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List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the Waffen-SS
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest award in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany. During World War II, 457 servicemen of the Waffen-SS, including volunteers and conscripts from Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Hungary, Latvia, Netherlands and Norway, received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Of these, 411 presentations were formally made and evidence of the award is available in the German Federal Archives. One recipient, Hermann Fegelein, was court-martialed and executed on 29 April 1945. According to German law he was deprived of rank and all awards previously. Fegelein must therefore be considered a de facto but not de jure recipient. A further 46 Knight's Cross, 8 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and 4 Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords recipients are either lacking the evidence to sustain their listings or received the award under questionable legal terms. All of them were accepted by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (Ordensgemeinschaft der Ritterkreuzträger des Eisernen Kreuzes e.V.) as legitimate recipients.[1]
The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht kept separate Knight's Cross lists, one for each of the three military branches, Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), Luftwaffe (Air force) and for the Waffen-SS. Within each of these lists, a unique sequential number was assigned to each recipient. The same numbering paradigm was applied to the higher grades of the Knight's Cross, one list per grade.[2]
Background edit
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments. The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Article 2 of the enactment mandated that the award of a higher class be preceded by the award of all preceding classes.[3] As the war progressed, some of the recipients of the Knight's Cross distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940.[4] In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 introduced the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds.[5] At the end of 1944 the final grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized.[6]
Recipients edit
The list is initially sorted alphabetically.
This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the Knight's Cross was awarded posthumously.
This along with the ? (question mark) indicates that author Veit Scherzer has expressed doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.
Notes edit
- ^ Adolf Ax's nomination shows no indication that the request had been processed or granted, not even an entry date is noted. The nomination list indicates that the request was filed on the 28 April 1945. A Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) nomination with the number 5092 had been created. The nomination, according to the book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" (Awarded Knight Crosses), was forwarded to the HPA on 25 April 1945. No proof exists that the Knight's Cross was awarded. The Order Commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed this case in 1981 and decided: Knight's Cross yes, 9 May 1945. Ax was a member of the AKCR.[11]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. Bastian was a member of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).[13]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. The sequential number "153" was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Bittrich was member of the AKCR.[19]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. According to Krätschmer the award was presented together with the Oak Leaves to Matthias Kleinheisterkamp. Presumably the announcement was made via radio transmission on 28 April 1945 from the Führer Headquarters in Berlin to the 9. Armee (9th Army) in the Halbe pocket. The radio transmissions received by the AOK 9 (Armeeoberkommando 9 — high command of the 9th army) in April 1945 were not retained. All communication to the Führerbunker in Berlin were out of order as of 5AM on 28 April. The order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed the case in 1981 and decided: "Knight's Cross yes, 28 April 1945", Friedrich Blond was a member of the AKCR.[20]
- ^ No evidence of the award to Karl-Heinz Bühler can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was presumably awarded by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich, which would make it an unlawful presentation. The Order Commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed this case in 1977 and decided: Knight's Cross no, 1 May 1945. The case Bühler was again processed in the fall of 1983. Whether or not additional or new evidence materialized remains unknown. The Order Commission decided this time: Knight's Cross yes, 8 May 1945. Von Seemen lists him on 7 May 1945, Krätschmer states 1 May 1945. Fellgiebel later re-dated the award on the 6 May 1945. It remains subject to speculation why this was done. Bühler was a member of the AKCR.[11]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. Draxenberger was a member of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).[34]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. Franz Josef Dreike was a member of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).[34]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. Presumably the award was presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich which would make it an unlawful presentation. The date was assumed by Fellgiebel. Von Seemen states the 23 November 1944. The author was denied access to files, which could help clarify the case, of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) on the grounds of the Bundesarchivgesetz (German Archive Law). Oskar Drexler was a member of the AKCR.[34]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The author was denied access to files, which could help clarify the case, of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) on the grounds of the Bundesarchivgesetz (German Archive Law). Paul Egger was a member of the AKCR.[34]
- ^ Hermann Fegelein was sentenced to death by Hitler and executed by SS General Johann Rattenhuber's RSD on 28 April 1945 after a court martial led by SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS Wilhelm Mohnke. The sentence was carried out the same day. The death sentence resulted in the loss of all orders and honorary signs.[40]
- ^ A lawful presentation via the chain of command to the chief of the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) Wilhelm Burgdorf in Berlin submitted nomination is possible. Also possible is a direct presentation by Adolf Hitler. However no evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The author was denied access to files, which could help clarify the case, of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) on the grounds of the Bundesarchivgesetz (German Archive Law). Fellgiebel wrote in a letter dated 31 August 1976: "...He (Willhelm Fey) after joining the Bundeswehr has request a court of honor against himself. Chairman was our companion recipient of the Oak Leaves former Oberst XXXX (name was made anonymous). This court of honor has accepted him without evidence". The order commission of the AKCR accepted this. Fellgiebel wrote: "...we don't want to claim that we are smarter than the Bundeswehr." Willhelm Fey was a member of the AKCR.[41]
- ^ Alfred Fischer's nomination, according to a file card, was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) on 11 January 1945. The nomination, according to the book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" (Awarded Knight Crosses) and note on the file card, had been rejected without specifying a date. A HPA nomination was not created. Fischer received the Honour Roll Clasp of the Army on 5 March 1945 which may have result of the rejected Knight's Cross nomination. The nomination by the troop is missing, which may be an indication that it had been forwarded to the Referat Vg (responsible for the Honour Roll Clasp listings). The presentation date is an assumption of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Krätschmer states the 9 May 1945.[42]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. Presumably the award was presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich which would make it an unlawful presentation. The date 6 May 1945 was assumed by Fellgiebel. Von Seemen states the 3 May 1945. Kurt Fröhlich is not mentioned in Krätschmer's book. The author was denied access to files, which could help clarify the case, of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) on the grounds of the Bundesarchivgesetz (German Archive Law).[45]
- ^ Roberts Gaigals' nomination had been finalized by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) and was ready for signature by the end of the war. According to the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) the award was presented in accordance with the Dönitz-decree. This is illegal according to the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) and lacks legal justification. The presentation date is an assumption of the AKCR.[46]
- ^ No evidence regarding the presentation of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross to Karl Gebhard can be found in the German Federal Archive. Fellgiebel also had no evidence and wrote on 11 July 1983 to Mr. Eichhorn: "I have to rely on Krätschmer in Rieflin Fritz's case, as well as in Gebhard's.". Krätschmer may have his information from Hermann Buch, the former IIa (personnel administration) of the 2. SS-Division "Das Reich", who mentioned the name Gebhard in a letter to von Seeman on 6 December 1970. Unlawful presentation by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee.[47]
- ^ Karl-Heinz Gieseler is listed as a recipient in Fellgiebel as SS-Untersturmführer and Stoßtruppführer in Berlin as a member of the 11. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland".[48] Fellgiebel himself states that the presentation was made by SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke in the bunker of the Reichs Chancellery between 25 – 30 April 1945. The number of likely presentations varies between 3 and 5 soldiers. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. Gieseler is not listed by Scherzer.[49]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. According to Krätschmer the action took place in March 1945 in Pomerania with the Army Group Vistula. Von Seemen lists Herbert Golz with the footnote: "Source: Generalmajor (Pol.) Rode, at the time chief of staff with the chief of the German Police". This posting is not verifiable. A SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor Rode is verifiable and was chief of staff of the field commando of the Reichsführer SS. This field commando processed at the time the nominations of the Waffen-SS and prepared them for approval by Heinrich Himmler. These nominations at the time were received by SS-Obersturmbannführer Kment, the adjutant of Himmler and liaison officer to the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office). Golz nomination could have been a unlawful presentation by Himmler as commander in chief of the Army Group Vistula. The order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) handled this case in 1977 and decided: "Knight's Cross yes, 31 March 1945". The evidence sustaining this decision remains unclear. Access to the files was denied on the grounds of the Bundesarchivgesetz (German Archive Law). The presentation date was later changed by Fellgiebel. Golz was a member of the AKCR.[50]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. According to Fellgiebel the award was presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich, which would make it an unlawful presentation. Fellgiebel's sources are Hermann Buch and Wilhelm Kment. According to Buch—note from 25 June 2005—he has nothing to do with this presentation. And Kment cannot be the source, since Buch stated that Kment died in the early 1970s. If Kment were the source then von Seemen would have listed Heinz Gropp in either the first or second edition of his book, which is not the case. The source thus remains uncertain. Krätschmer lists Gropp in his third edition with a date of 1 May 1945 without stating a source as well. Fellgiebel dated the award on 6 May 1945. He may have done this to justify this as a Dietrich award.[53]
