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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Schützenschnur Heer, Stufe 3
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- 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)
- Rank:
- Oberfeldwebel (Warrant Officer)
- Unit:
- 10. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 18, 6. Infanterie-Division
- Awarded on:
- January 2nd, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- 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
“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.”
Sources
- Photo 1: Norbert Beyerlein
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- Photo 3:
- 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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