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Rappard, van, Ernst Hermann

Date of birth:
October 30th, 1899 (Java, Dutch East Indies)
Date of death:
January 11th, 1953 (Nieuw-Vossenveld prison/Vught, Netherlands)
Nationality:
Dutch

Biography

SS-Obersturmführer Ernst Rappard was a Dutch war volunteer in the Waffen-SS. He was captured by Canadian forces in 1945 and died in prison.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Unit:
5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking“, Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
1942

For wounds sustained in the Caucasus
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

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