Werner Mummert

Werner Mummert (31 March 1897 – 28 January 1950) was a general in the German Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded Panzer Division Müncheberg.

He was commissioned a reserve leutnant (lieutenant) two years later[1] and was awarded the Iron Cross, 2nd Class, a Prussian decoration.

[4] In January 1945, Mummert took command of the newly formed Panzer Division Müncheberg and was promoted to generalmajor (equivalent to the rank of brigadier general in the United States Army) on 1 February.

It was activated in March 1945 and dispatched to the Eastern Front and defended Soviet attempts to cross the Oder River.

It later fought in the Battle of Seelow Heights and had to gradually withdraw into Berlin and was engaged in fighting around the Zoobunker and the Tiergarten.