Goldschmidt, Karl (Panzer-Abteilung 504)

Date of birth:: November 13th, 1921 (Brücken (Helme)/Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany)
Date of death:: December 29th, 2004 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Beween June 22nd 1944 and July 31st, 1944, Leutnant Karl Goldschmitt is being mentioned as Führer Bergezug, schwere Panzer-Abteilung 504, where he is being honored for salvaging Tiger tanks during the retreat between Grosseto and Livorno. By his leadership, of the 27 lost tanks, only 2 were definetely lost to enemy action.

Karl Goldschmidt was recommended for the DKiG in April 1945. It is unknown and not verified that he actually was awarded the DKiG.

Career:
?: 14. Infanterie-Division (motorisiert);
1943: 2. / schwere Panzer-Abteilung 504;
?: Führer 2. / schwere Panzer-Abteilung 504.

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