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Uckermann, Freiherr von, Walther

    Date of birth:
    March 3rd, 1904 (Zerbst/Saxony, Germany)
    Date of death:
    April 22nd, 1945
    Buried on:
    German War Graves Neuer Ev. Friedhof Eulo
    Plot: 1. Row: 1. Grave: 6.
    Nationality:
    German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

    Biography

    Walther Freiherr von Uckermann was degraded and placed in the SS-Sonderbrigade Dirlewanger, in relation with supposed relationship in the murder plot against Hitler on 20th July 1944.
    The SS-Sonderbrigade Dirlewanger became the 36.Grenadier-Division der Waffen-SS on 20th Ferbuary 1945 and fought on the Eastfront.
    Here Uckermann was killed on 22nd April 1945.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Oberst im Generalstab (Colonel to the General Staff)
    Unit:
    Ia, 291. Infanterie-Division, Heer
    Awarded on:
    January 23rd, 1944
    Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

    Sources

    • Photo 1: Frank Hänchen
    • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
      - 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

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