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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.

Grid List
Hummel, Kurt* November 17th, 1901
† January 20th, 1959

Hülst, von, Dr.rer.pol., Hans-Franz* December 23rd, 1898
† August 18th, 1986

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Hühner, Werner* August 13th, 1886
† February 19th, 1966

Huffmann, Helmuth (62. Infanterie-Division)* July 31st, 1891
† December 9th, 1975

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Huffmann, Heinz Paul* December 29th, 1905
† March 3rd, 1945
Plot: 8 Row: 10 Grave: 2522

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Hufenbach, Helmut* February 27th, 1908
† March 27th, 1945

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Huebner, Dr.med.dent., Rudolf* April 29th, 1897
† February 28th, 1965

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

Hübner, Alois* September 19th, 1913
† September 23rd, 1944
Plot: 4 Row: 4 Grave: 1973

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Hubicki, Ritter von, Alfred* February 5th, 1887
† July 14th, 1971

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Hübbe, Karl* January 8th, 1914
† July 19th, 1944

Hoyer, Ludwig "Lutz"* May 26th, 1914
† June 28th, 1944

Hortmeyer, Siegfried* June 17th, 1919
† October 5th, 1976

Hörstermann, Johann* May 30th, 1911
† March 25th, 1992

Horlbeck, Max* April 15th, 1915
† March 26th, 1945

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

Höring, Hans* April 1st, 1919
† October 19th, 1944

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

Hönniger, Theodor* February 10th, 1915
† February 18th, 1974

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

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Holzinger, Franz Xaver* May 21st, 1919
† June 9th, 1963

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

Holzapfel, Egon* September 10th, 1915
† 1989

Hölz, Johannes* July 2nd, 1906
† April 29th, 1945

Hölter, Hermann* January 31st, 1900
† May 5th, 1989

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Holste, Rudolf (Generalleutnant)* April 9th, 1897
† December 4th, 1970

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Hollermeier, Josef* April 13th, 1888
† December 14th, 1944
Plot: 17 Row: 2 Grave: 116

Holler, Alfred* February 10th, 1914
† September 19th, 1944

Hollenweger, Heinrich* October 23rd, 1918
† January 4th, 1943

Hollaender, Walter* October 15th, 1903
† August 8th, 1974

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Höke, Stefan-Heinrich (Grenadier-Regiment 18)* October 24th, 1905
† June 28th, 1944
Grave: UNK

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Höhne, Georg* April 22nd, 1912
† February 19th, 1945

Höhne, Friedrich* April 27th, 1915
† March 14th, 1962

Hohn, Hermann Dr. (Generalleutnant)* October 11th, 1897
† November 13th, 1968

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Hohmann, Hans* January 17th, 1918
† January 21st, 1945
Plot: 14 Row: 1 

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

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

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Hofmann, Rudolf* September 4th, 1895
† April 13th, 1970

Hofmann, Bernhard (WH-Infanterie)* November 13th, 1896
† November 19th, 1982

Hoffmeister, Edmund* March 4th, 1893
† March 1951

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Hoffmann, Herbert (WH-Gren.Rgt)* July 6th, 1914
† October 8th, 1973

Hoffmann, Heinz-Joachim* September 28th, 1907
† May 21st, 1973

Hoernlein, Walter* January 2nd, 1893
† September 14th, 1961

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

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

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

Hochbaum, Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann (34.ID)* August 7th, 1894
† January 28th, 1955

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Hitter, Alfons* June 4th, 1892
† March 11th, 1968

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Hißmann, Josef* November 19th, 1907
† May 25th, 1989

Hippel, Ferdinand (Grenadier-Regiment 253)* September 4th, 1903
† April 18th, 1968

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Hintze, Ingfried* July 21st, 1918
† November 15th, 1983

