Date of birth:

February 21st, 1920 (Alt-Ukta/Eastern-Prussia, Germany)

Date of death:

October 21st, 1943 (Königsberg/Prussia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

In 1933 Richard Gorontzi was sent to the Napola (special Nazi-elite schools), where he ended the school Cum Laude in 1938. After having done Arbeitsdienst, in 1939 he was called to duty with the Infanterie-Regiment 43 in Insterburg. He had a career which was usual for his capacities: Fahnenjunker, Leutnant, Kompanieführer, Oberleutnant, Adjutant, Bataillonskommandeur. On 25th March 1943 he was severely injured in battle and finally died of his wounds on 21st October 1943 in Königsberg, where he was buried.

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• - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
  - Family records