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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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Turnwald, Hans (Jagdpanzer-Kompanie 1015)* August 22nd, 1920
† July 11th, 1982

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Trotz, Herbert* May 11th, 1915
† July 31st, 1980

Thom, Walter* April 18th, 1923
† October 22nd, 1944

Thumbeck, Georg* October 6th, 1921
† September 19th, 2004

Tilmann, [Dr.] Wido* September 16th, 1917
† February 15th, 1987

Tischer, Kurt* January 20th, 1925
† April 16th, 1944

Toll, Otto* September 5th, 1917
† June 10th, 1944

Treptau, Max* January 24th, 1925
† November 12th, 2003

Trägner, Josef* February 10th, 1915
† January 20th, 1974

Treeck, Egon* December 14th, 1894
† December 16th, 1966

Triebe, Theodor* February 11th, 1904
† March 28th, 1945

Tykiel, Alfred (Schützen-Regiment 10)* July 6th, 1911
† March 31st, 1981

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Treffer, Franz (Infanterie-Regiment 20)* August 22nd, 1904
† August 10th, 1941
Grave: UNK

Thiem, Egon* October 5th, 1911
† October 16th, 1959

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Toschka, Rudolf* September 26th, 1911
† February 21st, 1944
Plot: L Grave: 13

Tippelskirch, von, Adolf-Hilmar* October 3rd, 1914
† June 28th, 1944

Trebes, Horst* October 22nd, 1916
† July 29th, 1944

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Trippensee, Kurt* August 10th, 1914
† February 16th, 1943

Trojer, Hans-Hartwig* January 22nd, 1916
† September 27th, 1943

Trautwein, Heinz* December 21st, 1907
† November 1st, 1944

Tonne, Günther* May 21st, 1916
† July 15th, 1943
Plot: 8 Grave: 788

Thoma, Helmut* October 2nd, 1916
† February 12th, 1984

Tippelskirch, von, Kurt Oskar Heinrich Ludwig W.* October 9th, 1891
† May 10th, 1957

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Timm, Erich* February 15th, 1913
† October 6th, 1997

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Tichy, Ekkehard* August 26th, 1922
† August 16th, 1944

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Thurmann, Karl* September 4th, 1909
† January 20th, 1943

Thorwest, Friedrich-Wilhelm* December 6th, 1898
† November 1st, 1944

Thorey, Andreas* November 3rd, 1912
† April 18th, 1944

Thomas, Wilhelm* October 8th, 1892
† August 24th, 1976

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Thiessen, Hans* November 13th, 1916
† February 18th, 1945

Teuwsen, Adolf* March 22nd, 1916
† July 4th, 1968

Theissig, Franz* June 10th, 1920
† April 1945

Tesch, Hermann* January 2nd, 1913
† June 12th, 1944
Plot: 7 

Tennhardt, Werner* November 26th, 1915
† October 11th, 1941

Teubel, Heinz* June 26th, 1917
† May 25th, 1970

Tesch, Karl-Heinz* October 13th, 1916
† May 12th, 1963

Tenner, Hans* April 7th, 1915
† March 29th, 1943

Telschig, Ernst* February 22nd, 1899
† November 11th, 1973

Trittel, Rudolf* June 18th, 1913
† May 18th, 1945
Row: 1 Grave: 73

Tiedtke, Werner* February 11th, 1922

Tiburzy, Ernst* December 26th, 1911
† November 14th, 2004

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Tietjen, Cord* November 10th, 1914
† June 18th, 2005

Torley, Karl* October 16th, 1913
† July 19th, 1943

Teige, Waldemar* March 29th, 1913
† October 3rd, 1942

Tabel, Franz (Pionier-Bataillon 246)* February 2nd, 1911
† December 18th, 1991

Thofern, Werner* October 12th, 1920
† January 13th, 1957

Titschkus, Alfred (Waffen SS)* February 19th, 1921
† April 5th, 1945

Teichmann, Friedrich (Grenadier-Regiment 712)* June 27th, 1914
† January 20th, 1945
Row: 18 Grave: 799