- ^ The recommendation for Franz Hack's Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross was submitted to the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) by the Division sometime between 16 and 19 April 1945 and approved by the commander of the IV. SS-Korps Herbert Otto Gille. Missing is the approval from the 6. Armee and Heeresgruppe Süd. There is no indication whether the recommendation was approved. The response from the Reichsführer-SS was prepared but missing is a date and signature. The existing card is not contemporary. There is no indication in the press that the award was presented. According to Fellgiebel Hack received the Oak Leaves from SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the SS Herbert-Otto Gille, commanding general IV. SS-Panzerkorps. The sequential number "844" and date of award were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).[57]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. Presumably Desiderius Hampel received the Knight's Cross the same day as Karl Liecke and Hans Hanke. Letter from Krätschmer to von Seemen dated 7 August 1980. According to von Semen presumably presented by General Maximilian de Angelis. The Order Commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed Hampel's case in 1980 and Fellgiebel decided: Knight's Cross yes, 3 May 1945. In his book he noted: "A justification for the presentation was not given". Hampel was a member of the AKCR.[58][59]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. Hans Hanke, according to Krätschmer, was informed of the award by SS-Brigadeführer Desiderius Hampel and SS-Obersturmbannführer Karl Liecke. Both Hampel and Liecke supposedly received the Knight's Cross the same day—Letter from Krätschmer to von Seemen dated 7 August 1980. Mr Meentz of the German Federal Archive stated on 20 July 2004 that it cannot be verified that Hanke received the Knight's Cross. According to von Seemen the Knight's Cross was awarded by General Maximilian de Angelis. The order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed the case in 1980 and Fellgiebel decided: "Knight's Cross yes, 3 May 1945". Nevertheless Fellgiebel noted: No justification for the award.[58][59]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. According to Krätschmer—letter dated on 7 August 1980 to von Seemen— the presentation was made in conjunction to the Oak Leaves presentation to Matthias Kleinheisterkamp and was announced via radio transmission on 28 April 1945 from the Führer Headquarters in Berlin to the 9. Armee (9th Army) in the Halbe pocket. The radio transmissions received by the AOK 9 (Armeeoberkommando 9 — high command of the 9th army) in April 1945 were not retained. All communication to the Führerbunker in Berlin were out of order as of 5AM on 28 April. The order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed Kurt Hartrampf's case in 1980 and decided solely relying on the letter from Krätschmer: "Knight's Cross yes, 28 April 1945", Hartrampf was a member of the AKCR.[57]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. According to Krätschmer—letter dated on 7 August 1980 to von Seemen— the presentation was made in conjunction to the Oak Leaves presentation to Matthias Kleinheisterkamp and was announced via radio transmission on 28 April 1945 from the Führer Headquarters in Berlin to the 9. Armee (9th Army) in the Halbe pocket. The radio transmissions received by the AOK 9 (Armeeoberkommando 9 — high command of the 9th army) in April 1945 were not retained. All communication to the Führerbunker in Berlin were out of order as of 5AM on 28 April. The order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed Edgar Hauckelt's case in 1980 and decided solely relying on the letter from Krätschmer: "Knight's Cross yes, 28 April 1945".[61]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. Hauser was a member of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).[61]
- ^ The nomination by the troop was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) via teleprinter on 6 April 1945. This can be verified in the book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" (Awarded Knight Crosses) and file card. A HPA nomination was never created or was not retained and according to the file card the nomination was numbered Nr. 5023 and forwarded for further processing. The file card indicates no further information. The presentation date according to Krätschmer was the 6 May 1945. Mr Meentz of the German Federal Archive stated on 20 July 2004 that it cannot be verified that Hans Havik (Johann Havik according to Scherzer) received the Knight's Cross. The presentation date 9 May 1945 was assigned by Fellgiebel.[62]
- ^ Mr Meentz of the German Federal Archive stated on 20 July 2004 that it cannot be verified that Ludwig Hoffmann received the Knight's Cross. The presentation date was assigned by Fellgiebel. Krätschmer lists him on 9 May 1945. Hoffmann was a member of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR)[66]
- ^ According to Scherzer on 20 April 1945[68]
- ^ Heinz Jürgens' nomination by the troop was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) sometime between 23 and 27 April 1945 and prepared for signature with a presentation date of 28 April 1945. However it was never signed. According to the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) the award was presented in accordance with the Dönitz-decree. This is illegal according to the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) and lacks legal justification. Jürgens was a member of the AKCR.[70]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. Fellgiebel claimed that Paul-Albert Kausch, at the time wounded in the Reich Chancellery, had received news that according to a radio message received from Panzer AOK 11 had been awarded the Oak Leaves on 23 April 1945 from SS-Brigadeführer Joachim Ziegler. Ziegler, the Division commander of Kausch, was killed in action on 1 May 1945. Krätschmer however indicated that Kausch was wounded 25 April, therefore he couldn’t have received the news on the 25 April. The 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland was only subordinated to the 11th Panzer Armee in February 1945. The Stab of the 11th Panzer Army then relocated to the Western Front where it surrendered on 21 April. Krätschmer claimed that the award was presented for the actions during the middle of April east of Berlin. Mr. J.S. Fischer, who was verifying the Oak Leaves presentation on behalf of Fellgiebel is not aware of a radio message received from the Panzer AOK 11. Fischer indicated that he only referenced the information presented by Kausch, which is already stated in Krätschmer. According to information by Fischer on 14 October 2004, Fellgiebel had made the note about the Panzer AOK 11. The sequential number "845" was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR), according to Krätschmer the number is "846", the date was accepted by the AKCR. Kausch was member of the AKCR.[70]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. Also never processed by the Order Commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). According to von Semen presumably presented by General Maximilian de Angelis on the basis of the Dönitz-decree. Fellgiebel noted in his book: "A justification for the presentation was not given".[58][79]
- ^ Fellgiebel claims that the nomination was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) via teleprinter from the commander-in-chief of the 9. Armee, general Theodor Busse, on 21 April 1945. Busse had nominated SS-Obergruppenführer Kleinheisterkamp for the Oak Leaves. The claim is that the teleprinter contained a note that the formal procedure for immediate approval should be waited for (Dienstwegvorschlag bzgl. Sofortverleihung abwarten). This teleprinter message cannot be found in the German Nation Archives (Bestand RH 7). Busse had also nominated by teleprinter Generalmajor Joachim von Siegroth on the 21 April. This teleprinter message can be found in the Nation Archives (Bundesarchiv RH 7/300). According to Fellgiebel the same note can be found on von Siegroth's nomination. This means that a formal nomination, in this instance via the Army Group Vistula, followed. Both announced "formal nominations" never followed and were never received by the HPA. The teleprinter nomination of von Siegroth is listed in the book of "awarded Knight Crosses" with an entry date of 21 April but Kleinheisterkamp's nomination isn't. The reason for this may be that the liaison officer of the Waffen-SS at the HPA/P5a may have forwarded the nomination to the Reichsführer-SS for approval. From here it should have been returned to the HPA which it wasn't. The distribution list of von Siegroth's nomination indicates that general Busse had informed the Army Group Vistula and the chief of the HPA general Wilhelm Burgdorf. It is very likely that Kleinheisterkamp's nomination had the same distribution list as von Siegroth's, because the same principles applied. Burgdorf therefore should have been informed of the formal procedure regarding Kleinheisterkamp's nomination. The question remains unanswered whether the Führer Headquarter or Adolf Hitler has approved the direct nomination of Kleinheisterkamp on 28 April or not. Scherzer claims that this is very unlikely because Burgdorf would not have done two things. First, submit a nomination to the Führer without having assessed the situation himself, which only would have been possible if he had studied the formal paperwork. Secondly he would not have bypassed the formal procedure which was already initiated. Additionally the radio connection to the Führerbunker was down since 5:00 on 28 April 1945. The sequential number "871" was assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) and the date is assumed.[82]
- ^ According to Fellgiebel on 2 May 1945 in the Battle of Halbe.[84]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee.[88]
- ^ Walter Körner's nomination by the troop was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) end of March 1945. There is no entry date listed on the file card nor in the book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" (Awarded Knight Crosses). The HPA created a nomination request with the number 4980, which does not exist anymore, and according to the file card was submitted for further processing on 4 April 1945. No further comments or notes indicate that the nomination was finalized. Mr Meentz of the German Federal Archive stated on 20 July 2004 that it cannot be verified that Körner received the Knight's Cross. Fellgiebel assigned the presentation date. Krätschmer claims that the award was approved on 9 May 1945.[90]
- ^ Walter Krüger's date of death is inconclusive. According to Florian Berger date of death is 20 May 1945, Walther-Per Fellgiebel states 8 May 1945 and Veit Scherzer presents the 22 May 1945.[32][95][96]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee.[97]
- ^ No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. The sequential number "862" was assigned by the
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The Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross German Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes and its variants were the highest award in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany During World War II 457 servicemen of the Waffen SS including volunteers and conscripts from Belgium Croatia Denmark Estonia France Hungary Latvia Netherlands and Norway received the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross Of these 411 presentations were formally made and evidence of the award is available in the German Federal Archives One recipient Hermann Fegelein was court martialed and executed on 29 April 1945 According to German law he was deprived of rank and all awards previously Fegelein must therefore be considered a de facto but not de jure recipient A further 46 Knight s Cross 8 Knight s Cross with Oak Leaves and 4 Knight s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords recipients are either lacking the evidence to sustain their listings or received the award under questionable legal terms All of them were accepted by the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients Ordensgemeinschaft der Ritterkreuztrager des Eisernen Kreuzes e V as legitimate recipients 1 The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht kept separate Knight s Cross lists one for each of the three military branches Heer Army Kriegsmarine Navy Luftwaffe Air force and for the Waffen SS Within each of these lists a unique sequential number was assigned to each recipient The same numbering paradigm was applied to the higher grades of the Knight s Cross one list per grade 2 Contents 1 Background 2 Recipients 3 Notes 4 References 4 1 Citations 4 2 Bibliography 5 External linksBackground editThe Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments The first enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross Eisernes Kreuz the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross Grosskreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes Article 2 of the enactment mandated that the award of a higher class be preceded by the award of all preceding classes 3 As the war progressed some of the recipients of the Knight s Cross distinguished themselves further and a higher grade the Oak Leaves to the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross was instituted The Oak Leaves as they were commonly referred to were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S 849 of 3 June 1940 4 In 1941 two higher grades of the Knight s Cross were instituted The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S 613 of 28 September 1941 introduced the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Swords and Diamonds 5 At the end of 1944 the final grade the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves Swords and Diamonds based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S 11 of 29 December 1944 became the final variant of the Knight s Cross authorized 6 Recipients editThe list is initially sorted alphabetically This along with the asterisk indicates that the Knight s Cross was awarded posthumously This along with the question mark indicates that author Veit Scherzer has expressed doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing Name Rank Unit Date of award Notes ImageMiervaldis Adamsons 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 6 Waffen Grenadier Regiment der SS 44 lett Nr 6 January 25 1945 Hermann Alber 03 SS Sturmmann 9 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 20 16 December 1944 Killed in action 2 August 1944 7 Anton Ameiser 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Freiwillige Kavallerie Regiment 52 1 November 1944 Roberts Ancans 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer Waffen Feld