• Dutch Waffen -SS

Date of birth:

May 5th, 1923 (Groningen, the Netherlands)

Date of death:

September 21st, 1997 (Stein near Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: 456.022 // NSDAP-Nr.:

Nationality:

Dutch

Promotions:
05.12.1942: SS-Standartenoberjunker
10.03.1943: SS-Untersturmführer

Career:
16.04.1941: SS-Freiwilliger, SS-Freiwillige-Standarte "Nordwest"
08.06.1942-05.12.1942: SS-Junker, 8. Kriegs-Junker-Lehrgang, SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz
00.12.1942: SS-Standartenoberjunker, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Westland"
18.02.1943-30.04.1943: WIA at Grischino and sent to a Lazarett
01.05.1943: SS-Ustuf, SS-Panzergrenadier-Ausbildungs-und-Ersatz-Bataillon "Wiking"
10.06.1943-28.11.1944: SS-Ustuf, Zugführer, SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 5, 5. SS-Panzer-Division 'Wiking'
14.01.1945: SS-Ustuf, Zugführer, 1. Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Abteilung 4, 4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

December 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

February 18th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)

Unit:

Zugführer, I. Bataillon, SS-Polizei-Panzer-Abteilung 4, 4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division

Awarded on:

May 6th, 1945

Presentation was not possible for his imprisonment as POW.
Recent research has risen doubts on the awarding of the Ritterkreuz to Hans Havik. According to the autho Scherzer there would be insufficient evidence to support the awarding.

• Photo 1: STIWOT
• - 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, 2003 (English edition), England
  - das-ritterkreuz.de
  - Krätschmer E.G., Die Ritterkreuzträger des Waffen-SS