Gerhard Schmidhuber
| Gerhard Schmidhuber | |
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| Born | 9 April 1894 |
| Died | 11 February 1945 (aged 50) Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch | German Army (Wehrmacht) |
| Years of service | 1914–20 1933–45 |
| Rank | Generalmajor |
| Commands held |
7th Panzer Division 13th Panzer Division |
| Battles/wars |
World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Gerhard Schmidhuber (9 April 1894 – 11 February 1945) 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 with Oak Leaves.
Schmidhuber was commanding officer of the Heer's 13th Panzer Division during World War II. When the Germans occupied Hungary in 1944, Schmidhuber was supreme commander of German army forces in that country. In that capacity, he had extensive dealings with the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg and after being threatened that he will be treated as a war criminal, prevented the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto. Schmidhuber was killed in action in the Battle of Budapest.
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