Ersatz Bataillon der SS Nr 19 25 January 1945 Gunther Anhalt 17 SS Standartenfuhrer SS Polizei Regiment 2 12 August 1944 Killed in action 27 April 1945 8 Zanis Ansons 14 Waffen Hauptsturmfuhrer 3 Waffen Panzergrenadier Regiment 44 der SS 25 January 1945 Karlis Aperats 16 Waffen Obersturmbannfuhrer Waffen Panzergrenadier Regiment 32 der SS 21 September 1944 Suicide after severe wounds 15 July 1944 9 Josef Armberger 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 8 SS Panzer Regiment 1 Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 31 October 1944 Killed in action 20 August 1944 9 Karl Auer 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer I SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Regiment 8 31 October 1944 Franz Augsberger 18 SS Brigadefuhrer 20 Waffen Grenadier Division der SS est Nr 1 8 March 1945 Killed in action 19 March 1945 10 nbsp Adolf Ax Note 1 17 SS Oberfuhrer 15 Waffen Grenadier Division der SS 9 May 1945 Erich von dem Bach Zelewski 20 SS Obergruppenfuhrer Korpsgruppe von dem Bach 30 September 1944 nbsp Christian Bachmann 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 5 28 February 1945 Killed in action 13 March 1945 12 Erwin Bachmann 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer I SS Panzer Regiment 10 10 February 1945 Josef Bachmeier 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer II Freiwillige SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 23 August 1944 Ernst Barkmann 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 4 SS Panzer Regiment 2 27 August 1944 Heinrich Bastian Note 2 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 3 6 May 1945 Karl Bastian 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 21 23 August 1944 Killed in action 11 August 1944 14 Hans Bauer 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 3 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 506 5 April 1945 Helmut Bauer 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 3 SS Panzer Regiment 5 12 September 1944 Otto Baum 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer III SS Totenkopf Infanterie Regiment 3 8 May 1942 Awarded 277th Oak Leaves 22 August 1943 95th Swords 2 September 1944 Willi Baumann 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer Quartiermeister XI SS Armeekorps und Fuhrer einer Kampfgruppe 27 January 1945 Wilhelm Beck 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 2 SS Panzer Regiment 1 Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 28 March 1943 Killed in action 10 June 1944 15 Hans Becker 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 2 1st SS Panzerzgrenadier Regiment 2 Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 28 March 1943 Killed in action 20 August 1944 16 Hellmuth Becker 17 SS Standartenfuhrer SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 6 Theodor Eicke 7 September 1943 Awarded 595th Oak Leaves 21 September 1944 nbsp Klemens Behler 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 3 SS Artillerie Regiment 54 17 March 1945 Georg Robert Besslein 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Festungs Regiment 1 30 April 1945 Walter Bestmann 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Aufklarungs Abteilung Totenkopf 28 September 1941 Fritz Biegi 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 5 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 Germania 16 June 1944 Killed in action 15 March 1945 17 Fritz Biermeier 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer II SS Panzer Regiment 3 10 December 1943 Awarded 685th Oak Leaves 26 December 1944 Killed in action 11 October 1944 18 Wilhelm Bittrich 17 SS Oberfuhrer SS Infanterie Regiment Deutschland 14 December 1941 Awarded 563rd Oak Leaves 28 August 1944 153rd Swords Note 3 6 May 1945 nbsp Friedrich Blond Note 4 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 12 SS Panzergrenadier Ausbildung und Ersatz Bataillon 1 Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 28 April 1945 Georg Bochmann 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Panzerjager Abteilung Totenkopf 3 May 1942 246th Oak Leaves 17 May 1943 140th Swords 26 March 1945 nbsp Friedrich Wilhelm Bock 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer und Oberstleutnant der Schupo II SS Polizei Artillerie Regiment 4 28 March 1943 570th Oak Leaves 2 September 1944 Joachim Boosfeld 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 4 SS Kavallerie Regiment 16 21 February 1945 Hermann Borchers 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer I SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 19 16 October 1944 Karl Heinz Boska 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer II SS Panzer Regiment 2 Das Reich 16 December 1943 Gerhard Bremer 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 1 Kradschutzen Aufklarungs Abteilung Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 30 October 1941 668th Oak Leaves 26 November 1944 Karl Heinrich Brenner 19 SS Gruppenfuhrer 6 SS Gebirgs Division Nord 27 December 1944 nbsp Karl Brommann 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 2 schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 503 29 April 1945 Siegfried Brosow 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 1 SS Panzer Pionier Bataillon Das Reich 13 November 1943 Derk Elsko Bruins 04 SS Rottenfuhrer 1 SS Panzerjager Abteilung 54 23 August 1944 Hermann Buchner 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer III SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 5 16 June 1944 Killed in action 17 November 1944 21 Friedrich Buck 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 5 SS Kavallerie Regiment 15 27 January 1945 Franz Budka 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 1 SS Festungs Regiment 1 19 April 1945 Suicide after severe wounds 6 May 1945 22 Karl Heinz Buhler Note 5 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 Germania 6 May 1945 Fritz Bunse 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Freiwillige Pionier Bataillon 11 30 January 1944 Zanis Butkus 14 Waffen Hauptsturmfuhrer 10 SS Feld Ersatz Batallon 19 21 September 1944 Hans Georg von Charpentier 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 3 SS Reiter Regiment 1 29 October 1942 Killed in action 11 February 1945 23 nbsp Fritz Christen 03 SS Sturmmann 2 SS Panzerjager Abteilung 3 20 October 1941 Egon Christophersen 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 7 SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 24 11 July 1944 Hans Collani 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 49 De Ruyter niederl Nr 2 19 August 1944 Killed in action 29 August 1944 24 Hermann Dahlke 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 3 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 1 3 March 1943 Killed in action 5 July 1943 25 nbsp Werner Dallmann 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer SS Kavallerie Regiment 53 17 January 1945 Killed in action February 1945 26 Werner Damsch 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer I SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 25 17 April 1945 Fritz Darges 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Panzer Regiment 5 5 April 1945 nbsp Hans Dauser 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 2 SS Panzer Regiment 1 4 June 1944 Heinrich Debus 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer SS Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 5 4 May 1944 Gunther Degen 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer I SS Gebirgsjager Regiment 11 7 October 1944 Killed in action 15 March 1945 27 nbsp Leon Degrelle 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Freiwillige Sturmbrigade Wallonien 20 February 1944 Awarded no number Oak Leaves 27 August 1944 nbsp Ernst Dehmel 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 3 15 August 1943 nbsp Dr jur Eduard Deisenhofer 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer 3 SS Panzer Division 8 May 1942 Killed in action 31 January 1945 28 August Dieckmann 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer I SS Regiment Germania 23 April 1942 Awarded 233rd Oak Leaves 16 April 1943 39th Swords 10 October 1943 Killed in action 10 October 1943 29 nbsp Josef Diefenthal 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer III gep SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 2 Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 5 February 1945 Hans Diergarten 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer 8 SS Kavallerie Division Florian Geyer 16 January 1944 Killed on active service 21 August 1944 30 Josef Dietrich 20 SS Obergruppenfuhrer SS Infanterie Regiment mot Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 4 July 1940 Awarded 41st Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 26th Swords 14 March 1943 16th Diamonds 6 August 1944 nbsp Wilhelm Dietrich 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer I SS Polizei Schutzen Regiment 15 October 1944 Killed in action 12 March 1944 31 Bernhard Dietsche 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Gebirgsjager Regiment 2 17 July 1943 Dr Oskar Dirlewanger 17 SS Oberfuhrer of the Reserves SS Brigade Dirlewanger 30 September 1944 nbsp Helmut Dorner 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer und Major der Schupo II SS Polizei Schutzen Regiment 2 15 May 1942 Awarded 650th Oak Leaves 16 November 1944 129th Swords 1 February 1945 Killed in action 11 February 1945 32 Hans Dorr 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 4 SS Infanterie Regiment Germania 27 September 1942 Awarded 327th Oak Leaves 13 November 1943 77th Swords 9 July 1944 Died of wounds 17 April 1945 33 Sepp Draxenberger Note 6 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer Stabskp SS Panzer Regiment 5 17 April 1945 Killed in action 23 March 1945 34 Franz Josef Dreike Note 7 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Flak Abteilung 2 Das Reich 6 May 1945 Hans Drexel 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 10 14 October 1943 Oskar Drexler Note 8 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Panzer Artillerie Regiment 12 6 May 1945 Walter Drexler 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Aufklarungs Abteilung 8 11 December 1944 Killed in action 23 February 1945 35 Emil Durr 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 4 schw SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 26 Hitlerjugend 23 August 1944 Killed in action 27 June 1944 36 Erich Eberhardt 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer 3 SS Panzer Division 23 August 1944 Georg Eberhardt 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Bataillon Narwa 4 August 1943 Killed in action 21 July 1943 37 Hans Eckert 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer of the Reserves II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 3 Deutschland 4 May 1944 Fritz Eckstein 04 SS Rottenfuhrer 1 SS Panzerjager Abteilung 12 18 November 1944 Paul Egger Note 9 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 1 schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 502 28 April 1945 Fritz Ehrath 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 Germania 23 February 1944 Hugo Eichhorn 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Stab SS Pionier Bataillon 5 15 January 1943 Theodor Eicke 19 SS Gruppenfuhrer 3 SS Division Totenkopf 26 December 1941 Awarded 88th Oak Leaves 20 April 1942 Killed in action 26 February 1943 38 nbsp Hans Endress 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer of the Reserves II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 6 23 March 1945 Wilhelm Engelbrecht 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer II SS Polizei Schutzen Regiment 19 11 December 1944 Rudolf Enseling 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer I SS Panzer Regiment 2 23 August 1944 Karl Heinz Ertel 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer of the Reserves niederl SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 49 23 August 1944 Willi Esslinger 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 3 SS Panzerjager Abteilung 5 19 June 1943 Killed in action 25 August 1944 39 Alois Etthofer 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Polizei Panzer Abteilung 4 17 March 1945 Killed in action 20 November 1944 39 Karl Heinz Euling 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer I SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 22 15 October 1944 Markus Faulhaber 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 3 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 25 December 1942 Hermann Fegelein Note 10 17 SS Standartenfuhrer SS Kavallerie Brigade 2 March 1942 Awarded 157th Oak Leaves 21 December 1942 83rd Swords 3 July 1944 Executed 29 April 1945 33 nbsp Waldemar Fegelein 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Reiter Regiment 2 16 December 1943 Henri Joseph Fenet 14 Waffen Hauptsturmfuhrer 33 SS Freiwillige Grenadier Division Charlemagne 29 April 1945 Willi Fey Note 11 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer Fuhrer ein Panzer Jagd Kommandos bei der Kampfgruppe Mohnke in Berlin 29 April 1945 Jakob Fick 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer I SS Kradschutzen Regiment Langemarck 23 April 1943 Johann Fiedler 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 5 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 6 16 June 1944 Alfred Fischer Note 12 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Panzer Artillerie Regiment 11 11 May 1945 Gerhard Fischer 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 3 SS Panzerjager Abteilung 5 4 May 1944 Hans Flugel 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer of the Reserves II SS