Borst, Otto

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Nationality:: German

Biography

Oberst Otto Borst was the Atlantikfestung Festungskommandant of Lorient. Taken prisoner in 1944.

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Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

In silver

Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (1918)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)

Sources

- Jewish POW swapped by Germans in World War II | War Tales
- Behind Nazi Lines: My Father;s Heroic Quest to Save 149 World War II POWs - Andrew Gerow Hodges Jr., Denise George

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