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Kirchner, Paul

    Date of birth:
    1892 (Himmelsberg)
    Date of death:
    April 27th, 1945 (Halbe)
    Buried on:
    German War Cemetery Halbe
    Nationality:
    German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

    Biography

    Paul Kirchner was a senior signalman in the Wehrmacht, before being transferred to the Waffen-SS in 1944. He was killed near Halbe on 27 April 1945.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Major der Reserve
    Unit:
    Kommandeur Nachrichten-Abteilung 213
    Awarded on:
    January 26th, 1944
    Deutsches Kreuz in Silber

    Sources

    • - 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
      - Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum

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