Teichert, Max-Martin* January 31st, 1915
† May 12th, 1943

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Tech, Harry* January 3rd, 1907
† January 13th, 1990

Taulien, Arno (Panzer-Regiment 6)* April 15th, 1919
† September 19th, 1989

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Tanneberger, Wilhelm "Willi" (Gren.Reg. 156)* December 30th, 1914
† May 22nd, 2000

Tank, Walter (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3)* November 3rd, 1915
† April 27th, 1998

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Theilen, Heinrich* May 12th, 1919
† January 13th, 1960

Thierfelder, Helmut* April 10th, 1915
† February 10th, 1994

Thiem, Ernst* October 11th, 1909
† September 19th, 1943

Thieme, Heinz* June 7th, 1921
† December 17th, 1943

Tanczos, Hermann* November 30th, 1921
† November 4th, 1967

Theilen, Hans* September 30th, 1912
† February 1st, 1944

Thulke, Willi* September 22nd, 1916
† September 4th, 1998

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Tietzen, Horst* July 19th, 1912
† August 18th, 1940
Plot: 17 Row: 1 Grave: 10

Tietz, Hermann* October 15th, 1914
† February 27th, 2005

Tulodetzki, Herbert* October 21st, 1920
† April 15th, 1986

Tyroller, Georg* February 2nd, 1897
† April 27th, 1945

Twillemeyer, Alois* May 29th, 1923
† March 31st, 2004

Tschierschwitz, Gerhard (Fallschirm-Pz-Reg. 'HG')* April 23rd, 1920
† January 17th, 1997

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Thumm, Helmuth* August 25th, 1895
† July 13th, 1977

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Thaler, Andreas* June 10th, 1915
† May 17th, 1988

Tummer, Emil Heinrich "Heinrich"* June 11th, 1908
† January 14th, 1971

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Thaler, Johann "Hans"* February 6th, 1920
† April 7th, 1945
Plot: Gruppe 97 

Thiel, Karl (Artillerie-Regiment 217)* December 23rd, 1913
† February 29th, 2004

Thomsen, Rolf-Erich (U 1202)* May 6th, 1915
† March 26th, 2003

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Trettner, Heinrich "Heinz"* September 19th, 1907
† September 18th, 2006

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Tellgmann, Eugen* June 27th, 1910
† September 17th, 1979

Turancec, Joseph* March 7th, 1892
† March 9th, 1957

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Teodorini, Corneliu* September 18th, 1893
† July 10th, 1976

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Tiesenhausen, Freiherr von, Hans-Diedrich* February 22nd, 1913
† August 17th, 2000

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Thoma, Ritter von, Wilhelm Josef (Gen. d. Panzer)* November 11th, 1891
† April 30th, 1948

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Topp, Erich* July 2nd, 1914
† December 26th, 2005

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Töniges, Werner* January 7th, 1910
† January 25th, 1995

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Tromm, Heinrich* June 2nd, 1896
† June 19th, 1942

Telkemeyer, Heinrich* November 20th, 1905
† November 17th, 1948

Thoma, Heinrich "Heinz" (Generalleutnant)* April 26th, 1891
† October 30th, 1948

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Trinko, Otto* February 23rd, 1922
† May 26th, 2003

Trey, Werner* March 12th, 1915
† January 15th, 1945

Temple, de, Carl* June 18th, 1897
† November 16th, 1944

Trenkmann, Friedhelm* December 14th, 1919
† September 17th, 1944

Trausnitz, Josef* April 6th, 1916
† September 28th, 1995

Treckmann, Wilhelm* August 13th, 1907
† July 13th, 1944

Trabandt, Paul (Waffen SS)* October 24th, 1913
† July 27th, 1991

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Teusen, Hans* July 26th, 1917
† February 11th, 2011

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Titel, Georg* February 27th, 1914
† May 18th, 2013

Tilgner, Herbert* March 14th, 1917
† July 8th, 2003

Thörner, Johannes* May 4th, 1917
† May 1st, 1976

Tătăranu, Nicolae* October 3rd, 1890
† May 13th, 1953

Thaler, Rudolf* March 24th, 1919
† May 10th, 1963

Tannert, Karl Stefan (Fallschirmjäger)* December 22nd, 1910
† June 18th, 1980

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Tschoerner, Philipp-Karl (Aufklärungsgruppe 41)* October 14th, 1914
† June 11th, 1944
Grave: UNK

