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Küpfmüller, Karl

Date of birth:
October 6th, 1897 (Nuremberg/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
December 26th, 1977 (Darmstadt/Hesse, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 294.587 // NSDAP Nr.: 4.834.225
Nationality:
German

Biography

Career:
September 1st, 1933: NS-Kraftfahrkorps;
November 1933: Professor, Universität/Hochschule;
May 1934: Stab, SA Brigade 6, Berlin;
April 1st, 1937: Allgemeine SS;
May 1st, 1937: NSDAP;
April 1st, 1937: Siemens-Wernerwerk;
August 1st, 1939: Stab, SS-Oberabschnitt Spree;
1941-1945: Siemens & Halske;
1943: Führer, Wissenschaftlicher Ruhrungsstab Kriegsmarine;
April 1945: Amerikaans krijgsgevangene, Dachau.

Promotions:
May 1934: SA-Rottenführer;
April 1st, 1937: SS-Oberscharführer;
August 1st, 1939: SS-Untersturmführer;
November 9th, 1940: SS-Obersturmführer;
January 30th, 1942: SS-Hauptsturmführer;
November 9th, 1943: SS-Sturmbannführer;
April 20th, 1944: SS-Obersturmbannführer.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Leiter
Unit:
OKM, Leiter des Wissenschaftlichen Führungsstabs
Awarded on:
April 30th, 1945
Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 12th, 1943
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 8th, 1944
Dr. Fritz Todt Preis in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1943
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Vize-feldwebel
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)

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