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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Zimmer, Karl (Grenadier-Regiment 105) |
| Date of birth: | April 9th, 1913 (Bauerschwend-Schwalmtal/Hesse, Germany)
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April 21st, 2002 (Niedergirmes/Hesse, Germany)
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
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stellvertretender Führer II. / Grenadier-Regiment 105
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Awarded on:
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February 18th, 1945
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Action:
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Karl Zimmer was awarded the Knight's Cross for actions at Schmerinka, Soviet Union, for leading his Kompanie in house-to-house fighting that re-took a Russian position.
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| Picture source: |
- Willi Schumacher collection
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| Information source(s): |
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- 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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