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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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Brandt, Walter (Jagdgeschwader 77 "Herz As")* March 24th, 1917
† January 18th, 1977

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Brandenburg, Max* September 6th, 1919
† November 28th, 2014

Brand, Hans-Joachim (Schlagtgeschwader 77)* May 16th, 1916
† April 18th, 1945

Böwing-Treuding, Wolfgang (JG 51 "Mölders")* January 28th, 1922
† February 11th, 1943
Grave: UNK

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Bösel, Otto (Flak-Regiment 43)* July 12th, 1913
† November 5th, 1975

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Borris, Karl (LW-Flieger)* January 3rd, 1916
† August 18th, 1981

Bornschein, Walter* April 7th, 1914
† April 27th, 1944

Börngen, Ernst* February 7th, 1916
† June 30th, 1989

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Borchers, Walter* January 22nd, 1916
† March 6th, 1945
Grave: 123

Bonin, von, Hubertus (Jagdgeschwader 52)* August 3rd, 1911
† December 15th, 1943
Grave: UNK

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Bonin, von, Eckart-Wilhelm (Nachtjagdgeschwader 1)* November 14th, 1919
† January 11th, 1992

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Bonath, Hans* March 25th, 1919
† December 25th, 2004

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Bohlens, Helmut* September 22nd, 1914
† April 19th, 1943

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Boerst, Alwin* October 20th, 1910
† March 30th, 1944

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Boenicke, Walter* December 15th, 1895
† April 21st, 1947

Blümel, Josef* August 15th, 1920
† September 19th, 1944

Bloedorn, Erich* July 6th, 1902
† November 30th, 1975

Bleckmann, Günther* November 30th, 1914
† June 4th, 1944

Bleckl, Karl* September 26th, 1919
† March 26th, 2013

Blechschmidt, Joachim (Zerstörergeschwader 1)* December 28th, 1912
† July 13th, 1943

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Bitsch, Emil* June 14th, 1916
† March 15th, 1944

Bischoff, Otto (Kampfgeschwader 77)* September 24th, 1915
† April 2nd, 1942

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Bibra, Freiherr von, Ernst* September 23rd, 1910
† February 25th, 1943

Beyer, Franz August (Jagdgeschwader 3)* April 22nd, 1918
† February 11th, 1944
Plot: L Row: 11 Grave: 263

Bevernis, Heinz* December 11th, 1914
† July 19th, 1942

Beutelspacher, Ernst* July 21st, 1920
† July 22nd, 1944

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Beust, Freiherr von, Hans-Henning* April 17th, 1913
† March 27th, 1991

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Bertram, Karl-Eric* October 20th, 1903
† March 26th, 1945

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Berres, Heinz-Edgar* January 10th, 1920
† July 25th, 1943

Benz, Kurt* February 13th, 1914
† February 25th, 1989

Bennemann, Helmut* March 16th, 1915
† November 7th, 2007

Bennemann, Hans* August 30th, 1921
† April 7th, 1993

Bellof, Ludwig* March 28th, 1916
† October 1st, 1965

Beißwenger, Hans 'Beisser' (JG 54 "Grünherz")* November 8th, 1916
† March 6th, 1943
Grave: UNK

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Beckmann, Ludwig (K.z.b.V. 500)* October 26th, 1895
† January 19th, 1965

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Bausch, Friedrich* August 6th, 1915
† April 21st, 1971

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Baumgartl, Erich (Kampfgeschwader 55 'Greif')* October 24th, 1918
† July 12th, 1944
Plot: 3 Row: 15 Grave: 652

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Bauer, Konrad "Pit" (Jagdgeschwader 300)* February 9th, 1919
† June 17th, 1990

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Bauer, Gerhard ( Schlachtgeschwader 77)* August 26th, 1916
† April 17th, 1945

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Barth, Eitel-Albert (Kampfgeschwader 55)* December 7th, 1915
† May 4th, 2004

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Barten, Franz* January 26th, 1912
† August 4th, 1944

Bartels, Heinrich "Heinz"* March 17th, 1918
† December 23rd, 1944

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Barkhorn, Gerhard (JG 52)* March 20th, 1919
† January 11th, 1983

