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Altner, Ernst-Georg

    Date of birth:
    December 4th, 1901 (Waldheim/Saxony, Germany)
    Date of death:
    April 12th, 1945 (Dortmund/Westernphalia, Germany)
    Nationality:
    German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

    Biography

    1925: SA-Truppführer
    ?: SA-Sturmführer
    April 1926: NSDAP Mitgliedsnummer 34.339;
    10 May 1929: SS-Mitglieds-Nr. 1.421;
    10 May 1929: SS-Anwärter
    30 April 1931: SS-Truppführer
    6 July 1931: SS-Sturmführer
    15 November 1931: SS-Sturmbannführer
    24 December 1932: SS-Standartenführer
    8 November 1933: SS-Oberführer
    1 January 1941: SS-Brigadeführer.

    Ernst-Georg Altner shot himself on 12th April 1945 in the Dortmunder Rombergpark when the Allies entered the city.

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    Rank:
    SS-Oberführer (Brigade General)
    Awarded on:
    1934
    Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP
    Rank:
    SS-Oberführer (Brigade General)
    Awarded on:
    December 16th, 1935
    Julleuchter der SS
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    SS-Oberführer (Brigade General)
    Awarded on:
    1940
    Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    SS-Oberführer (Brigade General)
    Awarded on:
    1940
    Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    SS-Brigadeführer / Generalmajor der Waffen-SS (Brigadier)
    Awarded on:
    August 3rd, 1942
    Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    SS-Brigadeführer / Generalmajor der Waffen-SS (Brigadier)
    Awarded on:
    January 29th, 1943
    Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse mit Schwertern
    DRL Sportabzeichen in Bronze
    Deutsches Reiterabzeichen in Bronze

    No. 1117
    SS-Zivilabzeichen
    Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer

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