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Radtke, Kurt Werner

Date of birth:
February 19th, 1906 (Heinrichswalde, Eastern Prussia)
Date of death:
February 1st, 1943 (Stalingrad, Russia)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Rossoshki
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German

Biography

22.01.1943: reported MIA in Stalingrad pocket as Oberstleutnant i.G. und Ia der 44.Inf.-Division (Hoch- und Deutschmeister)
Oberstleutnant i. G. Kurt Werner Radtke probably died in an attempt to break out of the Stalingrad "pocket". Last seen in Stalingrad

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (Lieutenant-colonel to the General Staff)
Unit:
Ia, 44. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
January 25th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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