Fitzek, Josef
- Date of birth:
- March 24th, 1913 (Tarnowitz, Austria)
- Date of death:
- November 18th, 1982 (Weis, Austria)
- Nationality:
- Austrian
Biography
Josef Fitzek finally reached the rank of Oberleutnant.
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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Feldwebel (Staff Sergeant)
- Unit:
- Zugführer 5. / Grenadier-Regiment 482 / 262. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- June 16th, 1943
“As a Zugführer in a Grenadier-Regiment from the German Danube area, Feldwebel Fitzek led his men forward in a counterthrust against an enemy attack launched against an important position east of Orel (as reported in the Wehrmachtbericht of the 12.06.1943). He ejected the far numerically superior Soviets from the hill position while at the head of his Grenadiers and eliminated a reinforced Bataillon in the process.”
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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