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Bargen, von, Johann "Hans"* October 14th, 1914
† July 6th, 1944

Ballasko, Edler von, Otto* April 29th, 1919
† February 5th, 2005

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Baldes, Josef* September 6th, 1915
† July 30th, 1985

Baldauf, Horst* May 24th, 1920
† June 10th, 1944

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Badum, Johann* March 2nd, 1921
† January 12th, 1943

Bader, Edwin* September 19th, 1915
† July 12th, 1944

Bachnick, Herbert* February 9th, 1920
† August 7th, 1944

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Baasner, Hans (Aufklärungsgruppe 121)* January 1st, 1916
† February 21st, 1983

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Baake, Werner* November 1st, 1918
† July 15th, 1964

Baader, Karl-Heinz (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 5)* March 25th, 1916
† February 18th, 1966

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Burchardi, Theodor* May 14th, 1892
† August 12th, 1983

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Brinkmann, Helmuth (Kriegsmarine)* March 12th, 1895
† September 26th, 1983

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Brauneis, Erich* March 16th, 1894
† August 20th, 1954

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Bramesfeld, Heinrich* June 24th, 1899
† January 14th, 1992

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Böhme, Friedrich (Z-23)* May 8th, 1899
† September 21st, 1984

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Blasberg, Kurt* July 24th, 1902
† December 15th, 1967

Blanc, von, Adalbert* July 11th, 1907
† November 7th, 1976
Plot: O 

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Bergelt, Karl* April 27th, 1902
† September 1st, 1966

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Bauer, Johann 'Hans' (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 99)* December 15th, 1916
† January 14th, 1974

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Butkus, Zanis (Waffen SS)* July 29th, 1906
† May 15th, 1999

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Bühler, Karl-Heinz (Waffen SS)* August 7th, 1912
† July 6th, 1984

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Brosow, Siegfried (Waffen SS)* December 10th, 1918
† November 18th, 2008

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Boosfeld, Joachim (Waffen SS)* June 1st, 1922
† June 19th, 2015

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Bittrich, Wilhelm "Willi" (Waffen SS)* February 26th, 1894
† April 19th, 1979

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Baum, Otto (17. SS-Pz.Gren.Div. 'GvB')* November 15th, 1911
† June 18th, 1998

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Bachmann, Christian (SS-Pz-Gren.Reg. 5 'TK')* November 23rd, 1919
† February 28th, 1945

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Bergmann, Gustav* April 28th, 1916
† August 26th, 1944

Buchner, Hermann (Waffen-SS)* January 16th, 1917
† November 17th, 1944
Grave: UNK

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Beyer, Herbert Christoph Karl (FJR 4)* August 4th, 1913
† September 4th, 1966

Blaskowitz, Johannes* July 10th, 1883
† February 5th, 1948

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Bellegarde, Graf von, Franz* July 28th, 1912
† December 19th, 1941

Beckmann, Dr.jur., Julius* May 9th, 1910
† August 28th, 1944

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Buxa, Werner* October 16th, 1916
† March 23rd, 1998

Busse, Wilhelm (Grenadier-Regiment 82)* August 8th, 1915
† June 28th, 1944

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Buschhausen, Friedrich-Wilhelm* December 11th, 1908
† October 1st, 2004

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Buschenhagen, Erich Otto Ludwig (General der Inf.)* December 8th, 1895
† September 13th, 1994
Plot: 24 Row: 2 Grave: 8/9

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Busche, Karl* September 17th, 1903
† May 28th, 1943

Busch, Hans Konrad* March 5th, 1915
† April 13th, 1998

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Burst, Reinhard* October 11th, 1907
† July 2nd, 1998

Burmester, Hans-Jürgen* June 11th, 1916
† September 22nd, 1998

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Burmeister, Arnold (Generalleutnant)* February 28th, 1899
† July 2nd, 1988

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Burkhardt, Fritz (WH-Grenadier)* March 22nd, 1920
† December 26th, 2002

Burian, Ewald* July 12th, 1896
† November 3rd, 1981

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Burgmann, Gert* January 21st, 1922
† October 26th, 1944

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Burdach, Karl* July 28th, 1891
† December 30th, 1976

