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Dengler, Dr.phil. Gerhard (Art.Reg. (mot) 3)

Date of birth:
May 29th, 1914 (Reinhausen, Province of Hanover, Germany)
Date of death:
January 3rd, 2007 (Hennigsdorf)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

00.00.1934-00.00.1939: studied journalism in Berlin and then in Munich
00.00.1935-00.00.1937: Artillerie-Regiment 3, Frankfurt / Oder
01.05.1937: entered the NSDAP and the SA
00.00.1939: doctorate in journalism
00.09.1939: campaign in Poland with Artillerie-Regiment 3
00.05.1940: campaign in France with Artillerie-Regiment 3
00.06.1940: Standortältester in Autun, France
00.06.1941: Barbarossa
00.00.1942-00.01.1943: engaged at Stalingrad
00.01.1943: Hauptmann, Art.Reg.3, surrendered in the Stalingrad pocket
00.02.1943: soviet POW, member of the Nationalkomitee Freies Deutschland, or NKFD

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Chef, 5. Batterie, Artillerie-Regiment (mot) 3, 3. Infanterie-Division (mot.)
Awarded on:
January 25th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
After War Period (1945-now)
Awarded on:
1961
Vaterländischer Verdienstorden Bronze (III. Stufe)
Period:
After War Period (1945-now)
Awarded on:
1964
Vaterländischer Verdienstorden Silber (II. Stufe)
Period:
After War Period (1945-now)
Awarded on:
1989

Sources

  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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