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Karl Langesee
Karl Langesee, 10 September 1910 – March 4, 1989, which was a highly decorated Colonel in the Army during World War II, and one of 882 recipients of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves what Awarded to Extreme Battlefield Bravery or Recognize Successful Military Leadership.


Heinz-Georg Lemm
Heinz-Georg Lemm, 1 June 1919-17 November 1994, What a German soldier who fought in the 12th Infantry Division during World War II and later served in the Bundeswehr, the post-war West German Armed Forces. He was a recipient of Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade, the Oak Leaves and Swords are awarded the title of Extreme Battlefield Bravery or Outstanding Military Leadership.
Lemm was born in Schwerin and died in Ruppichteroth.
Viktor Lindenmann
Viktor Lindenmann, 23 November 1916 in Koblenz, 9 September 1942 on the Eastern Front, received the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 September 1941 as a lieutenant and battalion adjutant in an infantry regiment for the struggles to form the bridgehead re-setting by the river Tiligul Liman in Of Ukraine.
Hans-Joachim Löser
Hans-Joachim Löser, 4 April 1918 – 13 February 2001, an officer of the Armed Forces during World War II. He was a recipient of Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. Löser joined the Bundeswehr in 1956 and retired in 1974 as a Major General.
Joachim Meichssner
Joachim Meichssner, 4 April 1906 – 29 September 1944, representing a German Army officer and member of the Resistance Against the Nazi regime.

Lambert Mitterwenger
Lambert Mitterwenger, 9 June 1920 in Oberweng, District of Kirchdorf on the Krems, Upper Austria – 3 March 2005 in Spital am Pyhrn, was a German Non-Commissioned officer of the Wehrmacht, with the last rank of Feldwebel (Sergeant) of the Heer and the Knight’s Cross holder of World War II. He was awarded the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross) on 18 December 1944 for destroying 8 Soviet tanks within a short time in Lithuania, thus playing a pivotal role in stopping a Soviet attack. His main role in the Heer was Sturmartillerie (Assault Artillery).
Walter Mose
Walter Möse, 30 September 1920 – 28 November 1944, What a highly decorated Sergeant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. So what a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves What awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Walter cunt was killed on 28 November 1944 in Goldap, East Prussia.
Josef Niemietz
Josef Niemietz, 22 March 1914 – 13 March 2001, What a highly decorated First Sergeant in the Wehrmacht during World War II. So what a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded the title of Bravery or Successful Military Leadership.
Wilhelm Niggemeyer
Wilhelm Niggenmeyer, 9 May 1918 – 14 February 2008, What a German officer who served in the Wehrmacht during World War II and in the postwar Bundeswehr. He was a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves What awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
He is in the making of men against tanks, 1943 German film, about different types of infantry anti-tank warfare.
Kurt Nebel
Kurt Nöbel, 15 February 1917 – 3 February 2000, was a highly decorated Wachtmeister in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Friedrich Pein
Friedrich Pein, 20 October 1915 – 14 February 1975, was an Austrian sniper in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II, and one of two to have been awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, the other being Matthias Hetzenauer.
Pein enlisted in the Wehrmacht in October 1938. He served as a sniper in the 143d Gebirgsjäger Regiment of the 6th Mountain Division on the Eastern Front. In early 1944, he was transferred to the 100th Jäger Division. On February 28, 1945, he was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross marking his 200th kill as a sniper
Manfred Pernass
Manfred Franz Joachim Pernass, 3 August 1921 in Gollnow, Pomerania – 23 December 1944 in Belgium, was a German sergeant who was captured in the course of Operation Griffin during the Ardennes Offensive by American soldiers and then shot.
Hans-Gotthard Pestke
Hans-Gotthard Pestke, 17 June 1914 – 30 April 2001, was a highly decorated Colonel in the Wehrmacht during World WII. He was a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Hans-Gotthard Pestke was captured by British troops in May 1945 and was released in 1947. In 1956, he joined the Bundeswehr and served until 1972.
Reinhard Peters
Reinhard Peters, 13 January 1922 – 14 April 1992, was a highly decorated Oberleutnant der Reserve in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Josef Portsteffen
Josef Portsteffen, 4 October 1913 in Paderborn – 21 June 1974 in Lippstadt, Westphalia, was a German officer of the Wehrmacht, Lieutenant of the Army and winner of the Knight’s Cross of the Second World War.

Fritz Prager
Fritz Prager, 17 December 1905 in Wolfenbüttel – 3 December 1940 in Braunschweig, was a member of the Fallschirmjäger during World War II.
Fritz Prager joined the Reichswehr on 26 November 1923 as a member of the 10th Infantry Regiment. Prager’s battalion was one of the few parachute units to see combat during the Invasion of Poland, where it captured the Wola Gulowska airfield. For this action, Prager was awarded the Iron Cross second class on 13 October 1939 by General Kurt Student.
Prager was promoted to Major on 19 June 1940 and on 1 July took command of the 3rd Parachute Regiment’s II Battalion. He died on 3 December 1940 in Braunschweig, of cancer.
Walter Rappholz
Walter Rappholz, 4 June 1912 – 30 September 1991, was a highly decorated Oberfeldwebel in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Walter Rappholz was captured by American forces in May 1945 and was released later that month.
Max Heimo Rehbein
Max Helmuth Rehbein, 9 December 1918 in Cologne; 13 November 2015, sometimes called Max Heimo Rehbein, was a German officer in the Wehrmacht, a documentary filmmaker, film producer, journalist, and publicist.
Rehbein grew up in Berlin. His father Arthur Rehbein was Privy Councilor and writers and before the takeover by the Nazis Chairman of the protective association of German writers. After his graduation in 1938, Rehbein completed an officer’s career in the 23rd Infantry Division in World War II and was seriously wounded. On March 5, 1945, he was a captain of the reserve and commander of the pioneer battalion 23, the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross awarded. After this on September 7, 1944, the German Cross in gold was received.
After the war, Rehbein wrote philosophy and literary history at the Studies University of Hamburg. In addition, he was a volunteer in his first reportage on Radio Hamburg, the forerunner of NWDR. In 1947, he got a job as a reporter and correspondent at NWDR and made radio interviews in the name (eg in 1948 with Hans Albers). In addition, he was a special correspondent for politics and international reporting. In 1952, he became the chief reporter at NWDR, and in 1957 he took over the management of the ministries’ foreign and domestic policies and economic and domestic policies in the Department of current events at NDR. In 1968, he created the successful series “pioneers and adventurers,” which ran on NDR television for eleven years. In 1978, within the framework of his New York trilogy, the film Lefty – the memory of a dead person in Brooklyn on youth gang members in New York, for which he was awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize and the Golden Camera Award.
Hans Roeger
Hans Roeger, 13 July 1920 – 12 April 2009, was a highly decorated senior sergeant in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded the title of Bravery or Successful Military Leadership.
Kursenai Lithuania, Röger earnt the Knights cross of the Iron Cross which was awarded on August 17th, 1944.
Heinrich Ruhl
Heinrich Ruhl, 31 Aug 1915 – ?, was a highly decorated Major in the Armed Forces during World War II. So what a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
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