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Albat, Ernst (Grenadier-Regiment 2)

Date of birth:
May 18th, 1917 (Berschkallen/Easternprussia, Germany)
Date of death:
1992
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Right after the Second World War, Ernst Albat married fo the first time. Unfortunately his wife died soon after. In 1956 he married in Bünde, Westernphalia with Minna Johanna Winkelmann. The couple had four children.

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DRL Sportabzeichen in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
4. Kompanie, Grenadier-Regiment 2, 11. Infanterie-Division, Heer
Awarded on:
February 11th, 1945
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • Photo 1: Jan Hendrik Albat
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X

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