Hans Traut, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hans Traut

German General and Knight's Cross recipients

Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1895

Place of Birth: Sarreguemines, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 09-Dec-1974

Profession: military officer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Hans Traut (25 January 1895 – 9 December 1974) was a German general during World War II.
He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Traut surrendered to the Red Army troops in the course of the Soviet 1944 Vitebsk–Orsha Offensive.
In 1947 he was convicted as a war criminal in the Soviet Union and sentenced to 25 years of forced labor.
Traut was released in 1955.