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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

The OBdW postponed, and thereby temporarily barred/blocked, the awarding of the Knight Cross of the Iron Cross for "remarkable services in troop leadership" from August 3rd, 1940 until March 16th, 1941.

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Hollekamp, Josef* August 19th, 1920
† December 20th, 1992

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Houten, van, Rudolf* October 3rd, 1914
† January 8th, 1993

Hörl, Ludwig* August 2nd, 1904
† January 22nd, 1993

Huber, Karl* December 3rd, 1914
† February 24th, 1993

Heinrich, Herbert* September 24th, 1918
† February 25th, 1993

Haukelt, Edgar (Waffen SS)* March 30th, 1921
† March 14th, 1993

Hanke, Georg* December 11th, 1914
† March 16th, 1993

Hartmann, Werner (WH-Pi.Btl. 8)* April 24th, 1918
† June 1st, 1993

Hummel, Friedrich Richard "Fritz" (Jagdverband)* February 8th, 1910
† July 10th, 1993

Heckmann, Alfred "Fred" (Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet")* June 14th, 1914
† July 21st, 1993

Hager, Johannes* August 16th, 1920
† September 2nd, 1993

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Hermann, Horst* August 30th, 1918
† September 19th, 1993

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Hartmann, Erich Alfred "Bubi" (Jagdgeschwader 52)* April 19th, 1922
† September 20th, 1993

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Hengst, Max* March 28th, 1913
† September 23rd, 1993

Hein, Kurt* November 18th, 1909
† October 8th, 1993

Hoensbroech, Graf von und zu, Ignaz* November 26th, 1918
† November 26th, 1993

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Hofbauer, Franz* March 25th, 1921
† February 11th, 1994

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Haag, Heinz* December 19th, 1918
† April 5th, 1994

Hoffmeister, Heinrich* August 31st, 1907
† April 16th, 1994

Hain, Horst* February 22nd, 1920
† May 26th, 1994

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Hölz, Walter* February 22nd, 1914
† July 6th, 1994

Heydte, Freiherr von der, Friedrich-August* March 30th, 1907
† July 7th, 1994

Hotzy, Theodor* September 15th, 1920
† July 21st, 1994

Hoffmann, Ernst-Wilhelm* September 29th, 1904
† August 27th, 1994

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Hammer, Ludwig* May 25th, 1914
† December 31st, 1994

Hockenjos, Fritz* March 26th, 1909
† February 24th, 1995

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Herrmann, Harry* May 27th, 1909
† March 12th, 1995

Hamburger, Otto (Grenadier-Regiment 426)* April 28th, 1909
† March 22nd, 1995

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Hilss, Willi* January 8th, 1916
† April 13th, 1995

Horak, Erich* June 29th, 1916
† April 27th, 1995

Herbst, Josef* January 29th, 1915
† August 20th, 1995

Hawelka, Heinrich* July 11th, 1917
† August 21st, 1995

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Hannak, Günther* December 12th, 1921
† August 25th, 1995

Hertel, Rüdiger* August 26th, 1919
† August 27th, 1995

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Hartmann, Leo (Panzer-Kompanie "Breslau")* August 3rd, 1912
† September 4th, 1995

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Haut, Erich* July 13th, 1899
† September 6th, 1995

Hrabak, Dietrich "Dieter"* December 19th, 1915
† September 15th, 1995

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Hundertmark, Gerhard (Flak-Abteilung 802)* March 20th, 1919
† December 29th, 1995

Höfer, Heinrich "Heinz" (Kampfgeschwader 55)* July 14th, 1911
† January 2nd, 1996

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Hadeball, Heinz-Martin* April 22nd, 1921
† January 13th, 1996

Heinrich, Horst* May 2nd, 1918
† August 5th, 1996

Hille, Alfred (Fahnenjunker-Grenadier-Regiment 123* November 22nd, 1908
† September 11th, 1996

Hübner, Eduard* April 16th, 1914
† October 1st, 1996

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Högl, Franz-Josef* October 21st, 1916
† November 29th, 1996

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Hückel, Ernst-Albrecht* September 23rd, 1919
† December 24th, 1996

Hozzel, Paul-Werner* October 16th, 1910
† January 7th, 1997

Hofmann, Paul (Grenadier-Regiment 352)* November 12th, 1915
† January 13th, 1997

Hack, Franz (Waffen SS)* February 3rd, 1915
† June 9th, 1997

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Hartz, Walter* February 22nd, 1916
† July 5th, 1997

Hausmann, Karl* January 10th, 1912
† July 27th, 1997

Huhn, Kurt* August 1st, 1912
† September 3rd, 1997

Havik, Johan "Joop" 'Hans' Wijnand (Waffen SS)* May 5th, 1923
† September 21st, 1997

