Rettberg, Rudolf (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:: November 25th, 1916 (Bremerhaven/Bremen, Germany)
Date of death:: October 28th, 1981 (Bogotá, Colombia)
Service number:: SS-Nr.: 164.586 // NSDAP-Nr.: 4.137.211
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Career:
00.04.1935: SS-Mann, 9. Sturm, SS-Standarte "Germania"
00.01.1943: SS-Hstuf., SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 1, 8. SS-Kavallerie-Division 'Florian Geyer'
22.04.1943: transferred to the newly created 9. SS-Panzer-Division 'Hohenstaufen'
00.07.1944: SS-Hstuf., Chef, 5. Schwadron, SS-Panzer-Regiment 9, 9. SS-Panzer-Division 'Hohenstaufen'
00.04.1945: SS-Stubaf, Kdr., II. Abteilung, SS-Panzer-Regiment 9, 9. SS-Panzer-Division 'Hohenstaufen'

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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit:: Chef, 5. Schwadron, SS-Panzer-Regiment 9, 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"
Awarded on:: August 19th, 1944

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)
Unit:: Kommandeur, II. Abteilung, SS-Panzer-Regiment 9, 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"
Awarded on:: May 6th, 1945

Unofficial award.

Sources

Photo 1:
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- Tieke, W., In the firestorm of the last years of the war – II SS.–Panzerkorps with the 9. and 10. SS–Divisions "Hohenstaufen" and "Frundsberg", J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc., Winnipeg, Canada, 1999
- das-Ritterkreuz.de