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Schnitger, Albrecht (Infanterie-Regiment 18)

Date of birth:
October 1st, 1914 (Pivitsheide, Germany)
Date of death:
March 13th, 1943 (Rshew/Tverskaya Oblast, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
German War Cemetery Dukhovshchina
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German

Biography

13.03.1943: Leutnant, 6. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 18, 6. Infanterie-Division, KIA 300m East of Matschino, Gridino, Dorogobusch

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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1940
Deutsches Schutzwall-Ehrenzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
Unit:
10. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 18, 6. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
January 2nd, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
Unit:
Zugführer, 6. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 18, 6. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:
October 7th, 1942
The following wartime excerpt describes why Schnittger received the Knight’s Cross…

“Oberfeldwebel Albrecht Schnitger… received the Knight’s Cross on the 07.10.1942 whilst serving as a Zugführer in an Infanterie-Regiment. This was in recognition of his conscious decision to counterattack a numerically superior Bolshevik force with only a few infantrymen of his own. He and his men succeeded in pushing back the enemy in close combat, a feat which in turn decisively influenced his Division’s successful defensive battle near Rzhev.”
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Sources

  • Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
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  • Photo: Norbert Beyerlein sammlung
  • - 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
    - Unteroffiziere des Heeres mit dem Ritterkreuz - Sammelbilder

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