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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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Abel, Adolf Wilhelm (161. Infanterie-Division)* October 18th, 1914
† August 26th, 1944

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Abel, Josef (Infanterie-Regiment 217)* January 3rd, 1914
† December 1st, 1984

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Abele, Arnulf (Gren.Reg. 'Hoch u. Deutschmeister')* November 8th, 1914
† July 2nd, 2000

Abraham, Erich Gottfried (General der Infanterie)* March 27th, 1895
† March 7th, 1971

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Abraham, Erich Max Robert (Pz-Gren.-Reg.13)* November 16th, 1921
† December 8th, 1943
Grave: UNK

Abrahamczik, Rudolf (Kampfgeschwader 2)* April 17th, 1920
† December 4th, 1996

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Abratis, Herbert Karl (Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1)* March 21st, 1918
† March 29th, 1945

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Achilles, Albrecht Adolf Konrad* January 15th, 1914
† September 27th, 1943

Ackermann, Georg* March 12th, 1918
† December 16th, 2007

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Adam, Helmut (Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 192)* October 1st, 1916
† December 1st, 1942

Adam, Paul (Grenadier-Regiment 158)* March 23rd, 1892
† December 1st, 1969

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Adam, Wilhelm (Generalmajor)* March 28th, 1893
† November 24th, 1978

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Adamowitsch, Felix (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 904)* November 20th, 1919
† February 10th, 2013

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Adamsons, Miervaldis (Waffen SS)* June 29th, 1910
† August 23rd, 1948

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Ademeit, Horst* February 8th, 1912
† August 7th, 1944

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Adolff, Heinz-Paul (Fallsch.-Pionier-Bataillon 1)* June 29th, 1914
† July 17th, 1943
Plot: 4 Row: 6 Grave: 1-27

Adolph, Walter* June 11th, 1913
† September 18th, 1941
Plot: 38 Grave: 459

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Adrario, Friedrich (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 272)* November 29th, 1918
† June 25th, 2011

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Adrian, Josef-Hubert (Grenadier-Regiment 24)* September 25th, 1911
† March 1945

Aechtner, Fritz (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5)* March 4th, 1916
† May 1st, 2007

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Afheldt, Eckard (Jäger-Regiment 2)* August 15th, 1921
† December 3rd, 1999

Agtha, Egon August (Sprengkommando 1)* January 29th, 1918
† May 2nd, 1945
Plot: Va Row: 9 Grave: 17

Ahnert, Heinrich-Wilhelm (Jagdgeschwader 52)* April 29th, 1915
† August 23rd, 1942
Grave: unk

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Ahrens, Albert (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 31)* July 25th, 1917
† March 10th, 1980

Ahrens, Hinrich (Grenadier-Regiment 1141)* March 15th, 1921
† December 31st, 2009

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Ahrens, Wilhelm "Willi" (Grenadier-Regiment 17)* October 1st, 1912
† August 26th, 1998

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Aigen, Reinhard Georg (Kampfgeschwader 4)* May 20th, 1913
† September 19th, 1943
Grave: unk

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Alber, Hermann Karl (SS-Pz.Gren.Reg.20)* November 12th, 1925
† August 2nd, 1944
Plot: 12 Row: 10 Grave: 375

Alber, Robert (Panzer-Regiment 201)* October 13th, 1906
† June 7th, 1988

Albers, Hans-Wilhelm (Art.Reg. 1 "Afrika")* June 12th, 1914
† June 4th, 1944
Plot: C Grave: 634

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Albert, Wilhelm (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 35)* April 24th, 1917
† December 15th, 2004

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Alberts, Otto (Grenadier-Regiment 501)* February 22nd, 1893
† December 10th, 1943
Plot: 11 Grave: UNK

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Albrecht, Fritz Wilhelm Karl (Pz-Art.Reg. 'GD')* December 23rd, 1905
† April 29th, 1977
Row: 10 

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Albrecht, Kurt (Artillerie-Regiment 172)* December 26th, 1895
† July 23rd, 1966

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Albrecht, Kurt (Grenadier-Regiment 948)* February 24th, 1889
† September 2nd, 1968

