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Schneider, Alfred (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 206)

Date of birth:
July 28th, 1916 (Nuremberg, Germany)
Date of death:
June 3rd, 1942 (SW of Staraya Russa, USSR)
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Unit:
Führer 9./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 206
Awarded on:
June 7th, 1942
The following wartime excerpt describes why Schneider received the Knight’s Cross…

“The steely resolve of Leutnant Schneider on the 10.04.1942 was of great importance to the II./Geb.Jäg.Rgt. 206. On this day his personally-led counterattack crushed the enemy who had penetrated the line, and thereby resolved a dangerous state of affairs for the Bataillon. His bold and successfully commanded counterattack was against our own lines on the 10.04.1942 near Hill 34.4 on the road Jaswy—Michalkino.”

Awarded posthumously
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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