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Terboven, Josef Antonius Heinrich

Date of birth:
May 23rd, 1898 (Essen, German Empire)
Date of death:
May 8th, 1945 (Asker, Norway)
Nationality:
German

Biography

The war criminal Terboven committed suicide by detonating his bunker underneath Skaugum manor on 8 May 1945.

Political career:
1940-1945: Reichskommissar für Norwegen

Promotions:
1936: SA-Obergruppenführer

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
September 24th, 1916
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
September 1918
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Awarded on:
February 1934
Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer
Awarded on:
April 27th, 1935
Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP
Awarded on:
January 15th, 1938

With oak leaves
Goldenes Hitlerjugend Ehrenzeichen mit Eichenlaub
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 15th, 1940
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse
Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP 10 Jahre

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