was listed as a contributor. On 1 May 1982, Wenck died while on a trip to Austria, when his car collided with a tree. He was buried in his hometown of Bad Rothenfelde in Lower Saxony a few days later. Awards Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (13 September 1939) & 1st Class (4 October 1939) German Cross in Gold (26 January 1942) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 December 1942 as Oberst and chief of the general staff of the Armeegruppe Hollidt. See also Battle of Halbe – 1945 Hans Krebs, Chief of Staff Helmuth Weidling, Commander of the Berlin Defense Area Gotthard Heinrici, Commander of Army Group Vistula References Citations Bibliography External links 1900 births 1982 deaths People from Wittenberg People from the Province of Saxony Generals of Panzer Troops Recipients of the Gold German Cross Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 20th-century Freikorps personnel German Army personnel of World War I German Army generals of World War II Road incident deaths in Germany Reichswehr personnel Recipients of the Order of the Star of Romania Military personnel from Saxony-Anhalt German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United States