Axmann, Artur (Arthur)
- Date of birth:
- February 15th, 1913 (Hagen/Westphalia, German Empire)
- Date of death:
- October 24th, 1996 (Berlin, Germany)
- Buried on:
- Grave Arthur Axmann
- Service number:
- NSDAP-Nr. 629.507
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Arthur Axmann was Reichsjugendführer since August 8th 1940and was a member of the Reichstag (German parliament) since 1941. He was Reichsleiter of Reichsberufswettkampf since 1936.
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Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP
- Rank:
- Reichsleiter
- Unit:
- Reichsberufswettkampf
- Awarded on:
- January 30th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 23. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- 23. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Reichsjugendführer
- Unit:
- Volkssturm
- Awarded on:
- April 28th, 1945
Presented by Hitler in the Führerbunker.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Reichsjugendführer
- Unit:
- Volkssturm
- Awarded on:
- April 28th, 1945
Presented by Hitler in the Führerbunker. 10th Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- Photo 2: Koos Winkelman
- - Klee E., Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich, S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2005
- Lumsden R., Medals and Decorations of Hitler's Germany, Airlife, Shrewsbury, 2001
- Patzwall K.D., Das Goldene Parteiabzeichen und seine Verleihungen ehrenhalber 1933-1945, Studien zur Geschichte der Auszeichnungen – Band 4, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2004
- Uhl, M., The Hitler Book (2006)
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