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Tribukait, Günther

Date of birth:
May 29th, 1909 (Greifswald/Pommerania, Germany)
Date of death:
February 26th, 1947 (Belgrade, Yougoslavia)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Günther Tribukait was killed by hanging in Belgrade on 26th February 1947.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Kommandeur Jäger-Battailon 5
Awarded on:
February 8th, 1943
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant
Unit:
Jäger-Regiment 750
Awarded on:
February 23rd, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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
    - 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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