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Albert-Brunet, Roger

Date of birth:
(Dauphiné)
Date of death:
May 2nd, 1945 (Berlin)
Nationality:
French (1870-present, Republic)

Biography

Beginning 1943 : enter the Milice Française and join the officer course in Uriage
September 1943 : enter the Waffen SS
August 1944 : campaign in Galicia within the 8.Franz.Freiw. SS Sturmbrigade Frankreich
February-March 1945 : campaign in Pomerania within the Stab Kie of the Waffen Gren Reg der SS Nr.57
April 1945 : Battle of Berlin in the platoon commanded by RKT SS Uscha Eugène Vaulot in the Kampfschule SS Div. Charlemagne
2nd May 1945 : captured by the soviet and shot in the head by a drunken soviet soldier while marching to captivity aside RKT SS Hstuf Henri Fenet

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Unterscharführer
Unit:
Kampfschule 33. SS Div. Charlemagne
Awarded on:
April 29th, 1945
awarded by SS Brigadeführer Gustav Krukenberg in Berlin
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Uscha
Unit:
Kampfschule 33.SS Div. Charlemagne
Awarded on:
April 1945
4 soviet tanks destroyed during the Battle of Berlin
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Uscha
Unit:
Kampfschule 33.SS Div. Charlemagne
Awarded on:
April 1945
4 soviet tanks destroyed during the Battle of Berlin
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Uscha
Unit:
Kampfschule 33.SS Div. Charlemagne
Awarded on:
April 1945
14 soviet tanks destroyed during the Battle of Berlin
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Uscha
Unit:
Kampfschule 33.SS Div. Charlemagne
Awarded on:
April 1945
4 soviet tanks destroyed during the Battle of Berlin
Panzervernichtungsabzeichen in Silber

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