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Göttsch, Werner

Date of birth:
October 23rd, 1912 (Kiel, German Empire)
Date of death:
May 2nd, 1983 (Kiel, Germany)
Service number:
SS Nr. 10238 / NSDAP Nr. 459389
Nationality:
German

Biography

Promotions:
1 February 1933: SS-Truppführer
15 February 1934: SS-Sturmführer
20 June 1934: Obersturmführer
24 Jjanuary 1935: Sturmhauptführer
30 January 1939: Sturmbannführer
9 November 1943: Obersturmbannführer

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Awarded on:
1933
SS-Zivilabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)
Unit:
SD-Auslandsnachrichtendiens, Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS (SD)
Awarded on:
November 12th, 1939
For services in the cover SD operation at Venlo, which would be later known as the Venlo Incident.

Personally presented by Adolf Hitler.
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)
Unit:
SD-Auslandsnachrichtendiens, Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS (SD)
Awarded on:
November 12th, 1939
For services in the cover SD operation at Venlo, which would be later known as the Venlo Incident.

Personally presented by Adolf Hitler.
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

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