Career
Armee. The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. After Laux was promoted to Generalmajor on 1 April 1938, he took command of the 10. Division troops that were stationed in Passau.
On 18 March some of these troops reached Vienna.
In March 1939, when National Socialists and the 85. Infanterie-Regiment commemorated fallen heroes on the Passau Cathedral Square, Laux praised Adolf Hitler.
Next, his men invaded Bohemia. On April 13, Laux commemorated the Annexation of Austria in Passau.
After he became commander of the 126.
, he invaded the Soviet Union. On 29 August 1944 Paul Laux crashed during a reconnaissance flight. He died of his injuries on 2 September 1944.
(January 1940) (July 1940) Bibliography.