Goll, Eitel
- Date of birth:
- June 19th, 1910 (Groß Schönfeld/Pomerania, Germany)
- Date of death:
- April 5th, 1945 (Komárno, Slovakia)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
POD: The hungarian side of the city is oficially known as Komárom.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Rittmeister
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Radfahr-Abteilung 117, Heer
- Awarded on:
- September 13th, 1942
“Knight’s Cross for a Pomeranian Rittmeister - The Conqueror of Elista is Recognized:
The Führer has awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross to Rittmeister Eitel Goll, commander of a Radfahrabteilung.
… While serving as the leader of a Vorausabteilung he stormed the city of Elista with his available mobile forces. This success (achieved in the face of much larger enemy forces) was reported in the Wehrmachtbericht of the 13.08.1942.”
Sources
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- Kösliner Zeitung (Edition 259/260)
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