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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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Brambrink, Bernhard* February 14th, 1915
† October 7th, 1978

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

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

Brandenberger, Erich (8. Panzer-Division)* July 15th, 1892
† June 21st, 1955

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Brandenburg, Johannes* July 28th, 1910
† February 18th, 1942
Plot: 16 

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

Brandes, Ernst* October 3rd, 1916
† April 16th, 1996

Brandes, Walter* September 29th, 1918
† February 14th, 1945

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

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Brändle, Kurt* January 19th, 1912
† November 3rd, 1943
Plot: CW Row: 1 Grave: 25

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

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Brandner, Kaspar* January 6th, 1916
† April 11th, 1983

Brandt, Franz (Grenadier-Regiment 953)* October 29th, 1915
† December 17th, 1985

Brandt, Friedrich (Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 39)* June 23rd, 1917
† January 18th, 1945

Brandt, Gerhard Alfred (Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 202)* September 2nd, 1919
† November 25th, 1957

Brandt, Günther (Kriegsmarine)* October 1st, 1898
† July 4th, 1973

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Brandt, Hans-Georg Franz (Infanterie-Regiment 577)* November 4th, 1903
† January 4th, 1943
Plot: 34 Row: 4 Grave: 133

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Brandt, Hans-Otto (Grenadier Regiment 67)* August 3rd, 1914
† June 22nd, 1943
Plot: 2 Row: 14 Grave: 1433

Brandt, Heinz (Grenadier-Regiment 1124)* September 27th, 1913
† February 19th, 1945

Brandt, Heinz (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 103)* December 17th, 1912
† December 9th, 1996

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Brandt, Paul (Jagdgeschwader 54 "Grünherz")* April 29th, 1915
† December 24th, 1944
Plot: A Grave: 179

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

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

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

Brasack, Paul ('U-737')* May 9th, 1916
† March 11th, 2013

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Brasche, Rudolf "Rudi"* August 17th, 1917
† November 22nd, 1975

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

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

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Bräuer, Bruno Oswald (Fallschirmjäger)* February 4th, 1893
† May 20th, 1947

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Brauer, Walter Theodor (Grenadier-Regiment 507)* August 23rd, 1915
† January 18th, 1945
Grave: UNK

Braun von Stumm, Hans-Günther* September 16th, 1913
† September 15th, 1941
Plot: 2 Row: 8 Grave: 180

Braun, Alfred (Grenadier-Regiment 544)* March 9th, 1915
† July 15th, 1944

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

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Braun, Rudolf* August 30th, 1913
† April 4th, 1990

Braun, Wilhelm "Willi" (Kampfgeschwader 55)* July 21st, 1920
† February 16th, 1994

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Braun, Wilhelm (Infanterie-Regiment 576)* February 6th, 1902
† January 22nd, 1943

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

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Braunegg, Herward (Nahaufklärungsgruppe 9)* December 26th, 1917
† December 16th, 1983

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

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Brecht, Eugen* April 23rd, 1912
† June 27th, 1944

Bredemeier, Wilhelm* January 19th, 1916
† June 4th, 1995

Bredemeyer, Franz* October 12th, 1913
† February 13th, 1985

Breer, Hermann* November 10th, 1909
† July 18th, 1944

Breese, Werner* April 6th, 1913
† February 17th, 1995

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Bregenzer, Josef* June 30th, 1909
† July 16th, 1944

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

Brehme, Gerhard (Panzer-Abteilung 52)* September 7th, 1912
† July 17th, 1943
Plot: 10 Row: 35 Grave: 4090

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

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

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Breidenbach, Friedrich-Wilhelm* October 17th, 1916
† March 2nd, 1999

Breith, Hermann* May 7th, 1892
† September 3rd, 1964

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Breithaupt, Fritz* September 5th, 1892
† December 25th, 1944
Plot: 8 Grave: 60

Bremer, Gerhard "Gerd" (Waffen SS)* July 25th, 1917
† October 29th, 1989

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Bremermann, Oskar (Grenadier-Regiment 209)* June 2nd, 1921
† February 9th, 1999

Bremm, Josef* May 3rd, 1914
† October 21st, 1998

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Brendel, Albert* December 8th, 1893
† April 14th, 1943

Brendel, Hans* February 8th, 1887
† May 3rd, 1945

Brendel, Joachim* April 27th, 1921
† July 7th, 1974

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Brenig, Peter* December 19th, 1921
† March 23rd, 1944

Brennecke, Kurt* December 16th, 1891
† December 30th, 1982

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Brennecke, Wilhelm* August 9th, 1918
† March 4th, 1998

Brenner, Dr.jur. Dr.rer.pol., Harro (KG 'Kasta')* November 24th, 1911
† April 27th, 1998

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Brenner, Gerhard* August 29th, 1918
† June 14th, 1942

Brenner, Karl-Heinrich (Waffen SS)* May 19th, 1895
† February 15th, 1954

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Brentführer, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 9)* June 24th, 1921
† November 22nd, 1944
Plot: 2 Row: 5 Grave: 178

