Bruno Bräuer

Bruno Bräuer
Born(1893-02-04)4 February 1893
Willmannsdorf, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire now Stanisławów, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
Died20 May 1947(1947-05-20) (aged 54)
Athens, Greece
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany
BranchLuftwaffe
RankGeneral der Fallschirmtruppe
Commands"Fortress Crete"
ConflictsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Bruno Bräuer (4 February 1893 – 20 May 1947) was a general in the paratroop forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. He served as a commander on Crete (called Fortress Crete by the Germans) and then commanded the 9th Paratroop Division. After the war, he was convicted of war crimes and executed, along with Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, on the anniversary of the Axis invasion of Crete.

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