Wilhelm_Oxenius

Wilhelm Oxenius

Wilhelm Oxenius

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Major Wilhelm Oxenius (9 September 1912 – 13 August 1979) was a German Wehrmacht officer during World War II.

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Oxenius 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.

Oxenius 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.[1]

He was a prisoner of war from 10 May 1945 to 3 January 1948 and died aged 66.

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    Peter Antill (2005). Berlin 1945: End of the Thousand Year Reich, Page 86. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-915-0.


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