Hilsheimer, Richard (Art.Reg. 20)* November 29th, 1895
† May 28th, 1964

Hilgers, Wilhelm* April 4th, 1915
† July 11th, 1943

Hilgendorff, Kurt* August 24th, 1911
† July 3rd, 1989

Hilgemann, Dr.med.vet., Klaus* February 21st, 1918
† July 6th, 1973

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Hielscher, Otto* January 11th, 1922
† March 25th, 1980

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Heyrowsky, Herbert* August 21st, 1909
† July 4th, 1942

Heymann, Otto* January 17th, 1913
† March 13th, 1974

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

Heydebreck, von, Georg-Hennig (Fallschirm-PR 'HG')* December 27th, 1903
† April 12th, 1976

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Heuß, Konrad* May 27th, 1914
† March 24th, 1945

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Heun, Wilhelm* May 23rd, 1895
† September 21st, 1986

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Hesse, Heinrich (WH-Gren.Rgt. 366)* November 29th, 1913
† April 6th, 1963

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

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Herzog, Hans-Georg* September 10th, 1912
† July 20th, 1959

Hertz, Gustav* April 13th, 1886
† February 25th, 1967

Hertwig, Hubertus* March 28th, 1914
† January 25th, 1944

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

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Herrmann, Kurt (WH-Pi.Bt.28)* April 4th, 1914
† July 1944

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Herold, Wilhelm "Willi"* January 13th, 1915
† January 14th, 1986

Herrmann, Wilhelm-Karl* October 20th, 1901
† April 10th, 1979

Herrmann, Georg* December 21st, 1910
† April 13th, 1945

Herrmann, Fritz* September 29th, 1895
† March 13th, 1971

Hermann, Alfred* March 31st, 1897
† August 4th, 1942

Herkelmann, Rudolf* March 1st, 1913
† October 29th, 1976

Herfurth, Heinz-Friedhelm* July 28th, 1914
† February 12th, 1972

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Herbert, Josef* January 10th, 1916
† June 29th, 1976

Herb, Wilhelm (Infanterie-Regiment 517)* March 24th, 1913
† September 11th, 1942
Plot: 19 Row: 23 Grave: 903

Herb, Wilhelm (Infanterie-Regiment 380)* July 22nd, 1898
† May 27th, 1969

Henze, Albert (Generalleutnant)* August 7th, 1894
† March 31st, 1979

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

Henrici, Friedrich-Karl (Panzergrenadier-Reg.13)* July 9th, 1917
† October 11th, 1943
Grave: UNK

Henrich, Walter* July 25th, 1898
† July 30th, 1943

Hennig, Heinrich (Füsilier-Regiment 22)* March 14th, 1917
† April 17th, 1945
Grave: UNK

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Hengl, Ritter von, Georg (Gen. d. Gebirgstruppe)* October 21st, 1897
† March 19th, 1952

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Henger, Wolfgang (Artillerie-Regiment 21)* August 22nd, 1892
† February 2nd, 1985

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Hemmerich, Erwin* July 16th, 1915
† March 19th, 1945

Helmling, Hans* November 10th, 1906
† December 4th, 1943

Hellermann, von, Vollrath* May 18th, 1900
† August 25th, 1971

Hell, Ernst-Eberhard (VII. Armee-Korps)* September 19th, 1887
† September 15th, 1973
Plot: A Row: 2 Grave: 11

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Heldmann, Johann* February 6th, 1909
† December 9th, 1974

Held, Heinrich "Heinz"* March 31st, 1910
† August 27th, 1963

Heitz, Walter* December 8th, 1878
† February 9th, 1944
Plot: 1 Grave: 77

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Heitmann, Hermann (Artillerie-Regiment 241)* January 19th, 1898
† December 24th, 1955

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Heinrichs, Konrad-Oskar* May 5th, 1890
† September 8th, 1944

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Heinrichs, Axel Erik* July 21st, 1890
† November 16th, 1965

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Heinrich, Willi* October 11th, 1914
† June 20th, 1990

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

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

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Heindl, Josef* March 10th, 1904
† September 10th, 1943

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Heim, Walther* December 7th, 1919
† May 23rd, 1975

