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Hechelmann, Heinrich Günter August

Date of birth:
October 6th, 1912 (Greven/Westernphalia, Germany)
Date of death:
October 9th, 1973
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Heinrich Hechelmann followed a study medicin at the University of Münster which he ended as Dr.
During the Second World War he served as Fieldphysician, among others in the Soviet Union.
After the war he worked in several hospitals in Meppen and Essen. His final occupation was Oberatzt at the Philippustift in Essen. Also he was the club physician of the soccer club Rot-Weiss-Essen.
During his first marriage he became a father three times. After the death of his first wife he remarried.
He died of the consecuences from a car accident on 9th October 1973.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberarzt der Reserve
Unit:
I. / Panzer-Regiment 16
Awarded on:
February 8th, 1945
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • Photo 1: Michael Hechelmann
  • Photo: Family photo
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
    - Family records

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