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Goldbrunner, Jakob

Date of birth:
August 12th, 1920 (Freising/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
April 13th, 1978 (Freising/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
Unit:
Zugführer 5. / Infanterie-Regiment 19 / 7.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
September 17th, 1941
The following wartime excerpt describes why Goldbrunner received the Knight’s Cross…

“Feldwebel Jakob Goldbrunner… particularly distinguished himself by blowing up a Bolshevik armoured fortification in a display of boldness and initiative. The destruction of this enemy bulwark enabled his Grenadier-Regiment to continue its advance through the Soviet bunker line.”
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo 1: Andrew Straube
  • Photo: Ritterkreuz Sammelbilder 69
  • - 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
    - Andrew Straube via Death-Cards.com
    - Unteroffiziere des Heeres mit dem Ritterkreuz - Sammelbilder.

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