Date of birth:

July 14th, 1898 (Altona/Saxony, Germany)

Date of death:

December 6th, 1961 (Döbbersen/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Heinrich Roßbach reached the rank of Major der Reserve.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)

Unit:

Kommandeur II. / Grenadier-Regiment 89 / 12. Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

December 12th, 1942

At the start of December 1942, in the area southeast of Lake Ilmen, Hauptmann Roßbach launched a counterattack and threw the Soviets out of the lost German positions. For this success he would be awarded the Knight’s Cross.

• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - Diroll, Hamburger Ritterkreuzträger