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

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

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

Kretzschmar, Wolfgang Hans (Jäger-Regiment 24)* July 2nd, 1907
† December 27th, 1944
Plot: U1 Row: 16 Grave: 471

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

Kreutzberg, Anton (s. Panzerjäger-Abteilung 525)* April 21st, 1914
† August 27th, 1988

Kreuzer, Eduard* May 17th, 1911
† February 22nd, 1945
Plot: L Row: 29 Grave: 578

Kreuzer, Franz* September 21st, 1918
† April 3rd, 1983

Kreuzinger, Othmar* September 9th, 1919
† September 13th, 1944

Krey, Heinz* December 31st, 1921
† May 23rd, 1943

Krey, Hermann (Füsilier-Bataillon 30)* June 29th, 1914
† October 18th, 2004

Kreysing, Hans* August 17th, 1890
† April 14th, 1969

Kreß, Hermann* July 23rd, 1895
† August 11th, 1943

Kreß, Ulrich* March 20th, 1919
† January 15th, 1943

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

Kriebel, Karl* February 26th, 1888
† November 28th, 1961

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

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

Krieg, Johann-Otto* March 14th, 1919
† January 2nd, 1999

Krieger, Friedrich Wilhelm* May 2nd, 1916
† September 1st, 1943

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

Krieger, Wilhelm* December 1st, 1918
† April 1st, 1945

Kriening, Herbert Kurt Eugen* January 20th, 1913
† July 16th, 1944

Krings, Josef* April 16th, 1918
† March 3rd, 2010

Krink, Heinz* March 25th, 1919
† June 28th, 1975

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

Krogmann, Otto* March 16th, 1909
† February 13th, 1981

Kroh, Hans* May 13th, 1907
† July 18th, 1967

Krohn, Hans* October 11th, 1919
† November 17th, 2012

Krohn, Hans* October 9th, 1919
† January 13th, 1978

Krohn, Hans* October 11th, 1919
† November 17th, 2012

Krohn, Hans* October 9th, 1919
† January 13th, 1978

Krohn, Hans* October 11th, 1919
† November 17th, 2012

Krohn, Hans* October 9th, 1919
† January 13th, 1978

Krohn, Hans* October 11th, 1919
† November 17th, 2012

Krohn, Hans* October 9th, 1919
† January 13th, 1978

Krohn, Hans* October 11th, 1919
† November 17th, 2012

Krohn, Ernst* August 30th, 1911

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

Kroll, Hermann* November 5th, 1913
† April 26th, 1944

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

Kron, Otto-Wilhelm (SS-Totenkopf-Flak-Abteilung)* February 28th, 1911
† August 9th, 1955

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

Kropp, Fritz* March 1st, 1916
† February 10th, 1945

Kroschinski, Hans-Joachim* May 11th, 1920
† January 7th, 1995

Kroseberg, Heinz Gustav* February 23rd, 1899
† May 12th, 1942

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

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

Kroymanns, Willy* April 9th, 1920

Kruck, Kurt* March 8th, 1914
† April 22nd, 1981

Krugner, Leopold* November 30th, 1916
† January 10th, 1991

Krumminga, Hans* May 6th, 1920
† November 28th, 1943

Krupinski, Walter* November 11th, 1920
† October 7th, 2000

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

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

Kruse, Heinrich (Grenadier-Regiments-Gruppe 311)* February 19th, 1916
† February 19th, 2002

Kruse, Heinz (schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 655)* October 16th, 1919
† March 18th, 1993

Krutemeier, Gustav* March 9th, 1914
† December 12th, 1971

Krück, Fritz* August 28th, 1921
† February 8th, 2012

Krüder, Ernst-Felix* December 6th, 1897
† May 8th, 1941

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

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

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

Krüger, Friedrich-Wilhelm 'Freddy' (Waffen SS)* May 8th, 1894
† May 10th, 1945

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

Krüger, Hans-Heinrich (Kampfgruppe)* June 17th, 1915

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

Krüger, Horst (Generalmajor)* May 23rd, 1916
† April 7th, 1989

Krüger, Joachim (Waffen SS)* November 30th, 1920
† August 14th, 1943
Grave: UNK

Krüger, Kurt (Panzer-Abteilung 8)* October 5th, 1919
† January 15th, 1945
Grave: UNK

Krüger, Kurt Paul Theodor (Artillerie-Reg.156)* June 19th, 1914
† July 12th, 1943
Grave: UNK

Krüger, Rudolf (Infanterie-Regiment 32)* November 4th, 1911
† October 28th, 1972

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

Krüger, Walter (Waffen-SS)* February 27th, 1890
† May 22nd, 1945

Krüger, Walther (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 71)* March 26th, 1902
† August 12th, 1958

