Date of birth:

November 14th, 1911 (Waldenburg/Silesia, Germany)

Date of death:

June 11th, 1975 (Gerolstein/Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Captain)

Unit:

Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, Jäger-Regiment 38, 8. Jäger-Division, Heer

Awarded on:

April 18th, 1943

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 24./25.04.1943) describes why Roesner was awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Following a ferocious struggle, Hauptmann Rösner successfully held a hedgehog position with 2 officers and 33 men of his Silesian Jäger-Bataillon against an enemy Regiment that had broken into the German lines.”

• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 113/114)