Heim, Ferdinand* February 27th, 1895
† November 14th, 1977

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

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

Heidkämper, Otto (XXIV. Panzerkorps)* March 13th, 1901
† February 17th, 1969

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

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

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Heesen, te, Paul* November 12th, 1916
† January 9th, 1945

Hecker, Hans* February 26th, 1895
† May 1st, 1979

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Haxter, Wilhelm* November 11th, 1914
† March 12th, 1970

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

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

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

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Hauser, Hansjörg (Grenadier-Regiment (mot) 35)* March 6th, 1916
† August 30th, 1944

Haus, Georg* September 16th, 1895
† April 16th, 1945

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Hauffe, Arthur* December 20th, 1892
† July 22nd, 1944

Hauff, von, Ulrich* April 18th, 1919
† January 3rd, 1944

Hasse, Wilhelm* November 24th, 1894
† June 6th, 1945

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Hasenbeck, Günter* July 31st, 1919
† February 26th, 1958

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

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

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

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Harttrumpf, Paul (Grenadier-Regiment 12)* March 1st, 1919
† October 29th, 1991

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

Heilbronn, Gerhard (Schützen-Regiment 7)* October 20th, 1908
† May 4th, 1945

Harteneck, Gustav (I. Kavallerie-Korps)* July 27th, 1892
† January 13th, 1984

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Harpe, Josef (Generaloberst)* September 21st, 1887
† March 14th, 1968

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Harden, Alfred* May 30th, 1916
† March 19th, 1945

Hantke, Konrad* January 28th, 1915
† December 18th, 1985

Hansen, Walter (Grenadier-Regiment 554)* June 8th, 1895
† January 2nd, 1969

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Hansen, Erik Oskar (General der Kavallerie)* May 27th, 1889
† March 20th, 1967

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Hansen, Christian (General der Artillerie)* April 10th, 1885
† August 7th, 1972

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

Hammon, Erich* May 18th, 1910
† May 30th, 1945

Hamberger, Karl (Grenadier-Regiment 62)* April 5th, 1917
† January 1945

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Hamann, Herbert (Gren.Reg.76)* July 19th, 1915
† February 11th, 1945
Grave: UNK

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Hake, von, Friedrich-Erdmann* August 14th, 1898
† March 22nd, 1982

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

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Hahne, Hans (Grenadier-Regiment 507)* November 30th, 1894
† June 24th, 1944

Haehling, Kurt* November 7th, 1897
† May 20th, 1983

Hahlbohm, Adolf (Grenadier-Regiment 956)* December 20th, 1913
† February 13th, 1945
Plot: 33 Grave: 755

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Haeuseler, Helmut* January 29th, 1916
† February 25th, 1945

Haenicke, Siegfried (General der Infanterie)* September 8th, 1878
† February 19th, 1946

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Haen, Rudolf Melchior Arthur Maria* March 12th, 1915
† May 9th, 1945

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Haeckel, Ernst (Generalleutnant)* April 5th, 1890
† September 26th, 1967

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

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

Hachtel, Georg (Generalmajor)* June 29th, 1894
† July 20th, 1943

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Haccius, Ernst* December 10th, 1893
† March 11th, 1943

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Hass, Siegfried* June 7th, 1898
† December 14th, 1987

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Haas, Robert (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 244)* March 25th, 1914
† December 23rd, 1944
Plot: G Row: 8 Grave: 152

Haas, Josef (Grenadier-Regiment 485)* September 24th, 1897
† May 22nd, 1944
Grave: UNK

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Hüls, Dr.med., Heinrich* August 14th, 1915
† August 16th, 1944

Hesse, Georg* September 30th, 1907
† September 22nd, 1942

Heyduck, Werner* February 5th, 1911
† May 2nd, 1945

Hlauschka, Johann* April 11th, 1914
† April 4th, 1965

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

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

Halder, Franz* June 30th, 1884
† April 2nd, 1972

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

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Hube, Hans-Valentin (Generaloberst)* October 29th, 1890
† April 21st, 1944

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