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Zimmer, Karl (Grenadier-Regiment 105)

Date of birth:
April 9th, 1913 (Bauerschwend-Schwalmtal/Hesse, Germany)
Date of death:
April 21st, 2002 (Niedergirmes/Hesse, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel
Unit:
8. / Infanterie-Regiment 105
Awarded on:
February 21st, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
stellvertretender Führer II. / Grenadier-Regiment 105
Awarded on:
February 18th, 1945
Karl Zimmer was awarded the Knight's Cross for actions at Schmerinka, Soviet Union, for leading his Kompanie in house-to-house fighting that re-took a Russian position.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo 1: Willi Schumacher
  • Photo: Willi Schumacher collection
  • - Ehrenblattspange Ausschnitt.
    - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - 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
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X

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