Date of birth:

January 18th, 1913

Date of death:

1945

Service number:

2280754 (NSDAP) / 102899 (Waffen-SS)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Erich Rosenbusch supposedly was severely wounded in April 1945 and could not in time be transported to a German hospital. Not to become a Soviet POW, he supposedly committed suicide. Until today he is reported as missing in action.

Promotions:
April 20th, 197: SS-Untersturmführer;
September 11th, 1938: SS-Obersturmführer;
?: SS-Hauptsturmführer;
June 21st, 1943: SS-Sturmbannführer;
November 9th, 1944: SS-Obersturmbannführer.

Career:
1935: SS Standarte "Germania";
1936: SS-Junkerschule Braunschweig;
May 1937: SS-Totenkopfverbande "Thüringen";
?: SS-Regiment Westland;
May - August 1940: Chef, 9. Kompanie, SS-Regiment Nordland;
?: SS-Regiment Nordland;
1942: SS Infanterie-Ersatz-Bataillon Westland;
1944: Waffen-SS Junkerschule Klagenfurt;
1945: Kommandeur, SS-Freiwiilligen-Grenadier-Regiment 87;
March 15th, 1945: Kommandeur SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment Falke.

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• - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
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