Kurt Franke
Kurt Franke | |
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| Born | 13 June 1913 Wurzen, Germany |
| Died | 19 January 1945 (aged 29) Budapest, Hungary |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service/ |  Waffen SS |
| Years of service | 1935–1945 |
| Rank | Obersturmführer |
| Unit | 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Wilhelm Hermann Kurt Franke (13 June 1913 – 19 January 1945) was an officer in the Waffen-SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He was also one of only 631 men to be awarded the very rare Close Combat Clasp in Gold.[1]
In 1938, he was assigned to a concentration camp guard unit. For his conduct during the war in France, he received both the Iron Cross second class and the wound badge in black. Later, fighting in the Demyansk Pocket south of Leningrad, he was awarded the Demyansk Shield. He died from wounds suffered on 19 January 1945, in a hospital in Veszprém, Hungary. He was awarded the Close Combat Clasp in gold posthumously, having survived 53 days of close combat.[2]
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Wound Badge
- in Black (27 May 1940)[3]
- Infantry Assault Badge in Bronze (1 October 1941)[3]
- Demyansk Shield (1942)[2]
- Close Combat Clasp
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 3 October 1943 as SS-Hauptscharführer and shock troops leader in the 11./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 "Theodor Eicke"[4][5]
- German Cross in Gold on 18 December 1944 as SS-Untersturmführer in the 11./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6[6]
References
Citations
- ↑ Berger 2004, p. 6.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Berger, Florian (9 June 2011). The Face of Courage: The 98 Men Who Received the Knight's Cross and the Close-Combat Clasp in Gold. Stackpole Books. pp. 110–115. ISBN 978-0-8117-4490-4. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Wegmann 2010, p. 112.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 185, 491.
- ↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 316.
- ↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 120.
Bibliography
- Berger, Florian (2004). Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold (in German). Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 978-3-9501307-3-7. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on - Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on - Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on - Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. Unknown parameter
|trans_title=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on - Wegmann, Günter (2010). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 7: Fl–Fu (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2380-1. Unknown parameter
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