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Holz, Karl

    Date of birth:
    December 27th, 1895 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
    Date of death:
    April 20th, 1945 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
    Service number:
    27
    Nationality:
    German

    Biography

    Gauleiter of Franken since 1944 (deputy since 1934) and member of Reichstag (German parliament) since 1933. He was a member of NSDAP since 1922.

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    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Awarded on:
    1918
    Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (1918)
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    1939
    Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Awarded on:
    1940
    Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Gauleiter
    Awarded on:
    April 19th, 1945

    9th Award
    Deutscher Orden des Großdeutschen Reiches
    Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP 15 Jahre
    Gau Abzeichen
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)

    With oak leave
    Goldenes Hitlerjugend Ehrenzeichen mit Eichenlaub

    Sources

    • Photo 1: Bundesarchiv
    • - Lumsden R., Medals and Decorations of Hitler's Germany, Airlife, Shrewsbury, 2001

    Photo