Fritzsch died on 15 October 1997, shortly before his 77th birthday.
The "Small General" was buried in the Heidefriedhof Dresden Cemetery.
He was subsequently honored with a monument in the Rudolf Harbig Stadion, home of Dynamo Dresden, and an annual football tournament in Dresden has been organized in his memory.
Today a movie filmed  movie about his career at the SG Dynamo Dresden.
Fritzsch died on 15 October 1997, shortly before his 77th birthday. The "Small General" was buried in the Heidefriedhof Dresden Cemetery. He was subsequently honored with a monument in the Rudolf Harbig Stadion, home of Dynamo Dresden, and an annual football tournament in Dresden has been organized in his memory. Today a movie filmed  movie about his career at the SG Dynamo Dresden.
Walter Fritzsch