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Alter, Max
- Date of birth:
- January 17th, 1910 (Jeßnitz/Saxony, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 15th, 2001 (Mönchengladbach/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
At the end of the Second World War, Max Alter left (wounded) Eas Prussia with the last ship to leave.
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel der Reserve (Warrant Officer of Reserves)
- Unit:
- 13. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 209, 58. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- September 17th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Ernst Achim Kunkel
- Photo: Ernst Achim Kunkel
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Photo identification
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