Panzer Regiment 5 16 October 1944 Robert Frank 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 20 4 June 1944 Killed in action 4 June 1944 43 Kurt Franke 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 3 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 6 3 October 1943 Killed in action 19 January 1945 44 Egon Franz 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 3 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 16 October 1944 Franz Frauscher 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 4 SS Panzer Regiment 2 31 December 1944 Andrejs Freimanis 13 Waffen Obersturmfuhrer 13 Waffen Grenadier Regiment der SS 44 lett Nr 6 5 May 1945 Fritz Freitag 18 SS Brigadefuhrer 14 Waffen Grenadier Division der SS 30 September 1944 nbsp Albert Frey 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer I SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 3 March 1943 Awarded 359th Oak Leaves 27 December 1943 Kurt Frohlich Note 13 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer II SS Panzer Regiment 9 6 May 1945 Carl Heinz Fruhauf 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer II niederl SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 49 4 June 1944 Robert Gaigals Note 14 13 Waffen Obersturmfuhrer 6 Waffen Grenadier Regiment der SS 42 Voldemars Veiss 5 May 1945 Nikolajs Galdins 16 Waffen Obersturmbannfuhrer Waffen Grenadier Regiment der SS Nr 42 25 January 1945 Wolfgang Gast 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer I SS Panzer Artillerie Regiment 2 4 June 1944 Gebhard Note 15 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 2 SS Panzer Pionier Bataillon 2 6 May 1945 Walter Gerth 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer of the Reserves 7 SS Panzer Artillerie Regiment 3 31 March 1943 Karl Gesele 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Sturmbrigade Reichsfuhrer SS 4 July 1944 Otto Gieseke 17 SS Standartenfuhrer SS Polizei Schutzen Regiment 1 30 September 1942 Karl Heinz Gieseler Note 16 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer Stosstruppfuhrer in Berlin 29 April 1945 Herbert Otto Gille 17 SS Oberfuhrer SS Artillerie Regiment 5 8 October 1942 Awarded 315th Oak Leaves 1 November 1943 47th Swords 20 February 1944 12th Diamonds 19 April 1944 nbsp Leon Gillis 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 5 SS Freiwillige Sturmbrigade Wallonie 30 September 1944 Walter Girg 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 1 502nd SS Jager Battalion 4 October 1944 Awarded 814th Oak Leaves 1 April 1945 Johannes Gohler 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 4 SS Reiter Regiment 15 17 September 1943 Erich Gostl 01 SS Panzergrenadier SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 1 31 October 1944 Herbert Golz Note 17 17 SS Standartenfuhrer und Oberst der Schupo Generalstab X SS Armeekorps 3 May 1945 Curt von Gottberg 19 SS Gruppenfuhrer Fuhrer der Kampfgruppe von Gottberg 30 June 1944 Heinrich Gottke 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 3 SS Flak Abteilung 17 27 December 1944 Rainer Gottsein 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer Kommandeur Sipo und SD Budapest und Fuhrer einer Kampfgruppe 6 February 1945 Killed in action 13 February 1945 51 Viktor Eberhard Grabner 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer of the Reserves SS Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 9 23 August 1944 Killed in action 18 September 1944 51 Erich Gratz 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 18 Panzerjager SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 1 14 May 1944 Simon Grascher 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 9 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 14 August 1943 Killed in action 1 August 1943 52 Gerhard Grebarsche 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 3 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 2 24 January 1944 Horst Gresiak 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 7 SS Panzer Regiment 2 25 January 1945 Willy Grieme 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer of the Reserves 6 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 17 September 1943 Bernhard Griese 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Polizei Schutzen Bataillon 323 3 May 1942 Franz Grohmann 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 1 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 3 Deutschland 23 August 1944 Heinz Gropp Note 18 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer of the Reserves 2 SS Flak Abteilung 9 6 May 1945 Martin Gross 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Panzer Regiment 1 22 July 1943 Alfred Grossrock 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 6 SS Panzer Regiment 5 12 August 1944 Died of wounds 4 April 1945 54 Rudolf Grunner 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer Regiment Mohr in der Festung Breslau 10 March 1945 Alfred Gunther 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 1 SS Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 1 3 March 1943 Killed in action 15 June 1944 55 nbsp Martin Gurz 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer III SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 Norge 23 October 1944 Killed in action 26 September 1944 56 Paul Guhl 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer III gep SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 2 4 June 1944 Franz Hack 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer III gep SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 14 May 1943 Awarded 844th Oak Leaves Note 19 18 April 1945 Heinz Hamel 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer II SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 24 16 June 1944 Ernst Haussler 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 5 15 August 1943 nbsp Heinrich Halbeck 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer V SS Gebirgskorps 17 April 1945 Desiderius Hampel Note 20 18 SS Brigadefuhrer 13 Waffen Gebirgs Division der SS Handschar kroat Nr 1 3 May 1945 Hans Hanke Note 21 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer Waffen Gebirgsjager Regiment der SS 28 kroat Nr 2 3 May 1945 Heinrich Hannibal 17 SS Standartenfuhrer SS Polizei Schutzen Regiment 31 23 August 1944 Max Hansen 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 1 28 March 1943 Awarded 835th Oak Leaves 17 April 1945 nbsp Heinz Harmel 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 3 31 March 1943 Awarded 296th Oak Leaves 7 September 1943 116th Swords 15 December 1944 nbsp Kurt Hartrampf Note 22 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 502 28 April 1945 Walter Harzer 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer 9 SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen 21 September 1944 Frank Hasse 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 11 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 1 6 August 1944 Killed in action 24 December 1944 60 Edgar Hauckelt Note 23 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 1 SS Jagdpanzer Abteilung 561 28 April 1945 Hans Hauser Note 24 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer und Major der Schupo I SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 Der Fuhrer 6 May 1945 Paul Hausser 19 SS Gruppenfuhrer 2 SS Division Das Reich 8 August 1941 Awarded 261st Oak Leaves 28 July 1943 90th Swords 26 August 1944 nbsp Hans Havik Note 25 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 1 SS Polizei Panzer Abteilung 4 6 May 1945 Eberhard Heder 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Panzer Pionier Bataillon 5 18 November 1944 Nicolaus Heilmann 17 SS Oberfuhrer 15 Waffen Grenadier Division der SS 23 August 1944 Killed in action 30 January 1945 63 Heinrich Heimann 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 1 23 February 1944 Killed in action 20 August 1944 63 Willy Hein 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 2 SS Panzer Regiment 5 4 May 1944 Albert Hektor 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 7 SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 24 Danmark 23 August 1944 Killed in action 9 April 1945 64 Johannes Hellmers 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer of the Reserves 6 SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 49 5 March 1945 Fritz Henke 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 3 SS Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 1 12 February 1944 Friedrich Herzig 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 503 29 April 1945 Konrad Heubeck 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 1 SS Panzer Regimentt 1 17 April 1945 nbsp Bruno Hinz 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 2 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 10 2 December 1943 Awarded 559th Oak Leaves 23 August 1944 Hans Hirning 04 SS Rottenfuhrer 6 SS Totenkopf Infanterie Regiment 1 23 October 1942 Killed in action 30 April 1945 65 Werner Hornicke 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer of the Reserves I SS Grenadier Regiment 10 mot 1 December 1943 Lothar Hofer 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer III SS Artillerie Regiment 54 5 April 1945 Ludwig Hoffmann Note 26 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer III SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 Norge 9 May 1945 Josef Holte 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 2 SS Panzer Regiment 9 27 August 1944 Killed in action 20 August 1944 67 Friedrich Holzer 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 1 SS Panzer Regiment 2 10 December 1943 Willi Hund 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 7 SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 Norge 11 May 1945 Note 27 Georg Hurdelbrink 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 1 SS Panzerjager Abteilung 12 16 October 1944 Friedrich Jeckeln 20 SS Obergruppenfuhrer Hoherer SS und Polizeifuhrer Ostland und Russland Nord 27 August 1944 Awarded 802nd Oak Leaves 8 March 1945 nbsp Walter Jentschke 01 SS Kanonier 5 SS Freiwillige Artillerie Regiment 54 18 December 1944 Wolfgang Joerchel 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 48 21 April 1944 Killed in action May 1945 69 Hans Juchem 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer III Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 12 September 1943 Killed in action 13 August 1943 69 Heinz Jurgens Note 28 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 4 9 May 1945 Arnold Jurgensen 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer I SS Panzer Regiment 12 16 October 1944 Died of wounds 23 December 1944 71 Helmut Kampfe 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer III Gep SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 10 December 1943 Executed 10 June 1944 72 nbsp Vinzenz Kaiser 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer III Gep SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 6 April 1943 Killed in action 20 April 1945 73 Alois Kalss 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 1 schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 502 23 August 1944 Killed in action 2 May 1945 74 Soren Kam 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 1 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 7 February 1945 nbsp Georg Karck 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 9 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 2 3 August 1943 Killed on active service 3 July 1944 75 Friedrich Wilhelm Karl 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Freiwillige Panzer Artillerie Regiment 11 26 December 1944 Paul Albert Kausch 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Panzer Abteilung 11 23 August 1944 Awarded 845th Oak Leaves Note 29 23 April 1945 Karl Keck 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 15 Pi SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 21 23 August 1944 Killed in action 11 July 1944 76 Georg Keppler 17 SS Oberfuhrer SS Infanterie Regiment Der Fuhrer 15 August 1940 nbsp Ludwig Kepplinger 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 11 SS Infanterie Regiment Der Fuhrer 4 September 1940 Killed in action 6 August 1944 77 Dieter Kesten 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 6 SS Panzer Regiment 2 12 November 1943 Killed in action 3 April 1945 78 Hans Kettgen 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer I SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Schill 14 February 1945 Helmut Kinz Note 30 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer und Hauptmann der Schupo Waffen Gebirgs Aufklarungs Abteilung 13 3 May 1945 Otto Kirchner 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer SS Reiter Regiment 16 21 April 1944 Executed 3 May 1945 80 Franz Kleffner 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Kradschutzen Bataillon Totenkopf 19 February 1942 Killed in action 16 March 1945 81 Matthias Kleinheisterkamp 18 SS Brigadefuhrer 2 SS Division Das Reich 31 March 1942 Awarded 871st Oak Leaves Note 31 9 May 1945 Killed in action 29 April 1945 83 Note 32 nbsp Albert Klett 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer of the Reserves 6 SS Kavallerie Regiment 15 16 October 1944 Killed in action 14 March 1945 85 nbsp Heinrich Kling 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 13 schw SS Panzer Regiment 1 23 February 1944 Fritz Klingenberg 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 2 Kradschutzen Bataillon 2 14 May 1941 Killed in action 25 March 1945 85 nbsp Karl Kloskowski 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 4 SS Panzer Regiment 2 11 July 1943 Awarded 546th Oak Leaves 11 August 1944 Missing in action 23 April 1945 86 