Probably not related at all, but this Wiki fact is interesting nonetheless:
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Hermann Recknagel (18 July 1892 – 23 January 1945) was a German general during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. Recknagel was shot and killed by Polish partisans on 23 January 1945 in German-occupied Poland.
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