Wilhelm Oxenius
- Birth Date:
- 09.09.1912
- Death date:
- 13.08.1979
- Length of life:
- 66
- Days since birth:
- 40771
- Years since birth:
- 111
- Days since death:
- 16328
- Years since death:
- 44
- Extra names:
- Wilhelm Oxenius
- Categories:
- Officer, WWII participant
- Nationality:
- german
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Major Wilhelm Oxenius (9 September 1912 - 13 August 1979) was a German Wehrmacht officer during World War II.
He served as an aide to Colonel General Alfred Jodl during World War II as a staff officer at the Operations Directorate of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. He was also an Operations Officer for Panzergruppe West in France in June 1944.
He is notable for being a member and translator of the delegation that signed the German unconditional surrender at Reims on 7 May 1945 with Colonel General Jodl and General Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg.
He was a prisoner of war from 10 May 1945 to 3 January 1948 and died aged 66.
Source: wikipedia.org
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