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Knochen, Helmut

Date of birth:
March 14th, 1910 (Magdeburg, East Prussia)
Date of death:
April 4th, 2003 (Offenbach am Main, Germany)
Service number:
SS Nr. 280350 / NSDAP Nr. 1430331
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
?: SS-Hauptsturmführer
?: SS-Sturmbannführer
?: SS-Obersturmbannführer
1 May 1942: SS-Standartenführer
1944: SS-Grenadier (degraded)

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Awarded on:
1936
SS-Zivilabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)
Unit:
SD-Auslandsnachrichtendiens, Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS (SD)
Awarded on:
November 12th, 1939
For services in the cover SD operation at Venlo, which would be later known as the Venlo Incident.

Personally presented by Adolf Hitler.
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)
Unit:
SD-Auslandsnachrichtendiens, Sicherheitsdienst des Reichsführers-SS (SD)
Awarded on:
November 12th, 1939
For services in the cover SD operation at Venlo, which would be later known as the Venlo Incident.

Personally presented by Adolf Hitler.
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 mit Spange
Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer
Bronzes SA-Sportabzeichen
DRL Sportabzeichen in Gold

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