Date of birth:

August 27th, 1894 (Braunschweig/Braunschweig, Germany)

Date of death:

April 20th, 1974 (Bremen/Bremen, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Kurt Heyser served as Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 47 and Kommandant of Hamburg. He finally reached the rank of Generalmajor.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberst (Colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 47

Awarded on:

May 26th, 1940

The following wartime excerpt (dated 30.08.1940) describes why Heyser received the Knight’s Cross…

“Oberst Kurt Heyser tied down strong enemy forces with his air landed Infanterie-Regiment. Due to the lack of contact with his Division, this was an action that he executed totally independently. Despite being wounded twice in the process he retained command over his Regiment and demonstrated great personal bravery in the battle.”

• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - Die Tapfersten.