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Tscherning, Willi* June 15th, 1917
† January 20th, 2012

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Tschenett, Wilhelm* June 6th, 1921
† February 7th, 1945

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Trummer, Johann "Hans"* October 23rd, 1920
† March 1st, 2022

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Trost, Ewald-Günther* April 27th, 1911
† June 26th, 1999

Tritsch, Willi* July 13th, 1919
† December 19th, 1971

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Trenn, Rudolf* November 22nd, 1917
† April 16th, 1943
Plot: 33 Row: 12 Grave: 460

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Trenkel, Rudolf* January 17th, 1918
† April 26th, 2001

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Trenke, Johann* August 3rd, 1919
† April 29th, 1957

Trautloft, Hannes* March 3rd, 1912
† January 12th, 1995

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Tratt, Eduard* February 24th, 1919
† February 22nd, 1944

Töpfer, Hans* December 21st, 1919
† December 8th, 1955

Tonne, Wolfgang* February 28th, 1918
† April 20th, 1943

Tilebein, Bruno* July 9th, 1910
† May 2nd, 2001

Thyben, Gerhard (Jagdgeschwader 54)* February 24th, 1922
† September 4th, 2006

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Thurnhuber, Josef 'Sepp' (Kampfgeschwader 200)* July 13th, 1920
† October 1st, 2000

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Thurner, 'Hans' Johann (Kampf-Geschwader 6)* October 24th, 1918
† June 11th, 1944
Plot: 9 Row: 4 Grave: 124

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Thoß, Werner* May 11th, 1919
† May 9th, 2001

Thor, Hans* January 26th, 1918
† June 26th, 1944

Thomsen, Ernst-Heinrich (Kampfgeschwader 26)* January 18th, 1914
† January 13th, 2000

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Thomas, Karl-Anton* May 27th, 1914
† April 6th, 1991

Thierfelder, Werner* December 24th, 1915
† July 18th, 1944

Thiel, Erich (Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke")* June 14th, 1912
† April 22nd, 1943

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Thiel, Edwin Ludwig (Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders")* June 19th, 1913
† July 14th, 1944
Grave: UNK

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Thiede, Armin* December 30th, 1917
† July 9th, 1943

Teumer, Alfred* February 11th, 1918
† October 4th, 1944
Row: 3 Grave: 3

Teske, Georg* November 2nd, 1909
† September 25th, 1990

Tegtmeier, Fritz* July 30th, 1917
† April 8th, 1999

Taubert, Richard* July 29th, 1911
† June 24th, 1959

Tanzer, Kurt* November 1st, 1920
† June 25th, 1960

Tange, Otto* September 22nd, 1915
† July 30th, 1943

Taeger, Erich (Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg")* August 5th, 1919
† May 20th, 2011

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Teriete, Heinrich* February 20th, 1915
† November 17th, 2002

Thormählen, Viktor* October 19th, 1917
† January 18th, 1944

Tycowicz, von, Rudolf* September 14th, 1907
† November 19th, 2007

Türke, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment (mot.) 29)* May 1st, 1914
† November 21st, 1991

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Truxa, Rolf* June 6th, 1921
† February 3rd, 1983

Trowitz, Adolf Eduard* September 24th, 1893
† January 3rd, 1978

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Tronnier, Louis "Luis"* November 21st, 1897
† January 27th, 1952

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Trompeter, Friedrich* May 14th, 1896
† March 26th, 1978

Tröger, Rudolf* July 14th, 1917
† July 28th, 1983

Tröger, Hans (Generalleutnant)* August 29th, 1896
† January 21st, 1982

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Trierenberg, Wolf-Günther* June 18th, 1891
† July 25th, 1981

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Tribukait, Günther* May 29th, 1909
† February 26th, 1947

Tresckow, von, Joachim* June 20th, 1894
† November 3rd, 1958

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Trautmann, Karl* April 12th, 1908
† April 21st, 1945

