What is Otto Carius?
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1979-064-06, Otto Carius.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Carius in July 1944]] '''Otto Carius''' (27 May 1922 &ndash; 24 January 2015) was a [[Germans|German]] former [[Nazi]] tank commander. He destroyed over 150 foreign tanks. He received the [[Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross|Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves]]. After the war, Carius worked as a [[pharmacist]]. He also wrote books about his experiences during the war. Carius was born in [[Zweibrücken]], [[Weimar Germany]]. He died from a short illness in [[Herschweiler-Pettersheim]], Germany, aged 92.<ref>{{cite web|title=In Memoriam Otto Carius|url=http://www.tiger-apotheke.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=56|website=Tiger Apotheke – Herschweiler-Pettersheim|accessdate=24 January 2015}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commonscat-inline}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carius, Otto}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:German autobiographers]] [[Category:German military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:People from Rhineland-Palatinate]] [[Category:Pharmacists]] {{bio-stub}}