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Hollenweger, Heinrich

Date of birth:
October 23rd, 1918 (Hungkiang, China)
Date of death:
January 4th, 1943 (round Stalingrad/Stalingrad Oblast, Soviet Union)
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
8. / Schützen-Regiment 108
Awarded on:
August 12th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Chef 8. / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 108
Awarded on:
November 1st, 1942
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo 1: Pele Mayer
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - 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
    - 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

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