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Ziegler, Joachim |
| Date of birth: | October 19th, 1904 (Hanau am Main/Hessen, Germany)
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May 2nd, 1945 (Berlin, Germany)
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German |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Joachim Ziegler was transferred to the Waffen-SS in June 1943 and finally became Brigadeführer (Generalmajor). Was killed during the Battle for Berlin on May 2nd 1945.
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EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE
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Rank:
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Hauptmann (Captain)
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Unit:
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Adjutant 3.Panzer-Brigade / 3.Panzer-Division
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Awarded on:
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September 23rd, 1939
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EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
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Rank:
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Major
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Unit:
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Generalstabsoffizier Ic 7.Panzer-Division "Gespenster-Division"
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Awarded on:
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June 28th, 1940
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Rank:
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Oberst im Generalstab (Colonel)
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Unit:
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Chef des Generalstabes XXXIX.Panzer-Korps
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Awarded on:
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March 14th, 1943
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Details:
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Award 329/8.
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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SS-Brigadeführer / Generalmajor der Waffen-SS (Brigadier)
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Unit:
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Kommandeur 11.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland" / III.(germanischer) SS-Panzer-Korps / Heeresgruppe Nord
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Awarded on:
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September 5th, 1944
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Details:
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3560th Award.
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RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB
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Rank:
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SS-Brigadeführer / Generalmajor der Waffen-SS (Brigadier)
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Unit:
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Kommandeur 11.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland" / III.(germanischer) SS-Panzer-Korps
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Awarded on:
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April 28th, 1945
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Details:
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848th Award.
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| Picture source: |
- Wilco Vermeer collection, the Netherlands |
| 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, Walther-Peer, Elite of the Third Reich - The Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-45: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, England, 2003
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001
- Yerger, Mark C., Waffen-SS Commanders – The Army, Corps and Divisional Leaders of a Legend; Krüger to Zimmermann, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., USA, 1999
- Mitcham Jr., S.W. Rommel’s Lieutenants – The Men Who Served the Dessert Fox, France, 1940, Praeger Security International, Westport, U.S.A., 2006
- Krätschmer, E.G., Die Ritterkreuzträger der Waffen-SS, Nation Europa Verlag GmbH, Coburg, Deutschland, Auflage 2003
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