nbsp Walter Kniep 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 2 14 August 1943 Killed on active service 22 April 1944 87 Gustav Knittel 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 1 4 June 1944 Fritz Knochlein 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 16 November 1944 nbsp Alfred Koch Note 33 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 3 6 May 1945 Ludwig Kochle 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 5 SS Totenkopf Infanterie Regiment 1 28 February 1942 Killed in action 9 June 1942 89 Karl Korner 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 2 schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 503 29 April 1945 Walter Korner Note 34 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 Norge 11 May 1945 Died of wounds 6 March 1945 90 Siegfried Korth 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 3 SS Kavallerie Regiment 18 9 February 1945 Boris Kraas 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Panzerjager Abteilung 3 28 February 1945 Died of wounds 13 February 1945 91 Hugo Kraas 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer I SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 2 28 March 1943 Awarded 375th Oak Leaves 24 January 1944 Ernst August Krag 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 2 23 October 1944 Awarded 755th Oak Leaves 28 February 1945 Bernhard Krause 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer I SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 26 18 November 1944 Killed in action 19 February 1945 92 Oswald Krauss 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Kavalerie Regiment 15 27 January 1945 Killed in action 9 March 1945 92 Karl Kreutz 17 SS Standartenfuhrer SS Panzer Artillerie Regiment 2 27 August 1944 Awarded 863rd Oak Leaves 6 May 1945 Franz Josef Krombholz 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer III SS Freiwillige Gebirgsjager Regiment 14 28 March 1945 Otto Kron 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Flak Abteilung 3 28 June 1942 Albrecht Krugel 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 12 March 1944 Awarded 651st Oak Leaves 16 November 1944 Killed in action 16 March 1945 93 Friedrich Wilhelm Kruger 20 SS Obergruppenfuhrer 6 SS Gebirgs Division Nord 22 October 1944 Suicide 9 May 1945 94 nbsp Joachim Kruger 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 10 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 24 June 1944 Died of wounds 14 August 1943 94 Walter Kruger 18 SS Brigadefuhrer SS Polizei Division 13 December 1941 Awarded 286th Oak Leaves 31 August 1943 120th Swords 11 January 1945 Suicide 22 May 1945 Note 35 nbsp Herbert Kuhlmann 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer I SS Panzer Regiment 1 Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 13 February 1944 Otto Kumm 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Infanterie Regiment Der Fuhrer 16 February 1942 Awarded 221st Oak Leaves 6 April 1943 138th Swords 17 March 1945 nbsp Ortwin Kuske 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 3 SS Aufklarungs Abteilung 17 26 November 1944 Josef Lainer 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 3 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 8 October 1943 Heinz Lammerding 17 SS Oberfuhrer Panzer Kampfgruppe Das Reich 11 April 1944 nbsp Paul Landwehr 15 Major der Schupo II SS Polizei Regiment 14 17 March 1945 Hermann Lang 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer I SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 5 23 October 1944 Fritz Langanke 10 SS Standartenoberjunker 2 SS Panzer Regiment 2 27 August 1944 Gunther Lange Note 36 03 SS Sturmmann 16 Pi SS Panzer Regiment 4 Der Fuhrer 6 May 1945 Georg Langendorf 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer of the Reserves 5 schw SS Freiwillige Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 11 12 March 1944 Bernhard Langhorst 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Freiwillige Panzerjager Abteilung 20 5 April 1945 Kurt Launer 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 6 15 August 1943 Rudolf Lehmann 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer 1 SS Panzer Division 23 February 1944 Awarded 862nd Oak Leaves Note 37 6 May 1945 Jacques Leroy Note 38 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 1 SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 69 20 April 1945 Alfred Lex 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer I SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 10 December 1943 Karl Heinz Lichte Note 39 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 5 SS Panzer Regiment 5 6 May 1945 Franz Liebisch 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 8 SS Kavallerie Division 9 February 1945 Karl Liecke Note 40 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer Waffen Gebirgs Regiment 27 der SS kroat Nr 1 3 May 1945 Dr Ing Hans Lipinski 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer of the Reserves 11 SS Flak Abteilung 18 2 January 1945 Jakob Lobmeyer Note 41 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Jagdpanzer Abteilung 561 20 April 1945 Hanns Heinrich Lohmann 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer III SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 12 March 1944 Awarded 872nd Oak Leaves Note 42 9 May 1945 Gustav Lombard 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Kavalllerie Regiment 1 10 March 1943 nbsp Gerhard Lotze 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 5 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 10 1 February 1945 Killed in action 13 October 1944 104 Siegfried Lungen 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 6 SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 16 November 1944 Heinz Macher 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 16 Pi SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 3 3 April 1943 Awarded 554th Oak Leaves 19 August 1944 Paul Maitla 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer I Waffen Grenadier Regiment 45 der SS 23 August 1944 Murdered by Czech communists on 10 May 1945Hans Malkomes 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 2 SS Panzer Regiment 1 30 October 1944 Hermann Maringgele 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 2 SS Kavallerie Regiment 15 21 February 1945 Lino Masarie 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 3 3 April 1943 Died of wounds 9 August 1944 105 nbsp Walter Mattern 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 7 SS Panzer Regiment 3 20 October 1944 Walter Mattusch Note 43 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 3 6 May 1945 Hubert Erwin Meierdress 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer SS Sturmgeschutz Batterie 3 13 March 1942 Awarded 310th Oak Leaves 5 October 1943 Killed in action 4 January 1945 107 Hans Meyer 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer I SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 49 2 September 1944 Kurt Meyer 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Aufklarungs Abteilung Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 18 May 1941 Awarded 195th Oak Leaves 23 February 1943 91st Swords 27 August 1944 nbsp Otto Meyer 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Panzer Regiment 9 4 June 1944 Awarded 601st Oak Leaves 30 September 1944 Killed in action 29 August 1944 Note 44 nbsp Werner Meyer 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 1 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 4 May 1944 Berndt Lubich von Milovan 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 1 SS Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 3 14 October 1943 Erhard Mosslacher 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 6 SS Kavallerie Regiment 16 9 February 1945 Wilhelm Mohnke 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 26 11 July 1944 Gerardus Mooyman 03 SS Sturmmann 14 SS Freiwillige Legion Nederland 20 February 1943 Karl Muhleck 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 2 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 2 4 June 1944 Johannes Rudolf Muhlenkamp 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Panzer Abteilung 5 3 September 1942 Awarded 596th Oak Leaves 21 September 1944 Albert Muller 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 4 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 10 4 August 1943 Heinz Muller 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer III SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 6 23 March 1945 Killed in action 17 March 1945 110 Siegfried Muller 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 25 19 December 1944 Heinz Murr 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer III SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 21 September 1944 Eggert Neumann 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Gebirgs Aufklarungs Abteilung 7 3 November 1944 Karl Nicolussi Leck 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 8 SS Panzer Regiment 5 9 April 1944 Alfred Nowak 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 3 SS Reiter Regiment 1 1 November 1943 Killed in action 13 September 1943 111 Heinz Nowotnik 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 14 MG SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 1 14 May 1944 Harald Nugiseks 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 1 SS Waffengrenadier Regiment 46 20 April 1944 nbsp Alois Obschil 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 2 Grenadier Regiment 1126 28 March 1945 Erich Olboeter 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer III Gep Panzergrenadier Regiment 26 28 July 1944 Werner Ostendorff 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer 2 SS Panzer Division Das Reich 13 September 1941 Awarded 861st Oak Leaves Note 45 6 May 1945 Died of wounds 1 May 1945 113 nbsp Otto Paetsch 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Panzer Regiment 10 23 August 1944 Awarded 820th Oak Leaves 5 April 1945 Killed in action 16 March 1945 114 Harry Paletta 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer SS Sturmgeschutz Batterie 1007 26 November 1944 Rudolf Pannier 15 Major I SS Polizei Schtutzen Regiment 2 11 May 1942 nbsp Fred Papas 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer SS Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 17 27 December 1944 Adolf Peichl 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 12 Gep SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 16 October 1944 Joachim Peiper 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer III Gep SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 2 9 March 1943 Awarded 377th Oak Leaves 27 January 1944 119th Swords 11 January 1945 nbsp Heinrich Petersen 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Gebirgsjager Regiment 1 13 November 1943 Otto Petersen 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer II SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 49 11 December 1944 Karl Pfeffer Wildenbruch 20 SS Obergruppenfuhrer IX SS Gebirgskorps 11 January 1945 Awarded 723rd Oak Leaves 1 February 1945 nbsp Helmut Pfortner 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 6 SS Regiment Germania 18 January 1942 Artur Phleps 19 SS Gruppenfuhrer SS Division Prinz Eugen 4 July 1943 Awarded 670th Oak Leaves 24 November 1944 Killed in action 21 September 1944 115 nbsp Harry Phonix 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer II SS Artillerie Regiment 8 21 February 1945 Karl Picus 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer SS Panzer Regiment 5 17 April 1945 Walter Pitsch Note 46 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 4 SS Flak Artillerie Abteilung 1 6 May 1945 Adolf Pittschellis 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Panzerjager Abteilung 3 23 August 1944 Gerhard Pleiss 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 1 Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler mot 20 April 1941 nbsp Werner Potschke 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 1 SS Panzer Regiment 1 4 June 1944 Awarded 783rd Oak Leaves 15 March 1945 Killed in action 24 March 1945 Note 47 Harry Polewacz 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer III SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Nordland 23 December 1942 Hermann Potschka 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer of the Reserves II SS Freiwillige Panzer Artillerie Regiment 11 26 December 1944 Otto Prager 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Regiment 7 9 December 1944 Georg Preuss 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 10 Gep SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 2 5 February 1945 Hermann Priess 17 SS Oberfuhrer SS Panzer Artillerie Regiment 3 28 April 1943 Awarded 297th Oak Leaves 9 September 1943 65th Swords 24 April 1944 nbsp Karl Heinz Prinz 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Panzer Regiment 12 11 July 1944 Felix Przedwojewski 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 2 SS Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 3 16 December 1943 Gustav Peter Reber Note 48 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer XI SS Panzer Corps 28 April 1945 Erich Rech 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 2 SS Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 10 23 August 1944 Walter Reder 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer I Gep SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 5 3 April 1943 nbsp Adolf Reeb 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 7 SS Panzer Regiment 2 23 August 1944 nbsp Erwin Reichel 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Westland 28 February 