Otto Lasch (25 June 1893 in Pleß, Oberschlesien – 29 April 1971) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the LXIV Corps.

[1] He joined the Wehrmacht in 1935 and later took part in Operation Barbarossa, playing a pivotal role in capturing Riga in June 1941.

[2] He rose to the rank of General of the Infantry[3][circular reference] and functioned as Commandant of Königsberg in East Prussia from November 1944 onward.

As Fortress Commandant of Königsberg he was responsible for defending the city and maintaining order among the flood of refugees fleeing from the advancing Red Army.

As a result of his surrender Hitler sentenced him in absentia to death by hanging, and his family, in Denmark and Berlin at the time, was arrested.