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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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Knöchlein, Friedrich 'Fritz' (Waffen SS)* May 17th, 1911
† January 21st, 1949

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Kniep, Walter (Waffen SS)* December 13th, 1909
† April 2nd, 1944
Row: 55 Grave: 135

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Kloskowski, Karl (Waffen SS)* February 9th, 1917
† April 23rd, 1945
Grave: 1823

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Klingenberg, Fritz 'Fritzy' (Waffen SS)* December 17th, 1912
† March 22nd, 1945
Plot: 35` Row: 10 Grave: 731

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Kling, Heinrich 'Heinz' (Waffen SS)* September 10th, 1913
† September 30th, 1951

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Kepplinger, Ludwig (Waffen SS)* December 31st, 1911
† August 7th, 1944
Plot: 68 Grave: 168

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Karl, Friedrich-Wilhelm (Waffen SS)* September 15th, 1911
† August 21st, 1970

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Karck, Georg 'Oschi' (Waffen SS)* June 11th, 1911
† July 3rd, 1944
Plot: 9 Row: 27 Grave: 1876

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Kämpfe, Helmut (SS-Pz-Gren.Reg. 4 'Der Führer')* July 31st, 1909
† June 10th, 1944
Plot: 1 Row: 6 Grave: 176

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Kaiser, Vinzenz 'Zenz' (Waffen SS)* February 28th, 1904
† April 20th, 1945
Plot: 8 Row: 2 Grave: 1727

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Kudla, Karl Josef* January 1st, 1914
† October 24th, 1945

Kollewe, Gerhard (Kampf-Lehrgeschwader 1)* March 3rd, 1912
† October 17th, 1942

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Kumm, Otto (Waffen SS)* October 1st, 1909
† March 23rd, 2004
Plot: 10 Row: 01 Grave: 58

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Kuhlmann, Herbert (Waffen SS)* April 7th, 1915
† November 9th, 1995

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Krügel, Albrecht Dr. (Waffen SS)* April 22nd, 1913
† March 16th, 1945
Grave: UNK

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Krombholz, Franz Josef 'Sepp' (Waffen SS)* August 13th, 1920
† December 13th, 2000

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Kreutz, Karl (Waffen SS)* September 20th, 1909
† July 27th, 1997

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Krause, Bernhard* May 11th, 1910
† February 19th, 1945
Plot: 2 Row: 22 Grave: 635

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Kamski, Jan Roman "Johann"* October 23rd, 1922
† June 25th, 2008

Kraas, Hugo Gottfried "Hujo Rabatz" (Waffen SS)* January 25th, 1911
† February 20th, 1980

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Kraas, Liborius "Boris" Franziskus (Waffen SS)* July 23rd, 1915
† February 13th, 1945

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Korth, Siegfried (Waffen SS)* February 5th, 1922
† October 6th, 1996

Körner, Walter (Waffen SS)* January 26th, 1921
† March 6th, 1945
Grave: UNK

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Kübler, Ludwig* September 2nd, 1889
† February 27th, 1947

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Köppen, Eckhardt* December 2nd, 1924
† January 11th, 1945

Kynast, Paul (Grenadier-Regiment 587)* December 13th, 1907
† April 16th, 1944
Grave: UNK

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Küster, Ferdinand* March 24th, 1914
† January 14th, 1945

Küspert, Karl* September 14th, 1919
† April 16th, 1945

Küsel, Alfred* August 25th, 1912

Kurze, Max* June 22nd, 1911
† November 25th, 1997

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Kursell, von, Claus (Grenadier-Regiment 3)* March 24th, 1910
† February 22nd, 1959

Kurscheid, Hans* September 15th, 1913

Kupka, Georg* February 25th, 1906
† November 22nd, 1991

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Kunze, Gottfried* July 15th, 1914
† April 11th, 1995

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Kunz, Karl* June 10th, 1903
† January 31st, 1944

Kunz, Hermann* December 12th, 1919
† March 18th, 2012

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Kunsch, Erwin* October 30th, 1915
† September 28th, 1943

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Künsberg-Weidenberg, Freiherr von, Heino* September 2nd, 1905
† January 29th, 1984

