FREITAG, Fritz
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Freitag, Fritz Date of birth:  April 28th, 1894 (Allenstein, East Prussian, Germany) Date of death:  May 20th, 1945 (Graz, Austria) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Fritz Freitag surrendered to the British near Radstadt on May 8, 1945, and was imprisoned in an American camp in Graz, Austria, where he committed suicide on 20 May, 1945, to avoid being handed over to the Russians.       1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 2ER KLASSE 1914 Awarded on: February 5th, 1942         1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 1ER KLASSE 1914 Awarded on: March 6th, 1942         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: SS-Standartenführer (Colonel) Unit: Polizei-Schutzen-Regiment 2 /SS-Polizei-Division Awarded on: April 30th, 1943         VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN GOLD Awarded on: August 11th, 1944         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: SS-Brigadeführer (Brigadier) Unit: Kommandeur 14. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS Awarded on: September 30th, 1944         MEDAILLE "WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42" (OSTMEDAILLE)         EHRENKREUZ FÜR FRONTKÄMPFER         POLIZEI DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG 1. STUFE         DEUTSCHES OLYMPIA EHRENZEICHEN 1936 2.STUFE         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Public Domain Information source(s):   - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht - Waffen-SS Commanders by Mark C. Yerger