Alexander Andrae

Alexander Andrae , whose first name is often mistakenly given as Waldemar, was a German military officer from Ksling, Upper Silesia. Initially pursuing an Army career, he then joined the security police and eventually the Luftwaffe. During the World War II he was appointed military governor of the Greek island of Crete. After the war, he was tried and imprisoned for war crimes committed there under his command.

Andrae was born in 1888 and joined the army in 1906. During World War I, he served with the 56th FieldArtilleryBrigade, in the Staffs of the 2nd Army, the 25th Infantry Division, the 9th Landwehr Division and the XVI Army Corps.

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