Karl-Theodor Molinari

Karl-Theodor Molinari
Born	7 February 1915 Bonn
Died	Dortmund
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945) West Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	?–1945 1956–70
Rank	Oberstleutnant (Wehrmacht) Generalmajor (Bundeswehr)
Unit	Panzer-Regiment 36
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Karl-Theodor Molinari (7 February 1915 – 11 December 1993) was an officer in the Wehrmacht and later in the Bundeswehr. He resigned in 1970 with the rank of a Generalmajor after it became public that he had possibly been involved in the shooting of 105 French resistant fighters in the Ardennes area on 12/13 June 1944. These allegations have not been proven since. Besides, Molinari was a German politician, representative of the German Christian Democratic Union in the afterwar years.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
• German Cross in Gold (3 February 1943)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 November 1944 as Major and commander of the I./Panzer-Regiment 36

See also

• List of German Christian Democratic Union politicians

External links

• Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands web site
• Der Spiegel 42/1969

Military offices
Preceded by Generalmajor Herbert Reidel	Commander of 7th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr) 1 October 1966 – 30 September 1969	Succeeded by Generalmajor Eike Middeldorf