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Zumfelde, Hugo

Date of birth:
1914
Date of death:
2007
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
Unit:
Kommandeur II. / Grenadier-Regiment 546 / 389.Infanterie-Division.
Awarded on:
December 9th, 1944
Zumfelde was awarded his Knight’s Cross for holding a strategic crossroads during the battle around Riga.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo 1: Known to STIWOT
  • - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9

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