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Baranek, Ewald

Date of birth:
April 30th, 1919 (Breslau/Lower Silesia, Germany)
Date of death:
February 1st, 1944 (Italy)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Posthumously promoted to Major.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant
Unit:
3. / Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 58
Awarded on:
May 25th, 1942
Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Führer Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 58 / 7.Panzer-Division / 1. Panzerarmee / Heeresgruppe Don
Awarded on:
February 12th, 1943
The following newspaper excerpt (dated 20./21.02.1943) describes why Baranek received the Knight’s Cross…

“Oberleutnant Baranek launched a deliberate counterattack on the middle Donez in which he plunged into the enemy with 3 SPWs. By doing so he halted their advance, and over the course of 5 days he proceeded to hold off powerful hostile attacks. 58 enemy tanks fell by the wayside in this time.”
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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