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Kunkel, Rolf* September 28th, 1919
† November 29th, 1944

Kunert, Rudolf* January 8th, 1920
† June 15th, 1966

Kündiger, Herbert* August 3rd, 1910
† February 1945

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Kullmer, Arthur* August 17th, 1896
† March 28th, 1953

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Kujacinski, Norbert* July 11th, 1920
† May 2nd, 2009

Kuhnert, Alfred* March 19th, 1898
† November 28th, 1977

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Kuhn, Karl (Grenadier-Regiment 81)* July 26th, 1914
† May 26th, 2008

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Kühn, Hans-Jochen* September 28th, 1922
† August 15th, 1985

Kühn, Friedrich "Fritz"* August 7th, 1889
† February 15th, 1944

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Kühme, Kurt* October 3rd, 1910
† April 18th, 1978

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Krützmann, Friedrich-Karl* May 19th, 1917
† May 16th, 2004

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Kruse, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 48)* December 1st, 1918
† April 11th, 1945
Plot: Salzderhel Row: 1 Grave: 6

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Kruse, Ernst Gustav (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3)* October 1st, 1915
† October 5th, 1944
Plot: G Row: 6 Grave: 425

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Krüger, Walter (General der Panzertruppe)* March 23rd, 1892
† July 11th, 1973

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Krüger, Helmut (Grenadier-Regiment 151)* December 2nd, 1914
† October 24th, 1997

Krüger, Fritz (Artillerie-Regiment 37)* December 18th, 1911
† March 2nd, 1994

Krüger, Felix (Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 6)* January 24th, 1915
† September 5th, 1994

Krüger, Erwin (Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 24)* May 6th, 1914
† December 27th, 1963

Krosigk, von, Ernst-Anton* March 5th, 1898
† March 6th, 1945

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Krosigk, von, Dedo* November 11th, 1913
† February 13th, 1992

Kroner, Georg-Max* May 14th, 1912
† June 18th, 1973

Kroj, Theo* September 1st, 1918
† April 3rd, 2012

Kröhne, Wilhelm* August 15th, 1914
† March 3rd, 2015

Krieger, Werner* June 24th, 1916
† August 19th, 2005

Krieg, Harald* February 7th, 1910
† April 5th, 1973

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Krieg, Gerhard (Heeres-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 243)* July 24th, 1915
† July 3rd, 2006

Kretschmer, Theodor* November 26th, 1901
† December 5th, 1986

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Kreßmann, Erwin* June 2nd, 1918
† March 19th, 2017

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Kresse, Ludwig-Hilmar* January 7th, 1914
† June 18th, 1985

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Kremer, Hermann* September 28th, 1914
† December 24th, 1988

Kreitmair, Rudolf* May 3rd, 1914
† September 28th, 1943

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Krause, Walter* December 31st, 1890
† October 25th, 1960

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Kraus, Ewald* March 6th, 1902
† February 20th, 1993

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Kraus, Eduard* 1914
† 1978

Kratsch, Dr., Günther* September 13th, 1896
† December 13th, 1984

Kranz, Rudolf* December 27th, 1911
† October 22nd, 1979

Kranenbrock, van, Wolfgang Bernard Horst (IR.31)* August 11th, 1909
† March 22nd, 1986

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Krämer, Paul (WH-Pz.Gren.Rgt. 93)* September 26th, 1897
† March 9th, 1945

Krämer, Christoph* August 21st, 1913
† October 6th, 1990

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Kraiß, Dietrich* November 16th, 1889
† August 2nd, 1944
Row: 46 Grave: 63

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Krah, Hans* May 22nd, 1910
† July 21st, 1944

Kraft, Karl* January 7th, 1897
† January 28th, 1942

Kraft, Gerhard (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 112)* September 26th, 1917
† June 5th, 1976

Kraemer, Fritz* December 12th, 1900
† June 23rd, 1959

Kracht, Hermann* June 24th, 1915
† June 2nd, 1944

Kotz, Richard* September 12th, 1886
† June 8th, 1960

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Koßmann, Karl-Richard (Generalmajor)* March 28th, 1899
† June 10th, 1969

