Date of birth:

August 3rd, 1912 (Neubrunn/Würzburg/Bavaria, Germany)

Date of death:

September 4th, 1995 (Würzburg/Bavaria, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Promotions:
October 12th, 1935: Gefreiter d.R.;
September 11th, 1936: Unteroffizier d.R.;
September 17th, 1937: Feldwebel d.R.;
November 15th, 1944: Oberwachtmeister d.R.;
April 10th, 1945: Leutnant d.R.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 22nd, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

August 1st, 1942

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

May 4th, 1943

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

June 10th, 1943

Silver version.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 9th, 1944

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

April 6th, 1945

Silver version.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

April 15th, 1945

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)

Unit:

Führer, Panzer-Kompanie "Breslau"

Awarded on:

April 30th, 1945

Awarded for his actions during the siege of Breslau. On the 18.04.1945, in the vicinity of the Odertor railway station, Hartmann and his Kompanie were locked in fierce combat against a Soviet breakthrough attempt. They succeeded in fending it off, and the unit destroyed 13 tanks and 5 heavy assault guns. More importantly, they had prevented a Soviet breakthrough towards the Benderplatz. Had the Soviets managed to reach this place, the Oder island and Breslau as a whole would inevitably have fallen. Hartmann was recognized appropriately for this action as well as his personal total of 16 enemy tanks destroyed by this time.

• Photo 1: Igor Poul
• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück, Germany, 1985.
  - Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht Teil 1: Sturmartillerie, Franz Thomas & Günter Wegmann, Biblio Verlag - Osnabrück 1985