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| rdfs:comment | - Eduard Crasemann (5 March 1891 – 29 April 1950) was a highly decorated General der Artillerie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. General der Artillerie Crasemann was captured by British troops in the Ruhr Pocket. In 1947 he was convicted for war crimes by a British court in Padua, on a charge of complicity with the mass execution of 175 Italian civilians in the Fucecchio Marshes near Florence on 23 August 1944. Sentenced to 10 years, he spent the rest of his life in prison.
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| Title | - Commander of 26. Panzer-Division
- acting commander of 15. Panzer-Division
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| Before | - Generalmajor Gustav von Vaerst
- Oberst Dr. rer. pol. Dr. jur. Hans Boelsen
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| After | - Generalmajor Heinz von Randow
- Oberst Carl Stollbrock
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| abstract | - Eduard Crasemann (5 March 1891 – 29 April 1950) was a highly decorated General der Artillerie in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. General der Artillerie Crasemann was captured by British troops in the Ruhr Pocket. In 1947 he was convicted for war crimes by a British court in Padua, on a charge of complicity with the mass execution of 175 Italian civilians in the Fucecchio Marshes near Florence on 23 August 1944. Sentenced to 10 years, he spent the rest of his life in prison.
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