Holm, Max* December 13th, 1914
† October 19th, 1997

Hopfe, Willi* June 21st, 1912
† October 29th, 1997

Hollmann, Ernst (Grenadier-Regiment 1221)* March 1st, 1913
† January 3rd, 1998

Hellmann, Erich* February 13th, 1916
† January 24th, 1998

Herzog, Karl* July 6th, 1906
† January 25th, 1998

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Hehmeyer, Hermann* October 12th, 1909
† January 29th, 1998

Hoffmann, Heinrich (KM-Torpedoboot)* August 17th, 1910
† January 29th, 1998

Hengstler, Friedrich* July 11th, 1913
† February 9th, 1998

Herwig, Hans-Erich* September 24th, 1913
† February 12th, 1998

Hofmann, Karl-Joachim* September 25th, 1919
† March 18th, 1998

Hogrebe, Heinrich* June 22nd, 1913
† June 25th, 1998

Heintze, Erich* September 27th, 1916
† August 11th, 1998

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Honnefeller, Günther* May 29th, 1923
† October 22nd, 1998

Hofmann, Willy (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5)* March 4th, 1916
† November 5th, 1998

Hofer, Lothar (Waffen SS)* September 18th, 1914
† January 22nd, 1999

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Herrmann, Benno* January 4th, 1918
† February 7th, 1999

Hoffmann, Ludwig* May 21st, 1908
† February 10th, 1999

Hauser, Freiherr von, Paul* April 24th, 1911
† April 1st, 1999

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Hofsäss, Richard* February 4th, 1914
† April 10th, 1999

Hintze, Otto* October 9th, 1914
† May 9th, 1999

Hampe, Herbert* October 10th, 1913
† September 13th, 1999

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Harras, Horst* March 22nd, 1915
† October 26th, 1999

Henke, Friedrich "Fritz" (Waffen SS)* January 6th, 1921
† November 15th, 1999

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Haidle, Paul (Schlachtgeschwader 77)* August 25th, 1919
† November 26th, 1999

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Hellmers, Johannes (Waffen SS)* October 23rd, 1918
† December 15th, 1999

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Heckelmann, Reinhold* May 27th, 1914
† December 22nd, 1999

Hemmer, Hermann* July 29th, 1917
† February 21st, 2000

Haase, Alfred (Pionier-Lehr-Bataillon 2)* September 9th, 1898
† February 24th, 2000

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Hohmuth, Walter* October 28th, 1914
† February 26th, 2000

Holzapfel, Hans* May 2nd, 1913
† March 30th, 2000

Henssler, Walter* March 6th, 1913
† May 24th, 2000

Huber, Gustav* September 3rd, 1917
† August 30th, 2000

Harmel, Artur Heinrich "Heinz" (Waffen SS)* June 29th, 1906
† September 2nd, 2000

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Hein, Willi (Waffen SS)* April 26th, 1917
† October 25th, 2000

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Höfer, Dirk (Pionier-Bataillon 256)* August 16th, 1915
† January 2nd, 2001

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Hensel, Herbert* January 11th, 1914
† February 17th, 2001

Hönscheid, Johannes Matthias* July 14th, 1922
† March 2nd, 2001

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Haderecker, Hermann* April 27th, 1915
† August 5th, 2001

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Hüttner, Hartmut* January 6th, 1914
† August 22nd, 2001

Heichele, Josef Anton(Füselier-Bataillon 129)* October 15th, 1914
† November 8th, 2001

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Hauser, Hans (Waffen SS)* January 31st, 1916
† November 21st, 2001
Plot: 16 Row: 1 Grave: 8

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Heuer, Heinz* March 2nd, 1918
† January 6th, 2002

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Haschberger, Max (Grenadier-Regiment 481)* July 29th, 1913
† January 15th, 2002

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Heine, Werner (Grenadier-Regiment 499)* July 30th, 1914
† February 13th, 2002

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Herrmann, Richard* November 27th, 1914
† February 21st, 2002

Hug, Eduard* September 23rd, 1921
† February 24th, 2002

Häberlen, Klaus* April 14th, 1916
† April 7th, 2002

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Hund, Willi (Waffen SS)* February 23rd, 1923
† April 30th, 2002

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Herzbach, Max* January 17th, 1914
† May 2nd, 2002

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Heyn, Alfred* January 10th, 1921
† June 4th, 2002

Haiböck, Josef* February 28th, 1917
† July 3rd, 2002

Hurdelbrink, Georg (Waffen SS)* October 6th, 1919
† August 26th, 2002

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Holzmann, Leopold* March 5th, 1916
† October 21st, 2002

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Holzapfel, Karl-Heinz* July 5th, 1915
† February 15th, 2003

Heidschmidt, Joachim (Infanterie-Regiment 508)* January 19th, 1910
† February 25th, 2003

