Todt, Fritz
- Date of birth:
- September 4th, 1891 (Pforzheim/Baden, German Empire)
- Date of death:
- February 8th, 1942 (Rastenburg/East Prussia, Germany)
- Buried on:
- Invalidenfriedhof
Plot: C. - Nationality:
- German
Biography
Fritz Todt became a member of the NSDAP in 1933 and was the Generalinspekteur für das deutsche Straßenwesen from July 5th 1933. In May 1938 he became the Leiter der Organisation Todt and on March 17th 1940 he became the Reichsminister für Bewaffnung und Munition. Fritz Todt was killed in a plane crash on February 8th 1942.
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Ritter des Königlicher Preussischer Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1934
- Awarded on:
- 1936
- Awarded on:
- December 13th, 1937
- Awarded on:
- January 30th, 1939
Order of St. Sava 1st Class
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 22nd, 1939
Danziger Kreuz I.Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 24th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 23rd, 1939
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Cavaliere della Croce Grande
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Reichsminister für Bewaffnung und Munition
- Unit:
- Reichsministerium für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion
- Awarded on:
- April 20th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Reichsminister für Bewaffnung und Munition
- Unit:
- Reichsministerium für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion
- Awarded on:
- April 20th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Reichsminister für Bewaffnung und Munition
- Unit:
- Reichsministerium für Rüstung und Kriegsproduktion
- Awarded on:
- February 12th, 1942
1st Award: Awarded Posthumous
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
IV. Klasse des Militärverdienstordens
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Tsarski Orden "Sv. Aleksandar" I stepen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Storkors af Dannebrog
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Ordinul Steaua Romaniei Grand Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: STIWOT
- - Lumsden R., Medals and Decorations of Hitler's Germany, Airlife, Shrewsbury, 2001
- Thies A., 25. Auktion, Auktionshaus Andreas Thies, Sammlungsgegenstände des 20. Jahrhunderts , Russische Orden und Ehrenzeichen, Militaria, Historische Sammlungsgegenstände, Orden und Ehrenzeichen, 10. Dezember 2004
- Ordenskissen Dr. Fritz Todt
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