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SS-Gruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp Born: 22nd Jun 1893 Died: 8th May 1945 - committed suicide near Halbe while a PoW Highest rank reached: SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Rgt 3 SS-Division 'Reich' SS-Division 'Nord' III. (Germ.) SS-Pz.Korps VII SS-Pz.Korps IV SS-Pz.Korps XI SS-Pz.Korps Ritterkreuz - 31st Mar 1942 / Eichenlaub - 9th May 1945 Image: EK II citation

EK II citation dated October 1940

SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS und Polizei Otto Hofmann Born: 16th Mar 1896 Died: 31st Dec 1982 Chef SS Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt (SS-RuSHA (SS Race and Resettlement Main Office)) HSSPF/Führer SS-Oberabschnitt "Südwest" Participant at the Wannsee Conference. Image: KvK II Kl citation

Generalmajor Alfred Thielmann Born: 20th Jul 1892 Highest rank reached: Generalleutnant Pi.Btl 28 Kdr Lehrg. a. Pi.Schule II Pi.Rgt zbV 678 Pi.Führer 3 Pz. Armee Kdr 32 Infanterie Division Kdr 254 Infantry Division Gen. d. Pi. HGr G DKiS - 3rd Dec 1942 / DKiG - 8th Nov 1944 One of only 12 recipients to of won both the DKiS & DKiG. Image: EK II citation

Generaloberst Walter Model Born: 21st Jan 1891 Died: 21st Apr 1945 - committed suicide in the Ruhr Pocket Highest rank reached: Generalfeldmarschall Chef des Generalstabes IV.Armee-Korps Chef des Generalstabes 16.Armee Kommandeur 3.Panzer-Division Kommandierender General XXXXI.Panzer-Korps Oberbefehlshaber 9.Armee Oberbefehlshaber 2.Panzer-Armee Oberbefehlshaber 9.Armee Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Süd Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Nordukraine Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Mitte Oberbefehlshaber West and Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe D Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe B Ritterkreuz - 9th Jul 1941 / Eichenlaub - 17th Feb 1942 / Schwertern - 2nd Apr 1943 / Brillianten - 17th Aug 1944

Kapitän zur See Theodor Kranke Born: 30th Mar 1893 Died: 18th Jun 1973 Kdr Panzerschiff 'Admiral Scheer' OKM/Sonderstab 'Weserübung' Stab Kommandierender Admiral Norwegen OB. Marineoberkommando West OB. Marineoberkommando Norwegen Ritterkreuz - 21st Feb 1941 / Eichenlaub - 18th Oct 1944 Image: EK II citation 'home-made' on the Admiral Scheer

SS-Obersturmführer Hans Pavelka Born: 30th Mar 1914 Died: 16th Jul 1943 15./SS-Pz.GR 4 3./SS-Kradsch.Btl 2 Chef 5./SS-Pz.Rgt.2 DKiG - 9th April 1943 Image: Soldbuch of a member of SS-Pz.Rgt 2

SS-Obersturmführer Karl-Heinz Boska Born: 18th Oct 1920 Died: 22nd Oct 2004 Highest rank reached: SS-Hauptsturmführer SS-Kradsch.Btl.2 Adjutant II./SS-PzRgt 2 "Das Reich" Chef 6./SS-Pz.Rgt.2 Kdr II./SS-Pz.Rgt.2 Ritterkreuz - 16th Dec 1943 Image: Soldbuch of a member of SS-Pz.Rgt 2

Korvettenkapitän Otto von Rhein Born: 3rd Dec 1901 Stab Marineoffizierpersonalabteilung Kiel, P I C

Hauptmann Hans-Joachim Jabs Born: 14th Nov 1917 Died: 26th Oct 2003 Highest rank reached: Oberstleutnant ZG 76 IV/NJG 1 Gruppenkommodore NJG 1 Geschwaderkommodore 50 Aerial Victories Ritterkreuz - 1st Oct 1940 / Eichenlaub - 24th Mar 1944 DKiG - 31st Aug 1943 / Ehrenpokal - 23rd Mar 1943

Generalleutnant Hasso von Manteuffel Born: 14th Jan 1897 Died: 24th Sep 1978 Highest rank reached: General der Panzertruppe Oberbefehlshaber of 3.Panzer-Armee. Oberbefehlshaber 5.Panzer-Armee. Kommandeur of Panzer-Division "Grossdeutschland". Kommandeur of 7.Panzer-Division. Kommandeur of Division von Manteuffel. Kommandeur of 7.Panzer-Grenadier-Brigade. Kommandeur of Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 6. Kommandeur of I.Bataillon / Schützen-Regiment 7. Führer of Kradschützen-Bataillon 3. Ritterkreuz - 31st Dec 1941 / Eichenlaub - 23rd Nov 1943 / Schwertern - 22nd Feb 1944 / Brillianten - 18th Feb 1945 Image: KvK II Kl mit Schwertern citation