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

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

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

Krämer, Peter Bruno (Kampfgeschwader 100)* June 20th, 1914

Krämer, Richard (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 232)* September 15th, 1915
† March 26th, 1992

Kräussel, Oskar* June 18th, 1913
† March 6th, 1943

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

Ksiag, Johann* August 19th, 1914
† July 23rd, 1994

Kubel, Wilhelm* December 16th, 1917
† April 29th, 2003

Kubisch, Walter* September 7th, 1918
† October 6th, 1944

Kuchar, Jakob* September 24th, 1923
† January 1st, 2020

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

Kuffner, Andreas* May 30th, 1918
† April 30th, 1945

Kugelstadt, Otto (Grenadier-Regiment 485)* January 17th, 1920
† October 10th, 2000

Kugler, Eugen* August 26th, 1918
† June 9th, 1995

Kugler, Josef* March 28th, 1920
† April 6th, 2000

Kuhenne, Helmut* September 28th, 1921
† March 24th, 1988

Kuher, Josef* April 25th, 1915
† May 14th, 1981

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

Kuhlmey, Kurt* November 19th, 1913
† April 30th, 1993

Kuhlwilm, Wilhelm (Fallschirm-Pz-Gren.Reg.3)* August 17th, 1919
† September 19th, 1968

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

Kuhn, Otto (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 13)* June 4th, 1912

Kuhn, Walter* January 9th, 1920
† February 1st, 2010

Kuhna, Bernhard* May 15th, 1908

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

Kuhnert, Manfred* November 26th, 1924
† August 30th, 1995

Kuhnke, Günter* September 7th, 1912
† October 11th, 1990

Kuhnle, Theophil* February 19th, 1913
† March 31st, 1994

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

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

Kulot, Josef* July 21st, 1917
† June 18th, 1997

Kulp, Karl* June 7th, 1921
† February 5th, 1945

Kuls, Wolfgang (Panzer-Regiment 24)* February 27th, 1920
† August 8th, 2002

Kult, Josef* January 20th, 1912
† February 22nd, 1943

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

Kummer, Alfred* March 8th, 1914
† April 6th, 1945

Kummer, Gotthard* November 19th, 1908
† July 19th, 1983

Kummetz, Oskar (Generaladmiral)* July 21st, 1891
† December 17th, 1980

Kunert, Gerhard (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33)* February 17th, 1920
† August 31st, 1944
Grave: UNK

