Commanding Officers
- 20th Infantry Division
- Generalleutnant Maximilian Schwandner, 1 October 1934 – 10 November 1938
- 20th Infantry Division (mot.)
- General der Infanterie Mauritz von Wiktorin, 10 November 1938 – 10 November 1940
- General der Infanterie Hans Zorn, 10 November 1940 – 12 January 1942
- Generalleutnant Erich Jaschke, 12 January 1942 – 3 January 1943
- Generalmajor Georg Jauer, 3 January 1943 – 23 July 1943
- 20th Panzergrenadier-Division
- Generalleutnant Georg Jauer, 23 July 1943 – 01 September 1944
- Oberst Dr. Walter Kühn, (i.V.) 01 Sep 1944 – September 1944
- Generalleutnant Georg Jauer, September 1944 – 1 January 1945)
- Generalmajor Georg Scholze, 1 January 1945 – 23 April 1945
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