Friedrich Blümke
Friedrich Blümke (18 February 1898 – 4 September 1944) was a highly decorated general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Friedrich Blümke was wounded in August 1944 and was captured by Soviet troops in September. He died on 4 September 1944 in a Soviet prisoner of war camp near Odesa. Awards and decorations 
 Iron Cross (1914) 1st and 2nd classes
 Wound Badge (1914) – black
 Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
 Sudetenland Medal
 Iron Cross (1939)
 2nd Class (17 September 1939)
 1st Class (20 October 1939)
 Eastern Front Medal
 Crimea Shield
 Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (7 October 1943)
 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 November 1943 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 347

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1898 births
1944 deaths
People from Stargard County
Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
German Army personnel of World War I
Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
German Army generals of World War II
Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
German prisoners of war in World War II held by the Soviet Union
Military personnel from the Province of Pomerania
German people who died in Soviet detention