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Büntemeyer, Hans* April 3rd, 1914
† April 17th, 1945

Bunge, Hellmut (Pz-Gren.Reg."Feldherrnhalle")* June 1st, 1920
† December 2006

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Bullinger, Herbert* July 17th, 1918
† January 30th, 2004

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Buhse, Rudolf* April 10th, 1905
† November 26th, 1997

Bühlbecker, Hermann* April 6th, 1913
† April 19th, 1991

Buckel, Karl (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 277)* June 12th, 1920
† September 2nd, 1997

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Buck, Albert* January 23rd, 1895
† September 6th, 1942

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Bruns, Gustav-Adolf* January 23rd, 1901
† November 4th, 1945
Plot: 54G Row: 54g Grave: 253

Bruns, Diedrich* March 17th, 1897
† October 29th, 1988

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Brunner, Eduard* December 8th, 1918
† May 13th, 2006

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Brunk, Edgar Erich* May 22nd, 1921
† August 31st, 2007

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Bruhn, Johannes (Generalmajor)* July 10th, 1898
† November 20th, 1955

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Brühl, Graf von, Friedrich-August* May 1st, 1913
† November 5th, 1981

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Brückner, von, Erich* September 2nd, 1896
† April 6th, 1949

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Brucker, Johann A.* March 21st, 1913
† March 8th, 1966

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Bronsart von Schellendorff, Heinrich-Walter* September 21st, 1906
† September 12th, 1944

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Broich, Freiherr von, Friedrich "Fritz"* January 1st, 1896
† September 24th, 1974

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Brocks, Dr., Karl* January 29th, 1912
† May 29th, 1972

Bröckerhoff, Wilhelm* September 3rd, 1907
† July 16th, 1971

Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, Graf von, Ernst-Albrecht* October 26th, 1913
† February 14th, 1943

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Britzke, von, Achim (Stu.Gesch.Abt. 1299)* January 21st, 1920
† March 17th, 1945
Plot: B Row: 8 Grave: 157

Britzelmayr, Karl* May 26th, 1894
† March 9th, 1988

Brill, Kurt* January 19th, 1916
† May 25th, 1978

Briel, Georg* August 21st, 1907
† May 16th, 1980

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Breuker, Helmuth* July 4th, 1917
† May 28th, 2012

Brehmer, Rudolf* January 5th, 1887
† November 3rd, 1967

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Brehmer, Gustav Hermann* September 25th, 1905
† February 12th, 1950

Breger, Claus* October 25th, 1910
† December 17th, 1944
Row: 1 Grave: 17

Bräundle-Schmidt, Kai (Grenadier-Regiment 501)* June 19th, 1917
† August 14th, 1991

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Braun, Christian Gottlieb (Grenadier-Regiment 308)* November 8th, 1920
† January 1st, 1987

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Brassert, Karl (Kampfgruppe 'Marienburg')* March 2nd, 1899
† February 12th, 1976

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Bransch, Günther* July 1st, 1907
† July 27th, 1966

Brandt, Walter (Panzer-Pionier-Lehr-Bataillon 130)* November 8th, 1911
† May 12th, 1996

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Brandner, Josef Wilhelm "Sepp"* September 1st, 1915
† June 6th, 1996

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Bradel, Ernst-Joachim* August 28th, 1909
† October 9th, 1994

Bracher, Dr.agrar., Hermann* September 28th, 1895
† October 29th, 1974

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Bottler, Alfred* April 7th, 1917
† June 1st, 1996

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Böttcher, Kurt (Pionier-Bataillon 44)* January 26th, 1905
† June 27th, 1944

Botsch, Walter (Generalleutnant)* February 27th, 1897
† January 7th, 1969

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Both, von, Kuno-Hans (General der Infanterie)* April 9th, 1884
† May 22nd, 1955

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Bose, von, Jobst-Hilmar (Infanterie-Regiment 289)* September 21st, 1897
† March 26th, 1949

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Borowietz, Willibald* September 17th, 1893
† July 1st, 1945
Grave: 84

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Born-Fallois, von, Gerd* February 8th, 1913
† September 1st, 1998