Kunert, Hans* April 8th, 1912
† December 31st, 1998

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

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

Kunkel, Kurt-Ernst* January 13th, 1923
† September 23rd, 2012

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

Kuntz, Herbert* February 15th, 1915
† August 26th, 1998

Kuntz, Albert* February 10th, 1914
† April 24th, 1965

Kuntze, Albrecht* December 25th, 1912
† July 5th, 1943

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

Kuntzen, Adolf-Friedrich* July 26th, 1889
† July 10th, 1964

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

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

Kunz, Rudolf* September 23rd, 1918
† August 9th, 2010

Kunze, Erhard* August 31st, 1914
† January 6th, 1942

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

Kunze, Herbert* February 17th, 1916
† 1945

Kunzmann, Karl* April 17th, 1915
† August 5th, 1944

Kupfer, Baptist* September 12th, 1925
† August 10th, 1990

Kupfer, Ernst* July 2nd, 1907
† November 6th, 1943
Plot: 1 Row: 4 Grave: 7

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

Kupka, Hans* July 1st, 1921
† October 15th, 1943

Kuppinger, Ernst* July 8th, 1914
† August 3rd, 1995

Kuppisch, Herbert* December 10th, 1909
† August 27th, 1943

Kupsch, Gottfried (Radfahr-Abteilung 72)* April 19th, 1919
† June 16th, 1942

Kurowski, von, Eberhard* September 10th, 1895
† September 11th, 1957

Kurscheid, Hans* September 15th, 1913

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

Kurz, Hans (Grenadier-Regiment 994)* August 13th, 1916
† June 13th, 1966

Kurz, Karl* March 16th, 1920
† August 2nd, 2006

Kurz, Rudolf* January 29th, 1916
† June 12th, 1979

Kurz, Wilhelm* December 28th, 1915
† December 1st, 1986

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

Kusatz, Franz* September 11th, 1909
† October 21st, 1942

Kuske, Ortwin (Waffen SS)* February 3rd, 1921
† February 19th, 1972

Kutscha, Herbert* April 24th, 1917
† September 19th, 2003

Kutscher, Alfred* January 29th, 1912
† August 25th, 1944

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

Kuzmany, Alfred* October 24th, 1893
† October 4th, 1961

Kwasnitschke, Karl (Panzer-Regiment 33)* June 15th, 1919

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

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

Kühl, Dr.jur., Ernst* March 18th, 1888
† February 2nd, 1972

Kühl, Hermann* March 6th, 1909
† July 22nd, 1942

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

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

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

Kühne, Martin* November 1st, 1918
† March 25th, 2003

Kühnfels, Rudolf* August 19th, 1917
† February 17th, 1994

Kylling-Schmidt, Ekkehardt (Inf.Reg. 26)* June 21st, 1918
† August 28th, 2000

Kümmel, Johannes* July 21st, 1909
† February 26th, 1944
Plot: C Grave: 4

Kümmling, Otto* February 12th, 1922

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

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

Künkel, Christian* November 14th, 1921
† January 27th, 1944

Künnecke, Heinz* October 14th, 1916
† 1969

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

Künzel, Hans-Joachim (Schützen-Regiment 10)* November 6th, 1914
† November 25th, 2000

Künzel, Karl-Friedrich (S-28)* September 11th, 1918
† December 25th, 1998

Kürsten, Hans* March 29th, 1917
† December 6th, 1942

Küsel, Alfred* August 25th, 1912

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

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

Küster, Rudolf* June 4th, 1916
† July 29th, 1991

Küster, Wilhelm (Wekusta 26)* January 7th, 1917
† November 25th, 1942

Küster, Heinz* March 17th, 1909

Käding, Walter (U 123)* September 14th, 1915
† January 4th, 1991

Kähler, Otto (Kriegsmarine)* March 3rd, 1894
† November 2nd, 1967

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

Kämmerer, Edmund* February 24th, 1919
† October 12th, 1971

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

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

Käseberg, Herbert* January 11th, 1915
† March 7th, 1945
Grave: 205

Köchle, Ludwig "Bunkerknacker" (Waffen SS)* January 28th, 1921
† June 9th, 1942
Grave: UNK

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

Köck, Reinhold* January 17th, 1914
† October 13th, 1999

Köckerbauer, Johann 'Hans' (Gebirgs-Jäg.Reg.91)* October 1st, 1914
† July 28th, 1942

Köhler, Arminius 'Armin' (Jagdgeschwader 77)* March 31st, 1912
† March 28th, 1999

Köhler, Fritz (Fernaufklärungs-Gruppe 122)* October 14th, 1897
† February 20th, 1949

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

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

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

Köhler, Helmut (Grenadier-Regiment 154)* June 15th, 1905

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

Köhler, Siegfried (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 108)* August 12th, 1922
† January 6th, 1991

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

Köhler, Werner (Füsilier-Regiment 26)* November 26th, 1916
† November 29th, 1965

Köhne, Hans-Günther* January 4th, 1914
† February 16th, 1975

Köhnen, Hermann* November 19th, 1912
† September 30th, 1970

Köhnke, Otto* February 18th, 1912
† September 13th, 1998

Kölbel, Otto (Grenadier-Regiment 542)* August 20th, 1908
† July 11th, 1974

Köllner, Jürgen (Grenadier-Regiment 671)* January 16th, 1918
† October 8th, 1944
Grave: UNK

Kölsch, Erich* March 21st, 1920
† August 18th, 1948

König, Alfons* December 29th, 1898
† July 8th, 1944

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

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

König, Eugen* September 19th, 1896
† April 8th, 1985

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

König, Herbert* August 17th, 1913
† May 29th, 1983

König, Reinhard ('U-123')* March 30th, 1909
† March 28th, 1998

König, Viktor* June 28th, 1920
† August 29th, 1944

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

König, Georg* April 14th, 1914
† June 3rd, 1995

König, Rudolf* June 11th, 1915
† May 5th, 1985

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

Köppen, Gerhard (Jagdgeschwader 52)* May 17th, 1918
† May 5th, 1942

Körner, Friedrich (JG 27 'Afrika')* January 24th, 1921
† September 3rd, 1998

Körner, Helmut* May 1st, 1920
† April 22nd, 1945
Plot: 4 Row: 2 Grave: 337

Körner, Karl (SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503)* April 19th, 1920
† August 8th, 1997

Körner, Martin* March 15th, 1913
† June 11th, 1993

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

Körner, Adolf* February 27th, 1911
† March 1st, 1945

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

Köster, Alfons (Nachtjagdgeschwader 2)* February 6th, 1919
† January 6th, 1945
Plot: III Grave: 10

Köster, Helmut (Stuka-Geschwader 2)* October 6th, 1921
† August 8th, 1944
Grave: UNK

Köster, Walter* December 2nd, 1906
† July 31st, 1942
Plot: 9 Grave: unnbekant

Köther, Wilhelm* October 14th, 1912
† May 5th, 1945

Kötke, Werner* July 31st, 1916
† July 17th, 1944

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