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Krauth, Heinrich 'Heiner' (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
March 9th, 1913 (Karlsruhe, Germany)
Date of death:
August 21st, 1943 (Kolontajev, Kharkov, Ukraine)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Kharkiv
Plot: 14. Row: 14. Grave: 2056.
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 13.310 // NSDAP-Nr.: 579.767
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

SS-Sturmbannführer Friedrich Heinrich Nikolaus Krauth

00.00.1936: SS-T.V. "Brandenburg"
00.00.1937: SS-Ustuf, 1. SS-T.V. Standate "Oberbayern"
00.00.1938: SS-Ostuf, 1. SS-T.V. Standarte "Oberbayern"
15.01.1939-07.01.1940: SS-Ostuf, Kompanieführer, 11. Kompanie, 1. SS-Totenkopf-Standarte "Oberbayern"
07.01.1940-27.04.1941: SS-Hstuf, Chef, 11. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 1 (mot.), SS-Totenkopf-Division (mot.)
27.04.1941: SS-Hstuf, Chef, 15. Kompanie, SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 1 (mot.), SS-Totenkopf-Division (mot.)
Kdr, II. Bataillon, SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 1
21.06.1943: promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer
31.07.1943: SS-Stubaf, Kommandeur, Feld-Ersatz-Bataillon, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Totenkopf"
08.08.1943: SS-Stubaf, Kdr, SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3
21.08.1943: KIA

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit:
Chef, 15. Kompanie, SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 1, SS-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
April 29th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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