Bretnütz, Heinz * January 24th, 1914
† June 27th, 1941

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Bretschneider, Heinz Walter (Flak-Regiment 13)* March 26th, 1913
† March 16th, 1971

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Bretschneider, Klaus (Jagdgeschwader 300)* May 4th, 1920
† December 24th, 1944

Bretz, Hans* July 29th, 1926
† November 23rd, 2007

Breu, Peter-Paul* June 13th, 1915
† August 2nd, 2001

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

Briegel, Hans* November 5th, 1906
† June 23rd, 1988

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

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Briesen, von, Kurt* May 3rd, 1883
† November 20th, 1941

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Brill, Karl-Friedrich* July 18th, 1898
† October 22nd, 1943

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

Brinckmann, Friedrich* July 28th, 1920
† December 27th, 2019

Brinkforth, Hubert* April 15th, 1916
† June 5th, 1942
Plot: 4 Row: 12 Grave: 1184

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

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

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

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

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Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, Graf von, Walter* July 13th, 1887
† May 9th, 1943

Brockdorff, Baron von, Cay-Lorenz* August 25th, 1923
† September 11th, 1997

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Brocke, Jürgen* February 4th, 1922
† September 15th, 1942

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

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

Brod, Roland* November 22nd, 1915
† January 5th, 1944

Brodowski, Heinrich* November 17th, 1911
† July 20th, 1989

Bröffel, Wilhelm* February 6th, 1915
† June 24th, 1944

Brogsitter, Eduard* December 28th, 1920
† January 8th, 2002

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

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Broich, Peter* May 22nd, 1914
† September 21st, 1995

Brökelmann, Jost* September 25th, 1907
† March 3rd, 1967

Bromen, Wilhelm* August 26th, 1915
† October 1st, 1990

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Brommann, Karl (Waffen SS)* July 20th, 1920
† June 30th, 2011

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Brönnle, Herbert* December 25th, 1920
† July 4th, 1943

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

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Brösamle, Karl* January 22nd, 1911
† June 30th, 1987

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

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Brucher, Paul* September 11th, 1916
† March 18th, 1977

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Bruchmann, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 12)* September 26th, 1918
† October 31st, 1998

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Bruck, Helmut* February 16th, 1913
† August 25th, 2001

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Bruck, Viktor* July 15th, 1916
† February 4th, 1998

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Brücker, Heinrich* May 5th, 1913
† June 14th, 1984

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

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Brücker, Otto-Hermann* October 17th, 1899
† December 12th, 1964

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Brucker, Walter* December 14th, 1918
† November 13th, 2001

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

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Brückner, Wilhelm* April 27th, 1915
† November 15th, 1941

Bruer, Alfred (Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 155)* November 4th, 1897
† February 12th, 1976

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Bruetsch, Josef* November 14th, 1921
† September 15th, 1995

Brüggemann, Heinrich* April 12th, 1920
† August 18th, 1975

Brüggemann, Karl* December 1st, 1915
† June 19th, 1987

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

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Bruhn, Hans (Grenadier-Regiment 90)* December 31st, 1910
† April 4th, 1952

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

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Bruins, Derk Elsko* March 20th, 1923
† February 5th, 1986

Brüning, Walter (Infanterie-Regiment 508)* April 2nd, 1915
† March 1st, 1971

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

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Brunner, Albert* July 17th, 1918
† May 7th, 1943

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

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Bruns, Arthur* December 27th, 1901
† February 4th, 1943

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

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Bruns, Dr.jur., Axel* June 7th, 1915
† April 21st, 1990

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

Brunsiek, Karl-Heinz* April 4th, 1921
† January 5th, 1980

Brutscher, Fritz* March 14th, 1915
† February 15th, 1943

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Brux, Albert* November 11th, 1907
† December 16th, 2001

Büchau, Bruno* October 10th, 1917
† September 12th, 2006

Buchenau, Friedrich "Fritz" (Fähnrich-Regiment 4)* June 4th, 1914
† February 8th, 1991

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Buchholz, Hans (WL-Kampfflieger)* July 28th, 1908
† May 19th, 1941

Buchholz, Max* November 3rd, 1912
† July 19th, 1996

Buchler, Helmut-Wolfgang (Infanterie-Regiment 204)* September 8th, 1913
† December 10th, 1941
Grave: UNK

Buchner, Franz (Infanterie-Regiment 30)* September 9th, 1918
† November 27th, 1941
Grave: UNK

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Buchner, Hermann (Schlachtgeschw. 2 "Immelmann")* October 30th, 1919
† December 1st, 2005

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

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Buchterkirch, Ernst-Georg* September 10th, 1914
† August 17th, 1971

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Büchting, Hermann* March 14th, 1916
† June 27th, 1992

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

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Buck, Friedrich (Waffen SS)* January 30th, 1922
† September 25th, 2015

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Buck, Wilhelm* April 1st, 1903
† September 24th, 1943

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

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Budahl, Georg* April 17th, 1912
† August 1st, 1977

Budäus, Kurt (Infanterie-Regiment 307)* March 6th, 1908
† April 16th, 1963

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Budka, Franz (Waffen SS)* August 18th, 1920
† May 6th, 1945
Grave: UNK

