PIETSCHMANN, Karl
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Pietschmann, Karl Date of birth:  August 20th, 1917 (Straussnitz, Austrian-Hungarian Empire) Date of death:  March 19th, 1944 (Kovel/Northwestern Ukrain, Soviet Union) Nationality:  Austrian BIOGRAPHY:  When Karl Pietschman was born on August 20th, 1917, his place of birth Straussnitz was part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. After the First World War, the place was part of the newly formed state of Czechoslovakia. Pietschmann was part of the German language minority in that region. Karl was the son of the farmersfamily of Karl and Anna Peitschmann, a family with seven children. After his school, he worked as an assistent salesman end joined the SA. In 1938 he entered the Werhmacht and was placed with the V. / Infanterie-Regiment 57 / 9.Infanterie-Division. With this unit he took part in the May/June 1940 campaign in the West and form 1941 at the Eastern Front. Later he was send to the Stabskompanie. He was killed in action on March 19th, 1944.       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: September 17th, 1941         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: March 4th, 1942         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Feldwebel Unit: Zugführer Pionierzug / Stabskompanie / Grenadier-Regiment 57 Awarded on: June 9th, 1944 Details: Awarded posthumously.         Provide alterations or additional information Information source(s):   - 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 - Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945 - Struznice - Jezvé