Max Heinrich Sachsenheimer (5 December 1909 – 2 June 1973) was a German general in the
Wehrmacht during
World War II who commanded the
17th Infantry Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of
Nazi Germany. On the 5th or 6th of February, 1945, as part of the
Vistula-Oder offensive in
Dyhernfurth, he had made it possible for a commando operation to evacuate and destroy a special factory, which was probably a
Tabun production plant for the Anorgana company.
Awards
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 May 1940) & 1st Class (15 June 1940)[1]
German Cross in Gold on 3 February 1943 as Major in the II./Jäger-Regiment 75[2]
Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall.
ISBN978-3-931533-45-8.
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.
ISBN978-3-938845-17-2.
Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag.
ISBN978-3-7648-2300-9.