the invasion of France. He also earned the Ritterkreuz mit Eichenlaub on the 23rd of December 1942. Besides these 2 awards he earned a lot more amongst other the Heeresbergführerabzeichen which can be seen on his right breast pocket. An award that was only awarded 370 times during the Third Reich period, making it much more rarer to see on a photograph then any other medal/award.

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https://www.ea-militaria.com/ritterkreuztrager-general-der-gebirgstruppe-hubert-lanz.html

Ludwig Kübler and Hubert Lanz

Press picture showing the celebration of the naming of the Mackensen-Kaserne (Mackensen barracks) in Bad Reichenhall on Sunday, 14 May 1939. On the right wearing visor cap is Generalmajor and later Ritterkreuzträger (Knight's Cross Holder) Ludwig Kübler, Kommandeur 1. Gebirgs-Division, with the Olympia Ehrenzeichen erster Klasse in wear. The picture shows him together with Oberstleutnant Hubert Lanz, also later Ritterkreuzträger, Kommandeur Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100 (part of 1. Gebirgs-Division).

 
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https://www.kometmilitaria.com/product-page/press-picture-general-k%C3%BCbler-with-olympia-ehrenzeichen-erster-klasse

Hostages Case (or Southeast Case): Sentencing of German Generals Active in Southeastern Europe

(Münich 676) War Crimes Trials - Subsequent Trial Proceedings - Hostages Trial #7, Nürnberg, Germany, February 1948. Sentencing Southeast Generals. HAS, tribunal as Judge Charles F. Wennerstrum announces that sentencing will now be imposed. First two generals - Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List and General der Pioniere Walter Kuntze - are given lifetime imprisonment. Former Generals - Generaloberst Lothar Rendulic, General der Infanterie Ernst Dehner, General der Flieger Wilhelm Speidel (Luftwaffe), General der Infanterie Ernst von Leyser, General der Flieger Hellmuth Felmy (Luftwaffe), and General der Gebirgstruppe Hubert Lanz are identified by name and sentenced; General der Infanterie Hermann Foertsch and Generalmajor der Reserve Curt Ritter von Geitner are freed.

This case is also known as the "Southeast Case" because the defendants were all German generals leading troops in southeastern Europe during the Balkans Campaign, i.e. in Greece, Albania, and Yugoslavia (and also in Norway). They were charged as responsible for taking civilians hostage and shooting them, along with partisans the German troops committed there from 1941 on, wantonly.

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn1003073