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Koske, Karl* June 27th, 1889
† April 8th, 1945

Korupkat, Günther* July 23rd, 1923
† February 11th, 1945

Körte, Peter* June 26th, 1896
† January 13th, 1947

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Kornprobst, Franz* October 8th, 1892
† May 31st, 1979

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Kornmeyer, Hans* August 6th, 1907
† December 19th, 1993

Korfes, Dr. rer. pol., Otto* November 23rd, 1889
† August 24th, 1964

Koppenwallner, Karl* November 19th, 1905
† October 6th, 1988

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Koppe, Rudolf (Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 23)* April 7th, 1908
† May 25th, 1995

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Kopp, Walter (WH-Gren.Rgt. 1077)* March 21st, 1913
† October 29th, 1974

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Koopmann, Erwin (Gren.Reg.76)* January 1st, 1900
† November 10th, 1943

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Konrad, Rudolf* March 7th, 1891
† June 10th, 1964

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Konopka, Gerhard (Gren.Reg. "Großdeutschland")* March 27th, 1911
† January 29th, 1997

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Konopacki, Günther Kurt Paul (Radfahr-Jäg.Btl.10)* October 10th, 1921
† June 23rd, 1987

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König, Wilhelm* June 11th, 1917
† August 15th, 1944

König, Heinrich* November 23rd, 1908
† January 13th, 1995

König, Ernst (WH-Generalmajor)* August 12th, 1908
† March 3rd, 1986

König, Christian* April 7th, 1910
† December 27th, 1980

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Kolodziejczyk, Georg* March 11th, 1914
† May 3rd, 1998

Kollberg, Botho* July 11th, 1898
† January 24th, 1944

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Kolczyk, Heinz* November 20th, 1912
† November 10th, 2008

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Kolb, Werner* July 27th, 1895
† February 18th, 1975

Koj, Ewald* January 20th, 1921
† March 11th, 1945

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Kohnz, Bruno Jakob* October 6th, 1914
† May 7th, 1945

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Kohlhaas, Ludwig (Grossdeutschland)* January 13th, 1905
† November 30th, 1942
Grave: UNK

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Köhler, Walter (WH-Pz.Jg.Abt. 525)* December 18th, 1912
† November 3rd, 1984

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Köhler, Rudolf (WH-Schtz.Rgt. 73)* July 9th, 1899
† July 7th, 1943
Plot: 17 Row: 32 Grave: 1915

Köhler, Hans-Joachim* October 1st, 1917
† October 1st, 1997

Köhler, Georg (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26)* July 24th, 1917
† April 16th, 2006

Koehler, Dr. jur., Helmut (WH-Panzer)* March 11th, 1912
† June 4th, 1994

Kohla, Helmut* January 16th, 1917
† June 25th, 1944

Kofler, Florian* May 4th, 1919
† October 31st, 1944
Grave: UNK

Koester, Alfred* February 25th, 1894
† August 31st, 1957

Koehler, Carl-Erik (General der Kavallerie)* December 3rd, 1895
† December 8th, 1958

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Köchling, Friedrich* June 22nd, 1893
† June 6th, 1970

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Koch, Theodor* November 13th, 1914
† March 1st, 1989

Koch, Max* January 16th, 1895
† April 15th, 1944

Koberling, Horst* June 1st, 1919
† December 19th, 1981

Knop, Albert* January 7th, 1918
† June 2nd, 1995

Knoop, von, Waldemar* May 4th, 1896
† June 2nd, 1956

Knoop, Dr.med.dent., Rolf* March 3rd, 1912
† July 25th, 1988

Knoche, Heinz* September 18th, 1913
† August 15th, 2004

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Knobelsdorff, von, Otto* March 31st, 1886
† October 21st, 1966

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Knetsch, Wilhelm* February 26th, 1906
† March 27th, 1982

Knebel-Döberitz, von, Rudolf* December 19th, 1913
† July 5th, 1994

Knauth, Karl-Wilhelm (schwere Panzer-Abt. 505)* January 29th, 1916
† April 25th, 1945
Plot: 6 Row: 5 Grave: 630

