Jonischkeit, Hubert

Date of birth:: March 20th, 1910 (Argental-Elchniederung/Easternprussia, Germany)
Date of death:: September 18th, 1994 (Kassel/Hesse, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Hubert Jonischkeit was born in Argental, Kreis Elchniederung in Easternprussia on March 20th, 1910. He entered military service in 1927 as Soldat with the Infanterie-Regiment 1 at Königsberg.

During the Second Wolrd War, Jonischkeit served in Poland, France and the Soviet Union. From May 8th, 1945 he was interred in Soviet imprisonment. He stayed in POW camp Lager 7270-3 Borowitschi until 1951.

Until his death on September 18th, 1994, Hubert Jonischkeit lived in Kassel in Hesse.

Promotions:
2nd May 1939: Leutnant;
2nd May 1939: Oberleutnant.

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Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: 6. / Infanterie-Regiment 405
Awarded on:: August 3rd, 1942

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:: Kommandeur I. / Infanterie-Regiment 43
Awarded on:: August 21st, 1942

Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: Bataillon 500 z.b.V.
Awarded on:: August 18th, 1943

Awarded for his sixth wound received on August 8th, 1943.

Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sources

Photo 1: Eberhard Jonischkeit
Photo: Family
- 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
- Beförderung Leutnant/Oberleutnant 20.April 1939
- Besitzzeugnis Verwundeten Gold
- Vorläufiges Besitzzeugnis DKiG
- Verleihungsurkunde EK1