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Sensbergs, Karlis

Date of birth:
May 27th, 1926 (Latvia)
Date of death:
May 1945 (Berlin, Germany)
Nationality:
Latvian (1941-1945, Reichskommissariat Osland)

Biography

SS-Unterscharführer Karlis Sensbergs was killed in Berlin in May 1945.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Waffen-Unterscharführer
Unit:
Gruppenführer Alarm-Einheit / Waffen Grenadier Regiment 43 / 19.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (2.Lettischer)
Awarded on:
May 11th, 1945

Knightscross is supposed to be awarded during the battle for Berlin in May 1945. No evidence to this avalable. Was only recognized by the Ordensgemeinschaft der Ritterkreuzträger. Awarding is questionable. Date is impossible (Dönitz forbid all awarding after 9th May 1945).
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

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