1943 Died of wounds 28 February 1943 120 Hans Reimling 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 2 SS Panzer Regiment 1 28 February 1943 nbsp Leo Hermann Reinhold 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Panzer Regiment 10 16 October 1944 Voldemars Reinholds Note 49 15 Waffen Sturmbannfuhrer Waffen Grenadier Regiment der SS 43 Hinrich Schuldt lett Nr 2 11 May 1945 Paul Reissmann 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 4 SS Kavallerie Regiment 17 16 November 1944 Died of wounds 8 November 1944 122 Hans Reiter 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 21 23 August 1944 Killed in action 15 August 1944 122 Albin Freiherr von Reitzenstein 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Panzer Regiment 2 13 November 1943 Fritz Rentrop 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 2 SS Flak Abteilung 2 13 October 1941 nbsp Gottlieb Renz 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Schutzen Bataillon 6 12 August 1944 Rudolf Rettberg Note 50 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Panzer Regiment 9 6 May 1945 Karl Rettlinger 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 3 SS Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 1 20 December 1943 Rudolf von Ribbentrop 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 6 SS Panzer Regiment 1 15 July 1943 Friedrich Richter Note 51 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer III SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 21 9 May 1945 Joachim Richter 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer of the Reserves SS Panzer Artillerie Regiment 5 23 February 1944 Wilfried Richter 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer SS Sturmgeschutz Batterie Totenkpopf 21 April 1942 Franz Riedel 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 7 SS Panzer Regiment 10 28 March 1945 Waldemar Riefkogel 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 1 SS Panzer Regiment 3 11 July 1943 Fritz Rieflin Note 52 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 2 SS Panzer Pionier Bataillon 2 6 May 1945 Alfreds Riekstins 06 Waffen Unterscharfuhrer 1 Waffen Fusilier Bataillon 19 28 April 1945 Julius Riepe 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer I SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 40 13 January 1945 Herbert Albert Rieth 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 5 SS Freiwillige Artillerie Regiment 54 11 December 1944 Harald Riipalu 16 Waffen Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Freiwillige Grenadier Regiment 45 23 August 1944 Dr Wolfgang Rohder 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 3 SS Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 2 1 December 1943 Josef Rolleke 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer III SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 5 16 June 1944 Erwin Franz Rudolf Roestel Note 53 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Panzerjager Abteilung 10 3 May 1945 Alfred Roge Note 54 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 1 SS Festungs Regiment 1 Besslein in the Fortress Breslau 9 May 1945 Died of wounds 12 May 1945 128 Erich Rossner 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 2 SS Panzerjager Abteilung 2 25 August 1941 Rudolf Rott 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 1 SS Panzer Abteilung 11 28 February 1945 Rudolf Roy 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 1 SS Panzerjager Abteilung 12 16 October 1944 Karl Rubatscher 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer I SS Grenadier Regiment 8 27 December 1943 Richard Rudolf 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer SS Panzerjager Abteilung 12 18 November 1944 Adolf Rud 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer Stabskompanie SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 3 23 August 1944 Killed in action 2 August 1944 129 Dr rer pol Hans Joachim Ruhle von Lilienstern 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer I niederl SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 48 12 February 1944 Hugo Ruf 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 3 SS Panzer Regiment 5 16 October 1944 Joachim Rumohr 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Artillerie Regiment 8 16 January 1944 Awarded 721st Oak Leaves 1 February 1945 Suicide 11 February 1945 130 nbsp Rudolf Saalbach 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 11 12 March 1944 Rudolf Saumenicht 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 2 SS Panzer Regiment 3 13 October 1943 Johann Sailer Note 55 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 3 SS Panzerjager Abteilung 9 6 May 1945 Kurt Sametreiter 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 3 schw SS Panzerjager Abteilung 1 31 July 1943 nbsp Rudolf Sandig 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 2 5 May 1943 Karl Sattler 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Regiment Sattler 16 January 1945 Hans Schabschneider 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 5 SS Panzer Artillerie Regiment 2 27 August 1944 Max Schachner 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer of the Reserves 2 SS Panzerjager Abteilung 8 14 May 1944 Ernst Schafer 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer III SS Infanterie Regiment 10 mot 14 October 1943 nbsp Max Schafer 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Panzer Pionier Bataillon 5 12 February 1943 Awarded 714th Oak Leaves 25 January 1945 Oskar Schafer 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 3 schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 503 29 April 1945 Siegfried Scheibe Note 56 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 48 11 May 1945 Killed in action 17 April 1945 132 Conrad Schellong 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Freiwillige Sturmbrigade Langemarck 28 February 1945 Johannes Scherg 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 1 SS Polizei Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 4 23 October 1944 Franz Scherzer 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer I SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 10 28 March 1945 Karl Schlamelcher 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer III SS Artillerie Regiment 5 1 March 1942 Wilhelm Schluter 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Artillerie Regiment 54 Nederland 23 August 1944 Georg Schluifelder 10 SS Standartenoberjunker 1 SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 49 26 November 1944 Heinrich Schmelzer 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer of the Reserves 2 SS Panzer Kampfgruppe Das Reich 12 March 1944 Awarded 756th Oak Leaves 28 February 1945 Walter Schmidt 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer III SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 10 4 August 1943 Awarded 479th Oak Leaves 14 May 1944 Alois Schnaubelt 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 3 SS Flak Abteilung 5 16 November 1944 Otto Schneider 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 7 SS Panzer Regiment 5 4 May 1944 Alfred Schneidereit 04 SS Rottenfuhrer 8 SS Panzer Gruppe 1 20 December 1943 Georg Schonberger 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Panzer Regiment 1 20 December 1943 nbsp Manfred Schonfelder 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer Ia of the 5 SS Panzer Division Wiking 23 February 1944 nbsp Fritz von Scholz Edler von Rarancze 17 SS Oberfuhrer SS Regiment Nordland 18 January 1942 Awarded 423rd Oak Leaves 12 March 1944 85th Swords 8 August 1944 Died of wounds 28 July 1944 33 Helmut Scholz 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 7 SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 49 4 June 1944 Awarded 591st Oak Leaves 21 September 1944 Franz Schreiber 17 SS Standartenfuhrer SS Gebirgsjager Regiment 12 26 December 1944 Gustav Schreiber 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 7 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 2 December 1943 nbsp Helmuth Schreiber 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 10 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 3 30 July 1943 Richard Remi Schrijnen 03 SS Sturmmann SS Freiwillige Sturmbrigade Langemarck 21 September 1944 Joachim Schubach 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 5 3 April 1943 Karl Schumers 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Polizei Schutzen Regiment 1 30 September 1942 Hinrich Schuldt 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Totenkopf Regiment 4 5 April 1942 Awarded 220th Oak Leaves 2 April 1943 56th Swords 25 March 1944 Killed in action 15 March 1944 133 Karlheinz Schulz Streeck Note 57 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 11 9 May 1945 Hans Christian Schulze 17 SS Standartenfuhrer SS Polizei Schutzen Regiment 2 11 September 1941 Died of wounds 13 September 1941 135 Herbert Schulze 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 16 December 1943 Kurt Schumacher 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 3 SS Panzer Regiment 5 4 May 1944 Oskar Schwappacher 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer V SS Artillerie Ausbildungs und Ersatz Regiment 26 December 1944 Willi Schweitzer Note 58 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Panzergrenadier Ausbildungs Bataillon 11 24 April 1945 Walter Seebach 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 5 SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 24 12 March 1944 Max Seela 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 3 SS Pionier Bataillon 3 3 May 1942 nbsp Emil Seibold Note 59 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 8 SS Panzer Regiment 2 6 May 1945 Rudolf Seitz 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 1 SS Polizei Panzerjager Abteilung 4 21 October 1942 Paul Senghas 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 1 SS Panzer Regiment 5 11 December 1944 Karlis Sensbergs Note 60 06 Waffen Unterscharfuhrer 19 Waffen Grenadier Division der SS lett Nr 2 11 May 1945 Bernhard Siebken 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 2 17 April 1945 Hans Siegel 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 8 SS Panzer Regiment 12 23 August 1944 Alfred Siegling 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 1 SS Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 2 2 December 1943 Hans Sigmund 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 11 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 5 April 1944 Willy Simke 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 5 SS Panzer Regiment 2 16 December 1943 Max Simon 17 SS Oberfuhrer SS Totenkopf Infanterie Regiment 1 20 October 1941 Awarded 639th Oak Leaves 28 October 1944 nbsp Gunther Sitter 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 10 12 September 1943 Dipl Ing Otto Skorzeny 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Sonderverband z b V Friedenthal 13 September 1943 Awarded 826th Oak Leaves 9 April 1945 nbsp Heinrich Sonne 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 1 SS Infanterie Brigade 10 December 1943 Ludwig Spindler 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer I SS Panzer Artillerie Regiment 9 27 September 1944 Richard Sporle 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer II SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment Norge 16 November 1944 Casper Sporck 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 5 SS Freiwillige Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 11 23 October 1944 Heinrich Springer 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 3 SS Infanterie Regiment Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 12 January 1942 Sylvester Stadler 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 6 April 1943 Awarded 303rd Oak Leaves 16 September 1943 152nd Swords Note 61 6 May 1945 nbsp Ernst Staudle 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 8 SS Artillerie Regiment 3 10 April 1942 Franz Staudegger 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 13 SS Panzer Regiment 1 10 July 1943 Felix Steiner 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer SS Infanterie Regiment mot 15 August 1940 Awarded 159th Oak Leaves 23 December 1942 86th Swords 10 August 1944 nbsp Albert Stenwedel Note 62 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II Waffen Gebirgsjager Regiment 27 3 May 1945 Arnold Stoffers 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 12 March 1944 Stefan Strapatin 04 SS Rottenfuhrer II niederl SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Regiment 49 16 November 1944 Bruno Streckenbach 18 SS Brigadefuhrer 19 Waffen Grenadier Division der SS lett Nr 2 27 August 1944 Awarded 701st Oak Leaves 16 January 1945 Josef Styr 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 1 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 5 April 1945 Friedrich Suhr 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer Kampfgruppe beim Befehlshaber der Sipo amp SD Frankreich 11 December 1944 nbsp Josef Swientek 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Panzer Artillerie Regiment 3 16 June 1944 Lothar Swierzinski 04 SS Rottenfuhrer 10 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 5 16 December 1943 Died of wounds 29 October 1944 139 Martin Tappe 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer II SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Regiment 8 28 March 1945 Eberhard Telkamp 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Panzer Regiment 9 23 August 1944 Ernst Tetsch 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer I SS Panzer Regiment 10 28 March 1945 nbsp Johann Thaler 