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Kunowski, von, Werner Eduard Ernst Knud

Date of birth:
February 12th, 1907 (Lauban, Niederschlesien)
Date of death:
March 10th, 1947 (Lager 27 in Krasnogorsk, near Moscow)
Buried on:
German War Graves Krasnogorsk
Grave: UNK.
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

1926: Fahnenjunkers-Lehrgang
31.01.1943: Oberstleutnant i.G. - stellvertretender Oberquartiermeister - 6. Armee - POW in Stalingrad
15.01.1947: found guilty and sentenced to death by a Soviet tribunal for being responsible for the deaths of Soviets at a prisoner of war camp at the village of Alekseevka near Stalingrad
10.03.1947: Oberst i.G., executed in POW camp Nr. 27 in Krasnogorsk, near Moscow

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (Lieutenant-colonel to the General Staff)
Unit:
Quartiermeister 1, Armee-Ober-Kommando 6, AOK 6
Awarded on:
January 25th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber

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