Traut, Hans Emil Julius Ludwig Karl* January 25th, 1895
† December 9th, 1974

Traber, Willy (Grenadier-Regiment 309)* February 9th, 1915
† January 2nd, 1967

Tost, Ewald* March 8th, 1915
† March 1945

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Tornau, Gottfried* December 20th, 1919
† February 9th, 1992

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Tönnies, Hermann (Grenadier-Regiment 255)* January 19th, 1912
† January 3rd, 1993

Tischendorf, Herbert* August 28th, 1911
† June 19th, 2002

Timpe, Heinrich Karl "Heinz"* October 12th, 1923
† May 15th, 2015

Tillmann, Johannes (Grenadier-Regiment 183)* October 3rd, 1917
† November 29th, 1942
Grave: UNK

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Tilgner, Walter* October 17th, 1903

Tiesler, Kurt* June 11th, 1891
† March 13th, 1953

Tiemann, Otto Heinrich Andreas* February 12th, 1890
† April 20th, 1952

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Tiefensee, Arthur* March 22nd, 1911
† April 17th, 2000

Thylmann, Hans* January 13th, 1917
† September 21st, 1968

Thüngen-Roßbach, Freiherr von, Karl* March 26th, 1893
† October 24th, 1944

Thunert, Eberhard* November 22nd, 1899
† May 4th, 1964

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Thünemann, Heinrich* September 16th, 1907
† May 25th, 1992

Thumann, Jakob* July 20th, 1911
† September 8th, 1943

Thomale, Wolfgang* February 25th, 1900
† October 20th, 1978

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Thomae, Dr.rer.pol., Adolf* April 26th, 1916
† December 2nd, 2002

Thomaschki, Siegfried Paul Leonhard* March 20th, 1894
† May 31st, 1967

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Thieme, Carl Alfred* May 28th, 1914
† June 6th, 2004

Thiele, Arno (Panzer-Regiment 29)* December 8th, 1912
† August 3rd, 1942

Thiel, Gerhard Karl Wilhelm (Panzer-Regiment 24)* February 9th, 1907
† April 10th, 1943

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Thiel, Franz (Füsilier-Regiment 22)* January 30th, 1908
† January 14th, 1945
Plot: 1 Row: 13 Grave: 968

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Thelen, Johann* November 23rd, 1914
† March 28th, 1998

Tettau, von, Hans* November 30th, 1888
† January 30th, 1956

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Terharen, Heinrich* November 4th, 1910
† June 18th, 1968

Tenschert, Günther* August 9th, 1917
† April 3rd, 1988

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Tarin, Walter (Artillerie-Regiment 121)* January 8th, 1910
† October 5th, 1996

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Tadje, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig "Fritz"* November 23rd, 1914
† January 26th, 1981

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Tessenow, Rudolf* September 6th, 1919
† June 28th, 1988

Tetsch, Ernst-Johann (Waffen SS)* October 28th, 1916
† November 11th, 1993

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Timm, Heinrich* April 30th, 1910
† April 12th, 1974

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Thiele, August (Vizeadmiral)* August 26th, 1893
† March 31st, 1981

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Temming, Hans* May 7th, 1913
† April 13th, 1985

Tychsen, Christian (Waffen SS)* December 3rd, 1910
† July 28th, 1944
Plot: 5 Row: 24 Grave: 1196

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Traupe, Hans Ulrich (Waffen SS)* May 4th, 1913
† June 23rd, 2004

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Trabandt, Wilhelm (Waffen SS)* July 21st, 1891
† May 19th, 1968

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Telkamp, Eberhard (Waffen SS)* May 8th, 1914
† April 20th, 1992

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Tappe, Martin (SS-Polizei-Pz-Gren.Reg.8)* January 10th, 1910
† April 19th, 1969

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Thoma, Otto Kurt* August 4th, 1901
† April 11th, 1971

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Tittel, Rolf (Grenadier-Regiment 31)* September 26th, 1920
† October 4th, 1989

Tödt, Heinz-Eduard* May 4th, 1918
† May 25th, 1991

Tolsdorff, Theodor* November 3rd, 1909
† May 25th, 1978

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