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| PERSONALIA |
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| Name: |
Holste, Rudolf |
| Date of birth: | April 9th, 1897 (Oldendorf/Hesse-Nassau, Germany)
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December 4th, 1970 (Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
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German |
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BIOGRAPHY:
Rudolf Holste was a POW form May 9th, 1945 until 1947.
Career:
?: Artillerie-Regiment 73;
?: 14. Panzergrenadier-Division;
?: Führer 4. Kavallerie-Brigade;
19th April 1945: Kommandeur (m.F.b.) XXXXI.Panzer-Korps.
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DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
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Rank:
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Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
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Unit:
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Artillerie-Regiment 73 / 1. Panzer-Division
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Awarded on:
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December 24th, 1941
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Details:
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Award 40/8.
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RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
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Rank:
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Oberst (Colonel)
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Unit:
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Kommandeur Artillerie-Regiment 73. / 1. Panzer-Division / XXXXVI.Panzer-Korps / 9.Armee/ Heeresgruppe Mitte
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Awarded on:
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April 6th, 1942
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Details:
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958th 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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Führer 4. Kavallerie-Brigade / Kavallerie-Korps / 2. Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte
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Awarded on:
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August 27th, 1944
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Details:
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561st Award.
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| Picture source: |
- Deutsches Wehrkundearchiv
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| Information source(s): |
- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- 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
- Axis History Biographical Research via Axis History Forum
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