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Walden, Bruno

Date of birth:
December 14th, 1911 (Rogonnen-Treuburg/Eastern-Prussia, Germany)
Date of death:
1946
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Bruno Walden / Borek is supposed to have been shot to death when trying to ecape form a Soviet POW- camp.

Promotions:
?: Oberleutnant der Schützenpolizei;
?: Hauptmann der Schützenpolizei;
?: Major der Schützenpolizei.

Career:
1931: Polizei;
1935: Wehrdienst;
1939: Kommandeur, Reserve-Polizei-Bataillon 22;
May 1940: OO, Stab, SS-Polizei-Division;
June 1940: I. Bataillon, SS-Polizei-Regiment 2;
October 1941: Adjutant, SS-Polizei-Bataillon11;
November 1943: Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2;
1944: Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 2;
1945: Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann der Schützpolizei (Captain)
Unit:
Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 2, 4. SS-Polizei-Division, Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
November 8th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major der Schützpolizei (Major)
Unit:
Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2, 4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division, Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
January 18th, 1945
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo 1: Source known to STIWOT
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945

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