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Schwarzer, Otto (Infanterie-Regiment 187)

Date of birth:
September 18th, 1906 (Deutsch-Jamke/Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:
May 13th, 1976 (Hannover/Lowersaxony, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Otto Schwarzer reached the rank of Oberstleutnant.

00.00.1927: Wachtmeister der Schutzpolizei, 3. Polizeibereitschaft, Breslau
00.00.1935: Oberfeldwebel, Infanterie-Regiment 173, 87. Infanteriedivision
02.01.1940: promoted to Oberleutnant, Infanterieregiment 187, 87. Infanteriedivision
Campaign in France
01.02.1942: promoted to Hauptmann and Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 187
Fightings in Rshew, Newel and Witebsk
01.07.1943: promoted to Major, Grenadier-Regiment 5, 14. Infanteriedivision
01.12.1944: promoted to Oberstleutnant, Kdr, Grenadier-Regiments 376, 225. Infanteriedivision

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 187, 87. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
October 6th, 1942
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 187, 87. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
May 18th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:
Grenadier-Regiment 333, 225. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
February 25th, 1945
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
August 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
June 11th, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 26th, 1943
Nahkampfspange in Bronze

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