Date of birth:

August 6th, 1921 (Finsterwalde/Brandenburg, Germany)

Date of death:

April 2nd, 2006 (Oberhausen/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Otto Bürger reached the rank of Hauptmann.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

in silver

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)

Unit:

Chef, 1. Kompanie, Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3, 3. Panzer-Division

Awarded on:

April 14th, 1945

Awarded for his actions from the 18.01.1945 onwards. In this time his most notable achievements while leading his Kompanie included the rolling up of a Russian Pakfront from the flank on the 18.01.1945 and the capture of the village of Adony on the 21.01.1945.

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• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993.