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Hopf, Theodor

Date of birth:
September 23rd, 1918 (Schwarzenberg/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:
January 23rd, 2008 (Prien am Chiemsee/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

Served in the Bundeswehr as final rank Brigadegeneral.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
Unit:
Chef 1. (Radfahr) / Infanterie-Regiment 170
Awarded on:
September 21st, 1941
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
III. / Infanterie-Regiment 170
Awarded on:
October 16th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
  • - 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
    - Ritterkreuz Archiv I / 2008

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