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Hans-Heinrich Sixt von Armin
Hans-Heinrich Sixt von Armin
Born	6 November 1890; Stettin, German Empire
Died	1 April 1952 (aged 61); Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918); Weimar Republic (to 1933); Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Army (Wehrmacht)
Years of service	1909–45
Rank	Generalleutnant
Commands	95. Infanterie-Division; 113. Infanterie-Division
Battles / wars	World War I World War II Battle of Stalingrad (POW);
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Relations	Friedrich Sixt von Armin (father)

Hans-Heinrich Sixt von Armin (6 November 1890 – 1 April 1952) was a German general during World War II who commanded several divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Armin surrendered following the Battle of Stalingrad in 1943 and died in Soviet captivity on 1 April 1952. He was the son of World War I general Friedrich Sixt von Armin.

War crimes

In July 1941, Sixt von Armin had 200 Jews shot in Zhytomyr for allegedly abusing German soldiers.^[1]^[2]

Major (1 April 1929)
Oberstleutnant (1 October 1932)
Oberst (1 October 1934)
Generalmajor (1 March 1938)
Generalleutnant (1 March 1940)

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 22 September 1941 as Generalleutnant and commander of 95. Infanterie-Division^[3]

^ M. Tiedemann: 60 rechtsradikale Lügen. Goldmann Verlag, 2000
^ Hannes Heer, ed. (1995), "Stets zu erschießen sind Frauen, die in der Roten Armee diesen". Geständnisse deutscher Kriegsgefangener über ihren Einsatz an der Ostfront, Hamburg, p. 16{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 326.

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.

Military offices
Preceded by none	Commander of 95. Infanterie-Division 25 September 1939 – 10 May 1942	Succeeded by Generalleutnant Friedrich Zickwolff
Preceded by Generalleutnant Friedrich Zickwolff	Commander of 113. Infanterie-Division 10 May 1942 – 2 February 1943	Succeeded by Generalmajor Friedrich Wilhelm Pruet