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Auner, Kurt

    Date of birth:
    May 5th, 1914 (Mediasch, Romania)
    Service number:
    SS Nr. 431427
    Nationality:
    German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

    Biography

    Kurt Auner, an ethnic Grman from Romania, served 1 year in the Romanian Army as Lieutenant in the artillery. He was also member of the Hitlerjugend, war volunteer in the Waffen-SS (artillery) in Poland and member of a Sonderkommando shortly after. Auner officially joined the Waffen-SS in 1942. He was already part of an Einsatzkommando around that time.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
    Awarded on:
    July 15th, 1944
    Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse mit Schwertern
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
    Awarded on:
    December 23rd, 1944
    Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
    SA-Sportabzeichen
    Hitlerjugend Ehrenzeichen

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