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Malar, Augustin

Date of birth:
July 18th, 1894 (Gwiesen, Austrian-Hungarian Empire)
Date of death:
1945 (Concentrationcamp Sachsenhausen)
Nationality:
Czechoslovakian (1918 - 1948, Republic)

Biography

Augustin Malar served as commanding officer with the First Slovakian Rapid Division and as Military Attaché in Rome, Budapest and Berlin. Form 1944 he was imprisoned by the Germans in Concentrationcamp Sachsenhausen. He finally reached the rank of General II Triedi (Brigadier) with the Slovakian Army.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Slovak Motorized Division, Slovak Army
Awarded on:
January 23rd, 1942
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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