Date of birth:

March 12th, 1921 (Wendlingen/Württemberg, Germany)

Date of death:

October 24th, 2002 (Wendlingen am Neckar/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Nationality:

German

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Gefreiter

Unit:

MG-Schütze 2./ Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 252 / 252.Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

July 20th, 1944

Awarded for single-handedly repulsing the attack of an enemy Kompanie that was trying to cut off the retreat route of his Bataillon by striking from an open flank.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
• Photo: Willi Schumacher collection
• - HUß, JÜRGEN & SONDERMANN, HEINZ-WERNER, Ritterkreuzträger im Mannschaftsstand 1941-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2009.
  - WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 2010.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003