Date of birth:

May 1st, 1910 (Berlin, Germany)

Date of death:

December 3rd, 1991 (Stuttgart, Germany)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: 72.998 // NSDAP-Nr.: 389.897

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

05.05.1930-28.03.1933: SA
01.04.1935: Gefreiter, Infanterie-Regiment 50
09.11.1935: SS-Untersturmführer
30.01.1937: SS-Obersturmführer
23.05.1937: II. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 50, Küstrin
20.04.1939: SS-Hauptsturmführer
21.04.1939: Feldwebel der Reserve, Kampfschulelehrgang, Döberitz
01.04.1940: Leutnant der Reserve
01.01.1943: Hauptmann der Reserve
30.01.1944: SS-Sturmbannführer
01.10.1944: Major der Reserve

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Awarded on:

February 1934

Awarded on:

December 1st, 1935

Awarded on:

December 1st, 1936

Awarded on:

December 1st, 1936

Awarded on:

December 1st, 1937

Awarded on:

1937

Awarded on:

April 1st, 1939

Awarded on:

April 1st, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)

Unit:

Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 166, 81. Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

January 11th, 1944

Awarded for his actions on the 25.11.1943 during the battles of the 81. Infanterie-Division to capture the village of Lugi and Hill 188.3. The following excerpt from the divisional history summarizes his achievements as follows…

“Hauptmann Sulzer, commander of the I./G.R. 161, led the Grenadiers at the focal point of Kampfgruppe Meiners. With his troops he launched several assaults against the fanatically defending units of the 18th Guards Division, which occupied the hilltop massif near Lugi. During this combat Hauptmann Sulzer was badly wounded by a headshot. He was awarded the Knight’s Cross for his dutiful actions near Lugi.”

• Photo 1: Russ Nummer
• - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
  - Haupt, W., Die 81. Infanterie-Division – Geschichte einer schlesischen Division, Nebel Verlag GmbH, Eggolsheim, Deutschland, 2006
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