Hegewald, Rudolf* March 14th, 1920
† March 6th, 2003

Hodurek, Herbert* February 10th, 1915
† July 4th, 2003

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Huy, Wolf-Dietrich (Jagdgeschwader 77)* August 2nd, 1917
† July 13th, 2003

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Hohoff, Alfred* September 17th, 1916
† July 22nd, 2003

Hogeback, Hermann* August 25th, 1914
† February 15th, 2004

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Hindelang, Hans* April 16th, 1912
† June 1st, 2004

Heutling, Helmut* April 23rd, 1918
† June 29th, 2004

Hauser, Hellmuth* February 24th, 1916
† September 5th, 2004

Hetzenauer, Matthäus* December 23rd, 1924
† October 3rd, 2004

Heindorff, Hans* May 5th, 1915
† October 7th, 2004

Hormann, Hans* December 11th, 1913
† December 9th, 2004

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Hoffmann, Albert* August 11th, 1917
† August 29th, 2005

Hößlin, von, Hartmut* March 25th, 1919
† August 31st, 2005

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Hochgartz, Günther* July 10th, 1918
† October 10th, 2005

Hasche, Wolfgang (Grenadier-Regiment 987)* February 23rd, 1917
† November 27th, 2005

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Hessinger, Franz* July 13th, 1919
† January 1st, 2006

Heger, Otto* December 28th, 1911
† August 29th, 2006

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Hackl, Martin* January 6th, 1920
† September 22nd, 2006

Hübscher, Erich* February 19th, 1915
† October 4th, 2006

Hafner, Otto (Grenadier-Regiment 61)* March 16th, 1914
† November 5th, 2006

Hoene, Karl-Friedrich* January 8th, 1922
† December 25th, 2006

Hunger, Hans-Joachim* March 8th, 1921
† October 4th, 2007

Heyking, Baron von, Ernst-Georg* April 2nd, 1915
† October 25th, 2007

Hirn, Johannes* February 19th, 1917
† December 17th, 2007

Hopf, Theodor* September 23rd, 1918
† January 23rd, 2008

Handler, Johann* May 4th, 1916
† February 9th, 2008

Hütten, Karl* February 15th, 1917
† February 11th, 2008

Henle, Hermann* July 10th, 1916
† March 16th, 2008

Heiland, Hans (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 126)* June 22nd, 1917
† March 22nd, 2008

Hess, Hans-Georg* May 6th, 1923
† March 29th, 2008

Huber, Josef (Sturzkampfgeschwader 77)* July 18th, 1915
† May 24th, 2008

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Hein, Gerhard "Gerd"* July 9th, 1916
† June 6th, 2008

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Hümmerich, Wilhelm "Willi" (Infanterie-Reg. 80)* July 22nd, 1917
† July 17th, 2008

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Hermann, Helmut* June 6th, 1917
† August 3rd, 2008

Honsberg, Werner* February 15th, 1914
† October 28th, 2008

Hinrichs, Ernst* March 10th, 1916
† January 25th, 2009

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Hartelt, Wolfgang (Fallschirm-Panzer-Reg. 'HG')* November 28th, 1924
† January 28th, 2009

Hohenhausen, Richard* July 8th, 1914
† January 14th, 2010

Herrmann, Hans-Joachim "Hajo"* August 1st, 1913
† November 5th, 2010

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Hackl, Leopold* June 29th, 1916
† November 15th, 2010

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Hammerich, Willi (WH-Grenadier-Regiment 501)* December 17th, 1921
† November 21st, 2010

Hoffmann, Werner (Nachtjagdgeschwader 5)* January 13th, 1918
† July 8th, 2011

Heinrici, Hans-Joachim* April 16th, 1918
† October 8th, 2011

Heim, Herbert* March 8th, 1924
† February 28th, 2013

Höper, Ahrend* November 26th, 1920
† March 5th, 2013

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Hermes, Othmar* November 25th, 1925
† January 12th, 2014

Husemann, Werner* November 10th, 1919
† February 2nd, 2014

Hermichen, Rolf-Günther* July 25th, 1918
† May 23rd, 2014

Hagena, Gottfried (Aufklärungsgruppe 31)* August 31st, 1912
† June 11th, 2014

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Hammerschmidt, Josef Dr. (Pz.Art.Reg. 74)* February 27th, 1923
† January 24th, 2015

Hönig, Justus* July 9th, 1917
† September 16th, 2016

Heinemann, Anton* January 29th, 1921
† August 27th, 2017

Halm, Günter* August 27th, 1922
† September 26th, 2017

Heder, Eberhardt (Waffen SS)* June 30th, 1918
† November 18th, 2017

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Hardegen, Reinhard* March 18th, 1913
† June 9th, 2018

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Hase, von, Karl-Günther* December 15th, 1917
† May 9th, 2021

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