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 6 SS Panzer Regiment 2 14 August 1943 Killed in action 7 April 1945 140 Alfred Titschkus 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 3 SS Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 3 11 December 1944 Paul Trabandt 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 2 SS Panzerjager Abteilung 5 14 October 1943 Wilhelm Trabandt 17 SS Standartenfuhrer 1 SS Infanterie Brigade 6 January 1944 nbsp Hans Traupe 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer I SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Regiment 3 23 February 1944 Christian Tychsen 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II SS Panzer Regiment 2 31 March 1943 Awarded 353rd Oak Leaves 10 December 1943 nbsp Karl Ullrich 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Pionier Bataillon 3 19 February 1942 Awarded 480th Oak Leaves 14 May 1944 Richard Utgenannt 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 3 SS Polizei Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 4 10 November 1944 Herbert Ernst Vahl 17 SS Oberfuhrer 2 SS Panzer Division Das Reich 31 March 1943 Anton Vandieken 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 6 SS Kavallerie Regiment 1 26 December 1944 Eugene Vaulot 06 Waffen Unterscharfuhrer 33 SS Freiwillige Division Charlemagne in Kampfraum Gross Berlin 29 April 1945 Voldemars Veiss 17 Waffen Standartenfuhrer SS Freiwillige Grenadier Regiment 44 9 February 1944 Died of wounds 17 April 1944 141 nbsp Johann Veith 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 3 SS Panzer Regiment 2 14 February 1945 Fritz Vogt 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 2 SS Aufklarungs Abteilung der SS Verfugungs Division 4 September 1940 Awarded 785th Oak Leaves 16 March 1945 Killed in action 3 April 1945 117 Jurgen Wagner 17 SS Oberfuhrer SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 9 24 July 1943 Awarded 680th Oak Leaves 11 December 1944 nbsp Kurt Wahl 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 38 23 August 1944 Awarded 720th Oak Leaves 1 February 1945 Bruno Walden 15 Major der Schupo III SS Polizei Regiment 2 18 January 1945 Hans Waldmuller 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer I SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 25 27 August 1944 Gunter Wanhofer 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Freiwillige Panzer Pionier Bataillon 54 27 August 1944 Alois Weber 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 16 Pi SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 3 30 July 1943 Wilhelm Weber 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 33 Waffen Grenadier Division der SS Charlemagne 29 April 1945 Otto Weidinger 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer SS Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 2 21 April 1944 Awarded 688th Oak Leaves 26 December 1944 Awarded 150th Swords Note 63 6 May 1945 nbsp Herman Weiser 13 SS Obersturmfuhrer 2 SS Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 1 28 March 1943 Hans Weiss 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer SS Panzer Aufklarungs Abteilung 2 6 April 1943 Helmut Wendorff 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 13 schw SS Panzer Regiment 1 12 February 1944 Killed in action 6 August 1944 142 Gustav Wendrinsky 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 1 SS Panzerjager Abteilung 8 27 January 1945 Heinz Werner 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer III gep SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 23 August 1944 Awarded 864th Oak Leaves Note 64 6 May 1945 Emil Wiesemann 14 SS Hauptsturmfuhrer 2 SS Sturmgeschutz Abteilung 1 20 December 1943 Killed in action 14 November 1943 143 Philipp Wild 09 SS Oberscharfuhrer 1 SS Panzer Abteilung 11 21 March 1944 Theodor Wisch 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer II Infanterie Regiment Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 15 September 1941 Awarded 393rd Oak Leaves 12 February 1944 94th Swords 30 August 1944 Gunther Eberhardt Wisliceny 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer III SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 3 30 July 1943 Awarded 687th Oak Leaves 26 December 1944 151st Swords Note 65 6 May 1945 nbsp Fritz Witt 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer I SS Infanterie Regiment Deutschland 4 September 1940 Awarded 200 Oak Leaves 1 March 1943 Killed in action 14 June 1944 145 nbsp Michael Wittmann 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer 13 schw SS Panzer Regiment 1 14 January 1944 Awarded 380th Oak Leaves 30 January 1944 71st Swords 22 June 1944 Killed in action 8 August 1944 146 nbsp Werner Wolff 12 SS Untersturmfuhrer III gep SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 2 7 August 1943 Died of wounds 29 March 1945 147 nbsp Balthasar Woll 04 SS Rottenfuhrer 13 schw SS Panzer Regiment 1 16 January 1944 Karl Heinz Worthmann 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 6 SS Panzer Regiment 2 31 March 1943 Killed in action 7 July 1943 148 nbsp Alfred Bernhard Julius Ernst Wunnenberg 17 SS Standartenfuhrer SS Polizei Schutzen Regiment 3 15 November 1941 Awarded 91st Oak Leaves 23 April 1942 nbsp Max Wunsche 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer I SS Panzer Regiment 1 28 February 1943 Awarded 548th Oak Leaves 11 August 1944 nbsp Erich Wulff Note 66 15 SS Sturmbannfuhrer 15 Waffen Grenadier Division der SS lett Nr 1 9 May 1945 Killed in action 3 February 1945 149 August Zehender 16 SS Obersturmbannfuhrer SS Reiter Regiment 2 10 March 1943 Awarded 722nd Oak Leaves 4 February 1945 Killed in action 11 February 1945 130 nbsp Erich Zepper 10 SS Hauptscharfuhrer 2 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 10 2 December 1943 Joachim Ziegler 18 SS Brigadefuhrer 11 SS Freiwillige Panzergrenadier Division Nordland 5 September 1944 Awarded 848th Oak Leaves 28 April 1945Killed in action 2 May 1945 150 August Zingel 06 SS Unterscharfuhrer 15 Totenkopf Infanterie Regiment 1 4 October 1942 Notes edit Adolf Ax s nomination shows no indication that the request had been processed or granted not even an entry date is noted The nomination list indicates that the request was filed on the 28 April 1945 A Heerespersonalamt HPA Army Staff Office nomination with the number 5092 had been created The nomination according to the book Verliehene Ritterkreuze Awarded Knight Crosses was forwarded to the HPA on 25 April 1945 No proof exists that the Knight s Cross was awarded The Order Commission of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR processed this case in 1981 and decided Knight s Cross yes 9 May 1945 Ax was a member of the AKCR 11 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives The award was unlawfully presented by SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6 SS Panzerarmee Bastian was a member of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR 13 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives The award was unlawfully presented by SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6 SS Panzerarmee The sequential number 153 was assigned by the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR Bittrich was member of the AKCR 19 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives According to Kratschmer the award was presented together with the Oak Leaves to Matthias Kleinheisterkamp Presumably the announcement was made via radio transmission on 28 April 1945 from the Fuhrer Headquarters in Berlin to the 9 Armee 9th Army in the Halbe pocket The radio transmissions received by the AOK 9 Armeeoberkommando 9 high command of the 9th army in April 1945 were not retained All communication to the Fuhrerbunker in Berlin were out of order as of 5AM on 28 April The order commission of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR processed the case in 1981 and decided Knight s Cross yes 28 April 1945 Friedrich Blond was a member of the AKCR 20 No evidence of the award to Karl Heinz Buhler can be found in the German Federal Archives The award was presumably awarded by SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich which would make it an unlawful presentation The Order Commission of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR processed this case in 1977 and decided Knight s Cross no 1 May 1945 The case Buhler was again processed in the fall of 1983 Whether or not additional or new evidence materialized remains unknown The Order Commission decided this time Knight s Cross yes 8 May 1945 Von Seemen lists him on 7 May 1945 Kratschmer states 1 May 1945 Fellgiebel later re dated the award on the 6 May 1945 It remains subject to speculation why this was done Buhler was a member of the AKCR 11 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives The award was unlawfully presented by SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6 SS Panzerarmee Draxenberger was a member of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR 34 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives The award was unlawfully presented by SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6 SS Panzerarmee Franz Josef Dreike was a member of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR 34 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives Presumably the award was presented by SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich which would make it an unlawful presentation The date was assumed by Fellgiebel Von Seemen states the 23 November 1944 The author was denied access to files which could help clarify the case of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR on the grounds of the Bundesarchivgesetz German Archive Law Oskar Drexler was a member of the AKCR 34 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives The author was denied access to files which could help clarify the case of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR on the grounds of the Bundesarchivgesetz German Archive Law Paul Egger was a member of the AKCR 34 Hermann Fegelein was sentenced to death by Hitler and executed by SS General Johann Rattenhuber s RSD on 28 April 1945 after a court martial led by 18 SS Brigadefuhrer and Generalmajor of the Waffen SS Wilhelm Mohnke The sentence was carried out the same day The death sentence resulted in the loss of all orders and honorary signs 40 A lawful presentation via the chain of command to the chief of the Heerespersonalamt HPA Army Staff Office Wilhelm Burgdorf in Berlin submitted nomination is possible Also possible is a direct presentation by Adolf Hitler However no evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives The author was denied access to files which could help clarify the case of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR on the grounds of the Bundesarchivgesetz German Archive Law Fellgiebel wrote in a letter dated 31 August 1976 He Willhelm Fey after joining the Bundeswehr has request a court of honor against himself Chairman was our companion recipient of the Oak Leaves former Oberst XXXX name was made anonymous This court of honor has accepted him without evidence The order commission of the AKCR accepted this Fellgiebel wrote we don t want to claim that we are smarter than the Bundeswehr Willhelm Fey was a member of the AKCR 41 Alfred Fischer s nomination according to a file card was received by the Heerespersonalamt HPA Army Staff Office on 11 January 1945 The nomination according to the book Verliehene Ritterkreuze Awarded Knight Crosses and note on the file card had been rejected without specifying a date A HPA nomination was not created Fischer received the Honour Roll Clasp of the Army on 5 March 1945 which may have result of the rejected Knight s Cross nomination The nomination by the troop is missing which may be an indication that it had been forwarded to the Referat Vg responsible for the Honour Roll Clasp listings The presentation date is an assumption of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR Kratschmer states the 9 May 1945 42 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives Presumably the award was presented by SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich which would make it an unlawful presentation The date 6 May 1945 was assumed by Fellgiebel Von Seemen states the 3 May 1945 Kurt Frohlich is not mentioned in Kratschmer s book The author was denied access to files which could help clarify the case of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR on the grounds of the Bundesarchivgesetz German Archive Law 45 Roberts Gaigals nomination had been finalized by the Heerespersonalamt HPA Army Staff Office and was ready for signature by the end of the war According to the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR the award was presented in accordance with the Donitz decree This is illegal according to the Deutsche Dienststelle WASt and lacks legal justification The presentation date is an assumption of the AKCR 46 No evidence regarding the presentation of the Knight s Cross of the Iron Cross to Karl Gebhard can be found in the German Federal Archive Fellgiebel also had no evidence and wrote on 11 July 1983 to Mr Eichhorn I have to rely on Kratschmer in Rieflin Fritz s case as well as in Gebhard s Kratschmer may have his information from Hermann Buch the former IIa personnel administration of the 2 SS Division Das Reich who mentioned the name Gebhard in a letter to von Seeman on 6 December 1970 Unlawful presentation by SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6 SS Panzerarmee 47 Karl Heinz Gieseler is listed as a recipient in Fellgiebel as SS Untersturmfuhrer and Stosstruppfuhrer in Berlin as a member of the 11 SS Panzergrenadier Division Nordland 