Bork, Max Hermann (Generalleutnant)* January 1st, 1899
† July 4th, 1973

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Borck, Hans-Georg (Panzer-Pionier-Bat. 209)* September 24th, 1921
† May 8th, 2011

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Bölter, Johannes* February 29th, 1915
† September 16th, 1987

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Bolm, Hermann-Ernst* February 28th, 1919
† October 20th, 1944

Boje, Arthur* August 3rd, 1895
† April 18th, 1981

Bohn, Wolfgang (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 8)* January 12th, 1917
† April 26th, 1945

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Böhmer, Hans (Aufklärungs-Abteilung 238)* May 8th, 1910
† August 10th, 1999

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Böhlke, Hellmuth* February 7th, 1893
† April 8th, 1956

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Boffer, Wilhelm* August 18th, 1908
† March 3rd, 1970

Boer, de, Johann* September 5th, 1897
† March 14th, 1986

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Boelsen, Dr.jur. Dr.rer.pol., Hans* March 6th, 1894
† October 24th, 1960

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Boege, Ehrenfried-Oskar* November 11th, 1889
† December 31st, 1965

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Boeckh-Behrens, Hans* November 27th, 1898
† February 13th, 1955

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Böck, Wilhelm* March 15th, 1897
† January 23rd, 1943

Bödicker, Heinz* August 23rd, 1917
† March 9th, 1945

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Bodenhausen, Freiherr von, Erpo* April 12th, 1897
† May 9th, 1945

Bodendörfer, Kurt* March 31st, 1914
† December 7th, 1991

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Bockhoff, Engelbert* May 17th, 1913
† January 26th, 2010

Böckel, Dr.jur., Hermann* September 13th, 1894
† February 2nd, 1984

Bock, Karl Dipl.Ing. (Infanterie-Regiment 97)* November 8th, 1899
† January 20th, 1943
Grave: UNK

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Bock, Hans (Panzer-Regiment)* January 10th, 1919
† June 1997

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Bochentin, Richard* April 2nd, 1910
† February 25th, 1945

Blumentritt, Günther (General der Infanterie)* February 10th, 1892
† October 12th, 1967

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Blume, Hermann* March 26th, 1909
† October 17th, 1998

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Bleher, Georg* February 4th, 1919
† February 25th, 2013

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Bleckwenn, Wilhelm* October 21st, 1906
† May 10th, 1989

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Blaurock, Edmund* October 12th, 1899
† January 25th, 1966

Blancbois, Gustav-Adolf Eugen Johannes Erich* September 13th, 1917
† January 15th, 1993

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Blaich, Albert* October 3rd, 1913
† March 19th, 1945

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Bix, Hermann* October 10th, 1914
† July 31st, 1986

Bischoff, Hans (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5)* April 23rd, 1909
† March 13th, 1959

Bingemer, Dr., Fritz* January 11th, 1893
† October 28th, 1976

Bierlin, Otto* March 13th, 1915
† March 6th, 1945

Bieler, Bruno* June 18th, 1888
† March 22nd, 1966

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Bieber, Martin* November 10th, 1900
† October 19th, 1974

Bickel, Rolf-Günther* August 6th, 1891
† March 16th, 1954

Bialetzki, Alfons* September 29th, 1919

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Beuttel, Wilhelm Julius* July 22nd, 1901
† March 25th, 1945

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Beutner, Manfred* May 23rd, 1914
† November 8th, 2002

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Betzel, Clemens* June 9th, 1895
† March 27th, 1945
Plot: 1A Row: 1 Grave: 9

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Betz, Paul Otto Ferdinand* July 10th, 1895
† May 9th, 1944

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Beschwitz, Freiherr von, Werner* January 19th, 1915
† May 25th, 2011

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Bienek, Fritz* August 1st, 1914
† April 14th, 1945
Plot: 5 Grave: 1009

Bernhard, Alfred* March 29th, 1919
† May 3rd, 1987

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Berner, Erhard-Heinrich (Generalmajor)* September 12th, 1894
† July 25th, 1960

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Bering, Rolf* June 20th, 1912
† August 2nd, 1993

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Berger, Rudolf* October 10th, 1910
† November 6th, 1990

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Berger, Robert (Grenadier-Regiment 2)* February 20th, 1914
† June 10th, 1982

