Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig

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Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig
Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig as a SS-Oberführer
Nickname(s)	Schnellchen (Speedy)
Born	1 September 1899 Wissek, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire now Wysoka, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Died	20 October 1946(1946-10-20) (aged 47) Neuengamme internment camp near Hamburg, Allied-occupied Germany
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1917–1945
Rank	SS-Gruppenführer Generalleutnant
Unit	13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Iron Cross I Class

Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig (1 September 1899 – 20 October 1946) was a German Army Oberst (Colonel) who transferred to the Waffen-SS during World War II and commanded the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) in 1943–1944, and the IX Waffen Mountain Corps of the SS (Croatian) in 1944–1945, reaching the rank of Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen SS. He returned to the Wehrmacht in January 1945 and was appointed as a Generalleutnant to command a corps within Army Group H in northern Germany. Faced with the prospect of being extradited to Yugoslavia to stand trial for war crimes, Sauberzweig committed suicide in Allied captivity in 1946.