Date of birth:

February 17th, 1918 (Borstel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)

Date of death:

May 1st, 2005 (Ronnenberg/Empelde/Hanover, Germany)

Nationality:

German

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberfähnrich (Sergeant 1st Class)

Unit:

Zugführer 1. / Pionier-Bataillon 20 (motorisiert) / 20.Panzergrenadier-Division

Awarded on:

March 17th, 1945

Awarded for his actions west of Wellersdorf (between Sorau and Sagan) on the 16.02.1945. Despite having been wounded by a shot to the shoulder and shrapnel splinters to the head, he stormed an important height 3 times and after this was able to hold it against all further Soviet attempts to recapture it.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

• Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
• - SCHERZER, VEIT, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2015.
  - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9