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Fröhlich, Kurt (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
March 9th, 1919 (Leipzig/Saxony, Germany)
Date of death:
October 13th, 1990 (Uetersen/Schleswick-Holstein, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 281.581 // NSDAP-Nr.: 4.598.562
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
20.04.1941: SS-Untersturmführer
30.01.1945: SS-Obersturmführer - RDA 01.06.1943
00.00.1945: SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer (?)

Career:
15.11.1931-14.10.1936: Hitlerjugend
15.10.1936: entered the SS
01.05.1937: entered the NSDAP
05.04.1938-25.10.1938: RAD
20.04.1941: SS-Ustuf, Stab, Befehlshaber der Waffen-SS "Ost"
11.09.1941: SS-Ustuf, SS-Infanterie-Bataillon, LSSAH
29.09.1941: SS-Ustuf, LSSAH
31.03.1942: SS-Ustuf, SS-Panzer-Abteilung 1, LSSAH
25.01.1943: SS-Ustuf, SS-Panzer-Ersatz-Abteilung 1, Weimar-Buchenwald
15.02.1943: SS-Ustuf, SS-Panzer-Regiment 9, 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"
00.00.1943: Chef, 3. Schwadron, SS-Panzer-Regiment 9, 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"
00.00.1944: SS-Ostuf, Chef, 5. Schwadron, SS-Panzer-Regiment 9, 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"
29.06.1944: SS-Ostuf, Chef, 7. Schwadron, SS-Panzer-Regiment 9, 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"- Tarnopol battles
02.09.1943: strongly reprimanded
00.00.1944: SS-Ustuf, Führer, II. Abteilung, SS-Panzer-Regiment 9, 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen", Normandy, battles at Hill 112 and 113
24.08.1944: WIA during an air raid in Duclair - right arm amputated
01.12.1944: SS-Ustuf, SS-Panzer-Ausbildungs- und Ersatz-Regiment 1
15.01.1945: 4. SS-Polizei-Panzer-Grenadier-Division

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Goldenes Hitlerjugend Ehrenabzeichen
SS-Zivilabzeichen
Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer
Julleuchter der SS
Bronzes SA-Sportabzeichen
DRL Sportabzeichen in Bronze
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1939
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 1944
WIA 24.08.1944
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit:
Führer, II. Abteilung, SS-Panzer-Regiment 9, 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"
Awarded on:
May 6th, 1945

Awarding done by SS-Obergruppenführer Dietrich through 6.SS-Panzerarmee. No evidence in Bundesarchiv.
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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