Polewacz, Harry
- Date of birth:
- March 31st, 1909 (Berlin/Brandenburg, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 12th, 1943 (near Rostov/Rostov Oblast, Soviet Union)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, German Reich)
Biography
NSDAP-Mitglied Nr. 89889.
SS-Nummer: 35952.
Promotions:
1st October 1933: SS-Sturmführer;
9th May 1934: SS-Obersturmführer;
1st January 1935: SS-Hauptsturmführer;
?: SS-Sturmbannführer;
1st September 1942: SS-Obersturmbannführer.
Career:
December 1941 - September 1942: Kommandeur I. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Nordland";
November 1942 - December 1942: Kommandeur III. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Nordland".
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Bronzes SA-Sportabzeichen
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 1st, 1937
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 1st, 1937
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 1st, 1937
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- III. (gep.) Bataillon SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt. 9 "Germania"
- Awarded on:
- September 8th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 28th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Unit:
- III. (gep.) Bataillon SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt. 9 "Germania"
- Awarded on:
- June 5th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Sturmbannführer
- Unit:
- I. / SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Nordland" / 5.SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"
- Awarded on:
- December 19th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 30th, 1942
Vapaudenristin 3.luokka miekkojen kera (VR 3 mk)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- June 16th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 10th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Sturmbannführer
- Unit:
- Kommandeur III. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Nordland" / 5.SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"
- Awarded on:
- December 23rd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- SS-Dienstalterliste, Stand vom Oktober 1934
- 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
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
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