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Knaust, Hans-Peter (Schützen-Regiment 4)* August 7th, 1906
† October 22nd, 1983

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Knappe, Herbert* February 12th, 1914
† September 15th, 2004

Knapp, Franz* April 2nd, 1915
† May 13th, 1945

Klüver, Max* April 22nd, 1909
† December 31st, 1998

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Klüser, Ewald* May 6th, 1907
† November 9th, 2000

Kluge, von, Wolfgang (Generalleutnant)* May 5th, 1892
† October 30th, 1976

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Klotz, Ludwig* September 27th, 1895
† February 14th, 1944

Kloß, Max* March 14th, 1917
† December 2nd, 1944

Klose, Erwin* April 28th, 1914
† June 22nd, 2003

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Klos, Otto* November 14th, 1912
† November 3rd, 1988

Klocke, Walter* December 11th, 1905
† January 18th, 1945

Klinke, Walter* April 26th, 1910
† October 18th, 1944

Klier, Erich* September 13th, 1918
† June 15th, 1995

Kliemann, Nikodemus* November 27th, 1898
† October 14th, 1964

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Klemz, Bernhard* March 21st, 1918
† July 13th, 2004

Klemt, Heinrich* March 25th, 1919
† July 24th, 1980

Klemann, Helmut* May 16th, 1922
† November 17th, 2012

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Kleist-Retzow, von, Jarislaff* December 20th, 1911
† March 25th, 1945

Kleindienst, Erhard Fritz* October 5th, 1921
† October 12th, 1944

Klein, Gerhard (Armee-Waffenschule AOK9)* January 2nd, 1903
† December 20th, 1988

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Kleffel, Philipp (1.Infanterie-Division)* December 9th, 1887
† October 10th, 1964

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Kleffel, Paul-Georg* September 7th, 1920
† February 19th, 2020

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Kleber, Ludwig* April 19th, 1914
† February 9th, 1945

Klaus, Ludwig* April 5th, 1910
† January 26th, 1945
Plot: A Grave: 49

Klasing, Fritz* December 23rd, 1891
† April 29th, 1969

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Kittel, Heinrich* October 31st, 1892
† March 5th, 1969

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Kittel, Dipl.Ing., Friedrich (Generalmajor)* December 19th, 1896
† March 24th, 1973

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Kissel, Hans (Generalmajor)* February 19th, 1897
† November 30th, 1975

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Kirsche, Heinz* April 7th, 1911
† February 14th, 1944

Kirchner, Friedrich* March 26th, 1885
† April 6th, 1960

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Kinzinger, Rudi* March 4th, 1915
† February 16th, 1945

Kinder, Georg* November 20th, 1914
† November 5th, 1961

Kimmich, Hans-Jörg* March 8th, 1920
† February 6th, 2004

Kilian, Friedrich Wilhelm* May 26th, 1912
† March 24th, 1997

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Kiesling, Helmut* September 27th, 1911
† April 12th, 1944

Kieser, Wilhelm* March 12th, 1905
† March 14th, 1976

Kienast, Fritz* September 8th, 1915
† February 3rd, 1945

Kiehl, Rudolf* November 10th, 1914
† September 4th, 1942

Keußler, von, Friedrich August Berthold* January 25th, 1907
† July 9th, 1944
Grave: UNK

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Ketterer, Karl* October 8th, 1912
† April 13th, 1945

Ketelhodt, Freiherr von, Gerd* March 17th, 1915
† August 4th, 1976

Keßler, Hermann (Grenadier-Regiment 192)* August 16th, 1899
† January 11th, 1967

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Kern, Friedrich* August 21st, 1912
† April 2nd, 1945

Kendler, Rudolf* April 15th, 1914
† February 13th, 2011

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Kemler, Heinrich* December 8th, 1912
† August 11th, 2000

Kellermann, Ortwin* December 10th, 1922
† May 29th, 2010

Keiser, Paul Karl Gustav (Gren.Rgt. 326)* February 8th, 1894
† June 26th, 1981

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Keese, Heinrich (Pio.Bat.20)* April 28th, 1918
† May 27th, 2006

