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Schlesiger, Otto

Date of birth:
February 3rd, 1910 (Lichtenau/Eastern Prussia, Germany)
Date of death:
April 26th, 1944 (Lemberg, Poland)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Died of his wounds at Lemberg (General Gouvernement=Poland) in Reserve Lazarett I.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Hauptmann (Captain)
Unit:
II. / Grenadier-Regiment 1
Awarded on:
September 5th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Kommandeur II. / Grenadier-Regiment 1 / 1.Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
April 21st, 1944
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo 1: Igor Poul
  • - 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
    - 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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