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Albrecht, Oskar (Infanterie-Regiment (mot.) 15)* September 24th, 1914
† November 13th, 1992

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Albrecht, Willy (Jäger-Regiment 734)* July 7th, 1907
† September 9th, 1996

Albrecht-Lemke, Egon (Zerstörergeschwader 76)* May 19th, 1918
† August 25th, 1944
Plot: 3 Row: 8 Grave: 316

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Albust, Rudolf* June 28th, 1913
† April 9th, 1945

Alex, Ernst (Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 243)* March 1st, 1915
† October 25th, 1965

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Allersmeier, Heinz* March 24th, 1917
† March 23rd, 2001

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Allmacher, Friedrich "Fritz"* December 3rd, 1914
† December 26th, 1944

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Allmendinger, Karl* March 3rd, 1891
† October 2nd, 1965

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Alm, Karl* January 4th, 1919
† November 23rd, 1944

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Alpers, Friedrich Ludwig Herbert (NSDAP)* March 25th, 1901
† September 3rd, 1944
Plot: 61 Grave: 81

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Altacher, Eduard* January 24th, 1919
† May 27th, 1945
Grave: 47

Altermann, Karl-Heinz (Pz-Gren.Reg. 25)* June 4th, 1922
† November 26th, 2013

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Altmann, Gustav (Fallschirmjäger)* April 13th, 1912
† February 20th, 1981

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Altstadt, Rudolf (Grenadier-Regiment 380)* January 16th, 1914
† May 27th, 1974

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Alvermann, Gustav (Infanterie-Regiment 47)* October 9th, 1897
† June 7th, 1942
Plot: 10 

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Amann, Herbert (Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 905)* October 11th, 1919
† January 12th, 1944

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Ambrosius, Dr., Lothar Adolf Heinrich* May 11th, 1903
† January 9th, 1971

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Ameiser, Anton 'Toni' (Waffen SS)* August 1st, 1907
† February 20th, 1976

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Amelung, Günther (Schnelle Abteilung 123)* April 8th, 1914
† March 29th, 1944

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Amelung, Heinz-Günther (Sturzkampfgeschwader 77)* April 9th, 1917
† December 26th, 1964

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Amerkamp, Siegfried (Grenadier-Regiment 459)* March 25th, 1920
† September 3rd, 1995

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Amling, Fritz (Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 202)* January 17th, 1916
† March 6th, 1994

Ammann, Franz* November 3rd, 1919
† August 18th, 1943

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Ammann, Paul (KG 4 "General Wever")* August 5th, 1920
† August 9th, 1991

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Ammer, Hermann (Grenadier-Regiment 62)* March 8th, 1914
† December 9th, 2000

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Amsberg, von, Joachim (Grenadier-Regiment 502)* December 28th, 1903
† May 27th, 1981

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Ancans, Robert (Waffen SS)* November 11th, 1919
† January 1st, 1982

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Anders, Carl Ulrich Ernst Paul (Generalmajor)* August 31st, 1893
† January 28th, 1972

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Anders, Friedrich (Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2)* November 4th, 1917
† March 7th, 1988

Anders, Richard (Aufklärungsgruppe 12)* January 3rd, 1915
† September 9th, 1993

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Andersen, Kurt* October 2nd, 1898
† January 9th, 2003

Anding, Friedrich* June 26th, 1915
† February 7th, 1996

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Andorfer, Anton* December 23rd, 1919
† April 11th, 1945

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Andreae, Wolf (Werfer-Regiment 71)* July 13th, 1898
† December 18th, 1991

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Andree, Harry (Grenadier-Regiment 504)* October 2nd, 1913
† August 15th, 1944
Grave: UNK

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Andres, Ernst* September 19th, 1921
† February 11th, 1945
Row: 2re Grave: 17

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Andres, Hans* April 11th, 1922
† March 25th, 1944

Angel, Otto* February 20th, 1913
† October 14th, 2002

Angelis, de, Maximilian* October 2nd, 1889
† December 6th, 1974

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Angelmaier, Heinz (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 279)* July 22nd, 1918
† January 12th, 2014

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Angern, Günther* March 5th, 1893
† February 2nd, 1943

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Angerstein, Karl* December 4th, 1890
† September 20th, 1985

