(1886-09-06)6 September 1886 Steinbach-Hallenberg, Thuringia, German Empire
Died
20 December 1976(1976-12-20) (aged 90) Bad Emstal, Hesse, West Germany
Allegiance
German Empire
Weimar Republic
Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Army
Years of service
1906–45
Rank
General of the Infantry
Commands held
XXIX Army Corps
LXXXVI Army Corps
Battles/wars
World War II
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Hans von Obstfelder (6 September 1886 – 20 December 1976) was a German general (General of the Infantry) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.
In September 1941, during Operation Babarossa, the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, Obstfelder commanded the 29th Army Corps, which was among the first units of the Wehrmacht to reach Kyiv.[1] In October 2021, against the background of official commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the Babi Yar Massacre, Obstfelder's name appeared among the 161 names of the perpetrators of that crime, released by the Babi Year Holocaust Memorial Center.[2] Obstfelder was never tried for his involvement in the Babi Yar massacre.[3]
^"BASIC HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF THE BABI YAR HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER" (PDF). Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Center. October 2018. p. 66.
^"80 years on: The true faces of the Babyn Yar Murders are being revealed". BYHMC. October 2021.
^"BASIC HISTORICAL NARRATIVE OF THE BABI YAR HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL CENTER" (PDF). Babi Yar Holocaust Memorial Center. October 2018. p. 87.
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