Date of birth:

July 26th, 1914 (Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany)

Date of death:

September 26th, 1996 (Potsdam/Brandenburg, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Heinw Paetow finally reached the rank of Leutnant.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)

Unit:

Zugführer 6. / Grenadier-Regiment 132

Awarded on:

December 17th, 1942

The following newspaper article (dated 28.12.1942) describes why Ott received the Knight’s Cross…

“During the fighting before Stalingrad, Oberfeldwebel Paetow took over the leadership of a Kompanie and used it to seal off a gap in the frontline.”

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
• Photo: Beyerlein sammlung
  
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - Kösliner Zeitung (Edition 357)