Date of birth:

December 1st, 1919 (Gladbeck/Westernphalia, Germany)

Date of death:

July 6th, 1997 (Gladbeck/Northrhine-Westernphalia)

Nationality:

German

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)

Unit:

Kompanie Truppenführer 9. / Grenadier-Regiment 309 / 208.Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

February 18th, 1945

Awarded for his achievements as a Kampfgruppe and rearguard leader near Broswitz (Silesia) in February 1945. In this time he covered a friendly retreat movement against Soviet tanks and infantry.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
• - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf, 2003.
  - 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