48 Fellgiebel himself states that the presentation was made by SS Brigadefuhrer Wilhelm Mohnke in the bunker of the Reichs Chancellery between 25 30 April 1945 The number of likely presentations varies between 3 and 5 soldiers No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives Gieseler is not listed by Scherzer 49 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives According to Kratschmer the action took place in March 1945 in Pomerania with the Army Group Vistula Von Seemen lists Herbert Golz with the footnote Source Generalmajor Pol Rode at the time chief of staff with the chief of the German Police This posting is not verifiable A SS Brigadefuhrer and Generalmajor Rode is verifiable and was chief of staff of the field commando of the Reichsfuhrer SS This field commando processed at the time the nominations of the Waffen SS and prepared them for approval by Heinrich Himmler These nominations at the time were received by SS Obersturmbannfuhrer Kment the adjutant of Himmler and liaison officer to the Heerespersonalamt HPA Army Staff Office Golz nomination could have been a unlawful presentation by Himmler as commander in chief of the Army Group Vistula The order commission of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR handled this case in 1977 and decided Knight s Cross yes 31 March 1945 The evidence sustaining this decision remains unclear Access to the files was denied on the grounds of the Bundesarchivgesetz German Archive Law The presentation date was later changed by Fellgiebel Golz was a member of the AKCR 50 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives According to Fellgiebel the award was presented by SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich which would make it an unlawful presentation Fellgiebel s sources are Hermann Buch and Wilhelm Kment According to Buch note from 25 June 2005 he has nothing to do with this presentation And Kment cannot be the source since Buch stated that Kment died in the early 1970s If Kment were the source then von Seemen would have listed Heinz Gropp in either the first or second edition of his book which is not the case The source thus remains uncertain Kratschmer lists Gropp in his third edition with a date of 1 May 1945 without stating a source as well Fellgiebel dated the award on 6 May 1945 He may have done this to justify this as a Dietrich award 53 The recommendation for Franz Hack s Oak Leaves to the Knight s Cross was submitted to the Heerespersonalamt HPA Army Staff Office by the Division sometime between 16 and 19 April 1945 and approved by the commander of the IV SS Korps Herbert Otto Gille Missing is the approval from the 6 Armee and Heeresgruppe Sud There is no indication whether the recommendation was approved The response from the Reichsfuhrer SS was prepared but missing is a date and signature The existing card is not contemporary There is no indication in the press that the award was presented According to Fellgiebel Hack received the Oak Leaves from SS Obergruppenfuhrer and General of the SS Herbert Otto Gille commanding general IV SS Panzerkorps The sequential number 844 and date of award were assigned by the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR 57 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives Presumably Desiderius Hampel received the Knight s Cross the same day as Karl Liecke and Hans Hanke Letter from Kratschmer to von Seemen dated 7 August 1980 According to von Semen presumably presented by General Maximilian de Angelis The Order Commission of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR processed Hampel s case in 1980 and Fellgiebel decided Knight s Cross yes 3 May 1945 In his book he noted A justification for the presentation was not given Hampel was a member of the AKCR 58 59 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives Hans Hanke according to Kratschmer was informed of the award by SS Brigadefuhrer Desiderius Hampel and SS Obersturmbannfuhrer Karl Liecke Both Hampel and Liecke supposedly received the Knight s Cross the same day Letter from Kratschmer to von Seemen dated 7 August 1980 Mr Meentz of the German Federal Archive stated on 20 July 2004 that it cannot be verified that Hanke received the Knight s Cross According to von Seemen the Knight s Cross was awarded by General Maximilian de Angelis The order commission of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR processed the case in 1980 and Fellgiebel decided Knight s Cross yes 3 May 1945 Nevertheless Fellgiebel noted No justification for the award 58 59 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives According to Kratschmer letter dated on 7 August 1980 to von Seemen the presentation was made in conjunction to the Oak Leaves presentation to Matthias Kleinheisterkamp and was announced via radio transmission on 28 April 1945 from the Fuhrer Headquarters in Berlin to the 9 Armee 9th Army in the Halbe pocket The radio transmissions received by the AOK 9 Armeeoberkommando 9 high command of the 9th army in April 1945 were not retained All communication to the Fuhrerbunker in Berlin were out of order as of 5AM on 28 April The order commission of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR processed Kurt Hartrampf s case in 1980 and decided solely relying on the letter from Kratschmer Knight s Cross yes 28 April 1945 Hartrampf was a member of the AKCR 57 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives According to Kratschmer letter dated on 7 August 1980 to von Seemen the presentation was made in conjunction to the Oak Leaves presentation to Matthias Kleinheisterkamp and was announced via radio transmission on 28 April 1945 from the Fuhrer Headquarters in Berlin to the 9 Armee 9th Army in the Halbe pocket The radio transmissions received by the AOK 9 Armeeoberkommando 9 high command of the 9th army in April 1945 were not retained All communication to the Fuhrerbunker in Berlin were out of order as of 5AM on 28 April The order commission of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR processed Edgar Hauckelt s case in 1980 and decided solely relying on the letter from Kratschmer Knight s Cross yes 28 April 1945 61 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives The award was unlawfully presented by SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6 SS Panzerarmee Hauser was a member of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR 61 The nomination by the troop was received by the Heerespersonalamt HPA Army Staff Office via teleprinter on 6 April 1945 This can be verified in the book Verliehene Ritterkreuze Awarded Knight Crosses and file card A HPA nomination was never created or was not retained and according to the file card the nomination was numbered Nr 5023 and forwarded for further processing The file card indicates no further information The presentation date according to Kratschmer was the 6 May 1945 Mr Meentz of the German Federal Archive stated on 20 July 2004 that it cannot be verified that Hans Havik Johann Havik according to Scherzer received the Knight s Cross The presentation date 9 May 1945 was assigned by Fellgiebel 62 Mr Meentz of the German Federal Archive stated on 20 July 2004 that it cannot be verified that Ludwig Hoffmann received the Knight s Cross The presentation date was assigned by Fellgiebel Kratschmer lists him on 9 May 1945 Hoffmann was a member of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR 66 According to Scherzer on 20 April 1945 68 Heinz Jurgens nomination by the troop was received by the Heerespersonalamt HPA Army Staff Office sometime between 23 and 27 April 1945 and prepared for signature with a presentation date of 28 April 1945 However it was never signed According to the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR the award was presented in accordance with the Donitz decree This is illegal according to the Deutsche Dienststelle WASt and lacks legal justification Jurgens was a member of the AKCR 70 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives Fellgiebel claimed that Paul Albert Kausch at the time wounded in the Reich Chancellery had received news that according to a radio message received from Panzer AOK 11 had been awarded the Oak Leaves on 23 April 1945 from SS Brigadefuhrer Joachim Ziegler Ziegler the Division commander of Kausch was killed in action on 1 May 1945 Kratschmer however indicated that Kausch was wounded 25 April therefore he couldn t have received the news on the 25 April The 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland was only subordinated to the 11th Panzer Armee in February 1945 The Stab of the 11th Panzer Army then relocated to the Western Front where it surrendered on 21 April Kratschmer claimed that the award was presented for the actions during the middle of April east of Berlin Mr J S Fischer who was verifying the Oak Leaves presentation on behalf of Fellgiebel is not aware of a radio message received from the Panzer AOK 11 Fischer indicated that he only referenced the information presented by Kausch which is already stated in Kratschmer According to information by Fischer on 14 October 2004 Fellgiebel had made the note about the Panzer AOK 11 The sequential number 845 was assigned by the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR according to Kratschmer the number is 846 the date was accepted by the AKCR Kausch was member of the AKCR 70 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives Also never processed by the Order Commission of the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR According to von Semen presumably presented by General Maximilian de Angelis on the basis of the Donitz decree Fellgiebel noted in his book A justification for the presentation was not given 58 79 Fellgiebel claims that the nomination was received by the Heerespersonalamt HPA Army Staff Office via teleprinter from the commander in chief of the 9 Armee general Theodor Busse on 21 April 1945 Busse had nominated SS Obergruppenfuhrer Kleinheisterkamp for the Oak Leaves The claim is that the teleprinter contained a note that the formal procedure for immediate approval should be waited for Dienstwegvorschlag bzgl Sofortverleihung abwarten This teleprinter message cannot be found in the German Nation Archives Bestand RH 7 Busse had also nominated by teleprinter Generalmajor Joachim von Siegroth on the 21 April This teleprinter message can be found in the Nation Archives Bundesarchiv RH 7 300 According to Fellgiebel the same note can be found on von Siegroth s nomination This means that a formal nomination in this instance via the Army Group Vistula followed Both announced formal nominations never followed and were never received by the HPA The teleprinter nomination of von Siegroth is listed in the book of awarded Knight Crosses with an entry date of 21 April but Kleinheisterkamp s nomination isn t The reason for this may be that the liaison officer of the Waffen SS at the HPA P5a may have forwarded the nomination to the Reichsfuhrer SS for approval From here it should have been returned to the HPA which it wasn t The distribution list of von Siegroth s nomination indicates that general Busse had informed the Army Group Vistula and the chief of the HPA general Wilhelm Burgdorf It is very likely that Kleinheisterkamp s nomination had the same distribution list as von Siegroth s because the same principles applied Burgdorf therefore should have been informed of the formal procedure regarding Kleinheisterkamp s nomination The question remains unanswered whether the Fuhrer Headquarter or Adolf Hitler has approved the direct nomination of Kleinheisterkamp on 28 April or not Scherzer claims that this is very unlikely because Burgdorf would not have done two things First submit a nomination to the Fuhrer without having assessed the situation himself which only would have been possible if he had studied the formal paperwork Secondly he would not have bypassed the formal procedure which was already initiated Additionally the radio connection to the Fuhrerbunker was down since 5 00 on 28 April 1945 The sequential number 871 was assigned by the Association of Knight s Cross Recipients AKCR and the date is assumed 82 According to Fellgiebel on 2 May 1945 in the Battle of Halbe 84 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives The award was unlawfully presented by SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6 SS Panzerarmee 88 Walter Korner s nomination by the troop was received by the Heerespersonalamt HPA Army Staff Office end of March 1945 There is no entry date listed on the file card nor in the book Verliehene Ritterkreuze Awarded Knight Crosses The HPA created a nomination request with the number 4980 which does not exist anymore and according to the file card was submitted for further processing on 4 April 1945 No further comments or notes indicate that the nomination was finalized Mr Meentz of the German Federal Archive stated on 20 July 2004 that it cannot be verified that Korner received the Knight s Cross Fellgiebel assigned the presentation date Kratschmer claims that the award was approved on 9 May 1945 90 Walter Kruger s date of death is inconclusive According to Florian Berger date of death is 20 May 1945 Walther Per Fellgiebel states 8 May 1945 and Veit Scherzer presents the 22 May 1945 32 95 96 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives The award was unlawfully presented by SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6 SS Panzerarmee 97 No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives The award was unlawfully presented by SS Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6 SS Panzerarmee The sequential number 862 was assigned by the a, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,