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Berger, Herbert (Gren.Reg. mot. 'Feldherrnhalle')* November 24th, 1912
† December 16th, 2000

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Berg, Martin* April 4th, 1905
† April 2nd, 1969

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Berg, Anton* October 28th, 1907
† January 17th, 1984

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Bercken, von, Werner* February 8th, 1897
† February 29th, 1976

Bentin, Kurt* March 23rd, 1914
† April 1st, 1992

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Behrens, Wilhelm* August 23rd, 1888
† August 15th, 1968

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Begemann, Hermann (Infanterie-Regiment 132)* February 24th, 1896
† July 4th, 1965

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Beckmann, Ludwig (Panzerartillerie-Regiment 27)* May 16th, 1915
† August 22nd, 1943

Becker, Rudolf* January 7th, 1923
† October 13th, 1944

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Becker, Carl Hans Wilhelm Ludwig (Generalleutnant)* January 16th, 1895
† March 24th, 1966

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Becker, Hanns* April 19th, 1904
† August 16th, 1965

Becker, Felix* November 8th, 1893
† December 29th, 1979

Becker, Anton (Infanterie-Regiment 77)* May 30th, 1915
† August 13th, 1995

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Bechler, Helmut* June 2nd, 1898
† January 9th, 1971

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Bayerlein, Fritz Hermann Michael (General)* January 14th, 1899
† January 30th, 1970

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Bausch, Richard* August 10th, 1910
† March 22nd, 1974

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Baurmann, Heinz* November 11th, 1919
† December 7th, 1996

Baur, Eugen* July 21st, 1894
† May 10th, 1981

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Baunach, Gregor* January 12th, 1911
† May 1st, 1945

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Baumann, Paul (Grenadier-Regiment 422)* July 4th, 1914
† February 6th, 1944

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Bauer, Robert (Grenadier-Regiment 668)* March 27th, 1907
† April 18th, 1996

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Bauer, Michael (Infanterie-Regiment 499)* February 24th, 1895
† February 15th, 1943

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Bäuchl, Johann (Geb. Baichl)* August 28th, 1918
† May 3rd, 1994

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Bartl, Leopold* March 31st, 1902
† April 4th, 1980

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Barth, Otto (Generalmajor)* June 18th, 1891
† May 3rd, 1963

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Barth, Joachim (Panzerjäger-Abteilung 13)* April 20th, 1913
† February 1st, 2002

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Bartels, Hans-Werner* January 28th, 1910
† December 2nd, 1991

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Bartel, Ewald* April 25th, 1910
† May 29th, 1986

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Barnbeck, Hermann* October 7th, 1894
† October 25th, 1944

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Barge, Johannes* March 23rd, 1906
† February 28th, 2000

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Bärenfänger, Erich (Generalmajor)* January 12th, 1915
† May 2nd, 1945

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Barde, Konrad* November 13th, 1897
† May 4th, 1945
Plot: 4 Grave: 38

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Barall, Benno* August 28th, 1900
† February 14th, 1983

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Bansen, Erich* May 27th, 1917
† September 19th, 1966

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Banach, Friedrich* January 2nd, 1916
† March 13th, 1943

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Baier, Joseph August (Grenadier-Regiment 36)* December 4th, 1909
† September 1st, 2004

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Backhaus, Fritz Gustav* February 9th, 1915
† March 7th, 1971

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Bacherer, Rudolf (Grenadier-Regiment 1049)* June 19th, 1895
† July 6th, 1964

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Baade, Ernst-Günther* August 20th, 1897
† May 8th, 1945

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Bär, Heinrich "Pritzel" "Heinz"* March 25th, 1913
† April 28th, 1957

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Brandi, Albrecht* June 20th, 1914
† January 6th, 1966

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Balck, Hermann* December 17th, 1893
† November 29th, 1982

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Bock, von, Moritz Albrecht Friedrich Franz Fedor* December 3rd, 1880
† May 4th, 1945

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Brauchitsch, von, Walther* October 4th, 1881
† October 18th, 1948

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Busch, Ernst Wilhelm Bernhard (General)* July 6th, 1885
† July 17th, 1945

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