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Anhalt, Günther (SS-Polizei-Rgt. 2)* January 23rd, 1906
† April 27th, 1945

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Anhalt, Wilhelm* March 28th, 1917
† June 13th, 1979

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Anneken, Udo* October 11th, 1917
† October 11th, 1997

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Ansons, Zanis (Waffen SS)* December 4th, 1911
† November 24th, 1968

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Anton, Werner-Rudolf* April 3rd, 1895
† September 12th, 1948

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Antonescu, Ion Victor* June 2nd, 1882
† June 1st, 1946

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Antrup, Wilhelm "Willy"* February 1st, 1910
† November 14th, 1984

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Apell, von, Wilhelm* January 16th, 1892
† March 7th, 1969

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Apelt, Fedor Johannes* October 14th, 1904
† April 15th, 1988

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Aperats, Karlis (Waffen SS)* March 4th, 1892
† July 16th, 1944

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Apitz, Willy* January 27th, 1916
† February 28th, 2004

Apitzsch, Karl-Arthur* October 25th, 1920
† January 1st, 1943

Arendt, Kurt Dietrich Paul (Panzer-Abteilung 5)* October 8th, 1917
† January 9th, 1945

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Arendt, Velten-Reinhardt (Panzer-Regiment 36)* March 28th, 1919
† March 23rd, 1945
Plot: R Row: 13 Grave: 561

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Arent, Peter Nikolaus* June 26th, 1917
† December 3rd, 1942
Plot: 4A Grave: 5

Arentschildt, von, Alexander (Panzer-Abteilung 67)* April 27th, 1911
† June 22nd, 1999

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Armberger, Josef „Sepp" (Waffen SS)* June 26th, 1920
† August 21st, 1944
Grave: UNK

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Arndt, Fritz (Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 32)* June 1st, 1910
† March 12th, 2003

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Arndt, Johannes* October 7th, 1906
† July 6th, 1944

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Arndt, Karl Hermann (359. Infanterie-Division)* March 10th, 1892
† December 30th, 1981

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Arnim, von, Hans-Jürgen* April 4th, 1889
† September 1st, 1962

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Arning, Karl Eduard Friedrich* February 10th, 1892
† November 17th, 1964

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Arnold, Friedrich (WH-Sturmgeschütz)* May 10th, 1919
† September 1st, 2006

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Arpke, Helmut (Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment 1)* March 20th, 1917
† January 16th, 1942
Grave: UNK

Ascher, Dietrich* April 23rd, 1923
† October 8th, 2010

Ascherfeld, Willy (Grenadier-Regiment 926)* March 21st, 1910
† April 13th, 1945

Assmann, Alois (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 61)* June 5th, 1913
† October 26th, 1987

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Assmann, Walter* July 22nd, 1896
† May 1st, 1964

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Attenberger, Franz-Xaver (Artillerie-Regiment 114)* July 19th, 1915
† August 9th, 1991

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Audenrieth, Georg 'Girgl' (Gebirgsjäger-Reg.99)* July 20th, 1917
† January 15th, 1999

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Audorff, Paul* February 6th, 1904
† January 17th, 1981

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Auer, Karl (Waffen SS)* October 20th, 1916
† March 31st, 1997

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Auert, Heinz* June 11th, 1921
† February 18th, 2002

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Augenstein, Hans-Heinz* July 11th, 1921
† December 6th, 1944

Augsberger, Franz Xaver Josef Maria "Franz" (SS)* October 10th, 1905
† March 19th, 1945
Grave: UNK

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Aulock, von, Andreas Maria Karl* March 23rd, 1893
† June 23rd, 1968

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Austen, Hans* July 27th, 1918
† January 24th, 1994

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Austermann, Johannes (Grenadier-Regiment 1146)* June 24th, 1906
† August 12th, 1973

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Ax, Adolf (Waffen SS)* June 23rd, 1906
† February 6th, 1983

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Axthammer, Erich Michael* December 3rd, 1920
† December 21st, 2015

Axthelm, von, Walther* December 23rd, 1893
† January 6th, 1972

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Axtmann, Fritz (Infanterie-Regiment 20)* December 7th, 1914
† September 13th, 1943

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