Arno Jahr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German General and Knight's Cross recipients
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Place of Birth: Prittitz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
About Arno Jahr
- Arno Jahr (3 December 1890 – 21 January 1943) 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.
- He was an officer in the first World War.
- After 1918 he was a police officer.
- In 1935 he was transferred to the Wehrmacht.
- In 1937 he was promoted to colonel.Jahr committed suicide on 21 January 1943 when his unit was being overrun as part of the encirclement during the Battle of Stalingrad.
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