Gerd-Paul von Below

Gerd-Paul Valerian Georg Heinrich von Below
Gerd-Paul von Below (on the left) in 1939
Born	30 November 1892 Strasburg, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia, German Empire
Died	8 December 1953(1953-12-08) (aged 61) Voikovo prison camp, Soviet Union
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1920) Nazi Germany
Branch	Army
Service years	1911–1920 1935–1945
Rank	Generalmajor
Conflicts	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Gerd-Paul Valerian Georg Heinrich von Below (30 November 1892 – 8 December 1953) 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. Below surrendered to the Soviet troops in May 1945 and died in captivity in 1953.

Awards and decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 February 1943 as Oberst of the Reserves and commander of the augmented Grenadier-Regiment 374

References

Bibliography

• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.