Erich Abraham

Erich Abraham (27 March 1895 – 7 March 1971) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany who command the 76th Infantry Division then the LXIII Corps on the Western Front during World War II.

He volunteered for military service after the outbreak of World War I and the following year was commissioned as a Leutnant der Reserve.

In 1939, he was transferred to the 266th Infantry Regiment, again commanding a battalion for a year.

He was promoted to Generalmajor on 1 June 1943, after which he led the division initially to Italy before being moved to Army Group South on the Eastern Front during the winter of 1943–44.

He continued to command the division in heavy fighting and during the withdrawal in the face of the Red Army Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive, and other than for a short time in July–August, commanded the division until October 1944.