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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Lorenz, Karl |
| Date of birth: | January 24th, 1904 (Hanau am Main/Hesse-Nassau, Germany)
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October 3rd, 1964 (Bad Godesberg-Mehlem/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
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German |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Promotions:
1st April 1928: Leutnant
1st January 1932: Oberleutnant
1st October 1935: Hauptmann
1st January 1941: Major
1st February 1943: Oberstleutnant
1st August 1943: Oberst
1st November 1944: Generalmajor
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Rank:
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Major
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Unit:
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Pionier-Bataillon 290
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Awarded on:
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January 2nd, 1942
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Award 44/36.
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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Major
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Kommandeur Pionier-Bataillon "Großdeutschland" / Infanterie-Regiment „Großdeutschland“ / 9.Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
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Awarded on:
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December 17th, 1942
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1355th Award.
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
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Rank:
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Oberst (Colonel)
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Unit:
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Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment "Großdeutschland" / Panzer-Grenadier-Division „Großdeutschland“ / LVII.Panzer-Korps / 6.Armee / Heeresgruppe Süd
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Awarded on:
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February 12th, 1944
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Details:
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395th Award.
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| Picture source: |
- Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
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| Information source(s): |
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Kwasny A., Kwasny G., Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945 (CD), Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv, Lage-Waddenhausen, 2001
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- 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
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