Buffa, Ernst* February 14th, 1893
† September 19th, 1971

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

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

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Bühligen, Kurt* December 13th, 1917
† August 11th, 1985

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Buhr, de, Rudolf* January 23rd, 1917
† January 18th, 1994

Buhr, Martin* April 3rd, 1913
† August 23rd, 1988

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

Bujak, Hans* February 5th, 1914
† March 20th, 1990

Bukatschek, Otto* January 14th, 1915
† March 24th, 2003

Bulla, Ludwig* August 9th, 1896
† February 26th, 1964

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

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Bulmahn, Karl* June 8th, 1908
† October 14th, 1997

Bülow-Bothkamp, von, Harry (JG 2 "Richthofen')* November 19th, 1897
† February 27th, 1976

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Bülow, von, Otto (U 404)* October 16th, 1911
† January 5th, 2006

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Bülowius, Alfred (General der Flieger)* January 14th, 1892
† August 9th, 1968

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Bumen, Robert (Schlachtgeschwader 77)* October 12th, 1918
† July 25th, 1944
Grave: UNK

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Bünau, von, Rudolf (Panzer-Aufkl.-Abteilung 9)* May 6th, 1915
† August 15th, 1943

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Bünau, von, Rudolf (WH-General der Infanterie)* August 19th, 1890
† January 14th, 1962

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Bund, Walter* October 21st, 1914
† September 13th, 1985

Bundesmann, Heinz* July 2nd, 1920
† September 18th, 1975

Bundrock, Kurt* February 6th, 1917
† February 6th, 1998

Bunge, Ernst (Grenadier-Regiment 121)* May 29th, 1914
† May 12th, 1944
Grave: UNK

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

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Bunse, Fritz (Waffen SS)* July 4th, 1911
† September 14th, 1970

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

Bunzek, Johannes* May 22nd, 1922
† December 11th, 1943

Bunzel, Hans-Karl* October 28th, 1918
† November 12th, 1995

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Bunzel, Willi* November 13th, 1899
† October 25th, 1941

Burbach, Hans* October 28th, 1918
† January 26th, 1977

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

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Burckhardt, Lutz-Wilhelm* February 5th, 1919
† January 2nd, 1993

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

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Burg, Jörg Hans-Sachs* September 25th, 1919
† August 21st, 1944

Burgdorf, Wilhelm* February 15th, 1895
† May 2nd, 1945

Bürgel, Wilhelm (Gebirgs-Artillerie-Regiment 8)* July 12th, 1913
† April 2nd, 1996

Burgemeister, Alfred* July 22nd, 1906
† April 23rd, 1970

Bürger, Albert (Flak-Regiment 25)* June 13th, 1913
† March 16th, 1996

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Bürger, Otto (Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3)* August 6th, 1921
† April 2nd, 2006

Bürger, Thomas (Infanterie-Regiment 528)* December 11th, 1909
† February 22nd, 1942

Bürgerhoff, Wilhelm (Gren.Reg. 166)* September 23rd, 1905
† March 26th, 1944

Burgfeld, Georg (Divisions-Gruppe 112)* June 20th, 1909
† August 8th, 1957

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Burghartswieser, Max* June 10th, 1914
† August 22nd, 1942

Burgholte, August* September 25th, 1914
† July 14th, 1982

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

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Burgsdorff, von, Dr.jur., Curt (Gren.Reg.580)* December 16th, 1886
† February 26th, 1962

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

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Bürker, Ulrich* November 21st, 1903
† October 20th, 1983

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

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

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

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Burr, Leonhard* March 13th, 1913
† March 2nd, 1968

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Bursche, Gustav-Adolf* September 27th, 1918
† July 4th, 2005

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

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

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

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Busch, Rudolf (Lw-Aufklärungsgruppe)* September 29th, 1915
† September 5th, 2007

Busch, Walter (Flak-Regiment 2)* April 15th, 1919
† April 7th, 1945

Busch, Walter (Infanterie-Bataillon z.b.V. 561)* April 25th, 1908
† June 25th, 1964

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

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

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

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Büsen, Nikolaus* March 6th, 1911
† June 14th, 1942

Büsing, Otto* August 22nd, 1896
† March 8th, 1944

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Büsing, Wilhelm* November 16th, 1901
† April 16th, 1945

Buss, Wilhelm (Panzer-Regiment 31)* December 6th, 1918
† July 11th, 1991

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Bussche-Streithorst, Freiherr von dem, Axel (IR9)* April 24th, 1919
† January 26th, 1993

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Busse, Heinrich (Grenadier-Regiment 203)* April 10th, 1909
† November 6th, 1998

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Busse, Theodor (General der Infanterie)* December 15th, 1897
† October 21st, 1986

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

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Büssecke, Arthur* July 8th, 1918
† July 28th, 2014

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

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Bütow, Hans* December 28th, 1894
† May 9th, 1974

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Büttner, Franz* May 26th, 1925
† February 28th, 1945

Büttner, Manfred (LW-Fallschirmjäger)* February 25th, 1921
† May 29th, 1992

Butz, Pius* April 23rd, 1916
† April 16th, 1944

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

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