Richard Lepper (1897-1943) was a German army officer who commanded artillery and led a battle group of an army corps during the Battle of Stalingrad. He received the Knight's Cross in December 1942 as a colonel, later held the rank of general, surrendered after the fall of the pocket and died in Soviet captivity on 30 March 1943.
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