Cullmann, Kurt

Date of birth:: September 2nd, 1912 (Idar-Oberstein/Oldenburg, Germany)
Date of death:: March 29th, 1944 (Tschaussy/Byelorussian SSR, USSR)
Nationality:: German

Biography

According to other source the PoB is Tiefenstein bei Koblenz/Oldenburg.

Promotions:
August 5th, 1941: Gefreiter d.R.;
November 7th, 1943: Oberfähnrich d.R.;
June 30th, 1944: Leutnant d.R, mit RDA vom 1-3-1944 (4380).

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberfähnrich der Reserve
Unit:: stellvertretender Führer, 2. Schwadron,Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 260, 260. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:: June 9th, 1944

Awarded for his actions between the Dnieper and Tschaussy rivers in early 1944. The following excerpt from the newspaper ‘Kreis Birkenfeld-Baumholder’ briefly describes why he won the Knight’s Cross…

“After the Schwadron commander fell out due to injury he took over the Schwadron, and with this unit he held an important hill for three days against much larger Russian forces. By doing so he prevented the enemy from thrusting into the flank of his Division, which in turn gave it the opportunity to reorder itself and occupy a new position.”

Over the course of this fighting Cullmann received a total of three wounds, however he remained with his men. He did not survive his fourth wound, which was sustained on the fourth day of combat.

A divisional situation map from the 27.03.1944 indicates that these actions took place on the left divisional boundary near the village of Krassniza (located southeast of Mogilev).