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Kedzia, Ernst-Georg* November 15th, 1914
† June 16th, 1994

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Kazmaier, Paul* October 24th, 1909
† July 16th, 1944

Kayß, Alfred (Feldersatz-Bataillon 267)* April 6th, 1914
† January 5th, 1944
Grave: UNK

Kautz, Oskar* November 13th, 1911
† July 22nd, 1943

Kauermann, Helmut* March 11th, 1917
† April 24th, 1945

Kassner, Helmut* March 17th, 1897
† January 28th, 1960

Käs, Josef* July 2nd, 1915
† September 27th, 2005

Karow, Gustav* September 25th, 1897
† March 11th, 1948

Karg, Ulrich (Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 91)* July 4th, 1918
† September 20th, 1986

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Kardel, Hennecke* June 15th, 1922
† June 24th, 2007

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Karau, August* November 5th, 1914
† December 13th, 1957

Kappis, Hans-Joachim* December 9th, 1908
† December 31st, 1970

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Kannenberg, Kurt* April 8th, 1912
† November 17th, 1944

Kaminski, August* August 9th, 1915
† August 15th, 2012

Kamecke, Hans* August 18th, 1890
† October 16th, 1943

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Källner, Hans (Generalleutnant)* October 9th, 1898
† April 18th, 1945
Plot: 79B Row: 32 Grave: 1478

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Kalinowsky, von, Herbert (Volks-Werfer-Brigade 8)* March 19th, 1895
† May 29th, 1979

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Kaletsch, Georg* October 16th, 1914
† March 6th, 1944

Kalb, Hans* April 17th, 1913
† August 18th, 1989

Kaiser, Erich (Panzer-Regiment 39)* July 10th, 1910
† August 26th, 1942
Grave: UNK

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Kainz, Karl (Jäger-Regiment 25)* September 27th, 1916
† October 10th, 2013

Kahsnitz, Erich (Generalmajor)* February 17th, 1898
† July 29th, 1943
Grave: UNK

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Kahle, Rudolf (Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 40)* February 27th, 1914
† March 13th, 1969

Kahl, Bruno (Panzerjäger-Regiment 656)* November 23rd, 1914
† February 27th, 1999

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Kageneck, Graf von Clemens-Heinrich (s.Pz.Abt.503)* October 17th, 1913
† March 18th, 2005

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Kachel, Georg Friedrich (Grenadier-Regiment 670)* December 18th, 1912
† October 18th, 1944
Grave: UNK

Kutschkau, Ernst* November 23rd, 1910
† February 4th, 1947
Plot: 58 Grave: 260

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Kroeg, Helmut* January 28th, 1914
† April 22nd, 1990

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Kranz, Bernhard* December 26th, 1913
† February 26th, 2005

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Klein, Kurt* March 26th, 1913
† September 16th, 1944

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Kempas, Traugott* August 27th, 1919
† March 13th, 1945

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Kuntze, Walter* February 23rd, 1883
† April 1st, 1960

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Kortzfleisch, von, Joachim* January 3rd, 1890
† April 20th, 1945
Grave: 294

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Koch-Erpach, Rudolf* April 9th, 1886
† November 27th, 1971

Kienitz, Werner* June 3rd, 1885
† December 31st, 1959

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Kaether, Ernst (Infanterie-Regiment 14)* September 25th, 1903
† August 11th, 1999

Köhler, Heinrich (WH-Sturmgeschütz)* July 3rd, 1922
† June 25th, 2009

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Knostmann, Georg* November 7th, 1911
† May 21st, 1980

Krettek, Heinz* May 1st, 1919
† November 1st, 2014

Kretschmer, Otto* May 1st, 1912
† August 5th, 1998

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Kesselring, Albert* November 30th, 1885
† July 16th, 1960

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Küchler, von, Georg* May 30th, 1881
† May 25th, 1968

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Kluge, von, Günther Adolf Ferdinand (Hans)* October 30th, 1882
† August 16th, 1944

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Kleist, von, Paul Ludwig Ewald* August 8th, 1881
† October 16th, 1954

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Keitel, Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav* September 22nd, 1882
† October 16th, 1946

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