Käpitan zur See Karl Dönitz Born: 16th Sep 1891 Died: 24th Dec 1980 Highest rank reached: Großadmiral Führer der U-Boote Befehlshaber der U-Boote Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine Ritterkreuz - 21st Apr 1940 / Eichenlaub - 6th Apr 1943 Image: Service Award citation

SS-Brigadeführer Max Simon Born: 6th Jan 1899 Died: 1st Feb 1961 Highest rank reached: SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Kdr. SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 1 Kdr. 16.SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Reichführer-SS" Kom.Gen. XIII.SS-Armeekorps Ritterkreuz - 20th Oct 1941 / Eichenlaub - 28th Oct 1944 DKiG - 9th Oct 1944 Image: PAB citation

SS-Obergruppenführer Josef 'Sepp' Dietrich Born: 28th May 1892 Died: 21st Apr 1966 Highest rank reached: SS-Oberstgruppenführer und Panzer-Generaloberst der Waffen-SS SS-Stabswache Berlin Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler I. SS-Panzer-Korps 6. SS-Panzer-Armee Ritterkreuz - 5th Jul 1940 / Eichenlaub - 31st Dec 1941 / Schwertern - 16th Mar 1943 / Brillianten - 6th Aug 1944 Image: EK II citation to a member of Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

SS-Gruppenführer Theodor 'Papa' Eicke Born: 17th Oct 1892 Died: 26th Feb 1943 - shot down by Soviet ground fire while flying in a Fieseler Storch Highest rank reached: SS-Obergruppenfuhrer und General der Waffen-SS Kommandant des K.L. Dachau Inspekteur der Konzentrationslager Kdr. SS-Totenkopf-Division Ritterkreuz - 26th Dec 1941 / Eichenlaub - 20th Apr 1942 Image: KvK mit Schwertern citation

General der Infanterie Walter Graf von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt Born: 31st Jul 1887 Died: 9th May 1943 Commander of the 23rd Division Commanding General of II. Army-Corps Ritterkreuz - 15th Jul 1941 / Eichenlaub - 27th Jun 1942 Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt's signature is usually more often seen as a stamped version on the citations for the Demjanskschild.

Generalleutnant Friedrich Olbricht Born: 4th Oct 1888 Died: 21st Jul 1944 - Executed in the Bendlerblock courtyard for his role in the 'Valkyrie' Plot to kill Hitler. Highest rank reached: General der Infanterie Kommandeur of 24.Division Chef of the Allgemeine Heeresamt (OKW) Ritterkreuz - 27th Oct 1939 DKiS - 1st Aug 1943 Image: EK II citation to an officer in 24 Division

Fregattenkapitan Kurt Weyher Born: 30th Aug 1901 Died: 17 Dec 1991 Highest rank reached: Konteradmiral Commanding Officer of Auxiliary Cruiser 'Orion' (HSK 1) Kapitän zur See und Chef des Deutschen Marinekommandos Konstanza und zugleich Chef der 10. Sicherungs-Division Ritterkreuz - 21st Aug 1941 DKiG - 18th May 1944 Image: Aux.Cruiser Citation

Admiral Günther Lütjens Born: 25th May 1889 Died: 27th May 1941 onboard the Bismarck Highest rank reached: Admiral Befehlshaber der Aufklärungsstreitkräfte Flottenchef Seebefehlshaber West Befehlshabers der Sicherung West Ritterkreuz - 14th Jun 1940 Image: EK II citation to crewmember of 'Hans Lody'

Oberleutnant Johannes 'Macki' Steinhoff Born: 15th Sept 1913 Died: 21st Feb 1994 Highest rank reached: Oberst JG 26 (JG 2 ?) JG 52 JG 77 Kdo Nowotny JG 7 JV 44 Aerial Victories: 176 Ritterkreuz - 30th Aug 1941 / Eichenlaub - 2nd Sept 1942 / Schwertern - 28th Jul 1944 Image: Soldbuch of 10./JG 2 & NJG 1 ground crew

Oberleutnant Walter Krupinski Born: 11th Nov 1920 Died: 7th Oct 2000 Highest rank reached: Hauptmann JG 52 JG 5 JG 11 JG 26 JV 44 Aerial Victories: 197 Ritterkreuz - 29th Oct 1942 / Eichenlaub - 2nd Mar 1944 DKiG - 27 Oct 1942 Ehrenpokal - 13 Sep 1942 Image: Soldbuch of 7./JG 52 pilot

Dr. Joseph Goebbels Born: 29th Oct 1897 Died: 1st May 1945 (Suicide) Reichminister of Public Enlightenment And Propaganda Gauleiter of Berlin Images: Citation

General der Panzertruppe Heinz Guderian Born: 17th Jun 1888 Died: 14 May 1954 Highest rank reached: Generaloberst Commanding General of XIX. Army-Korps Commander of Panzergruppe Guderian Commanding General of XIX. Army-Korps Commander of Panzergruppe 2 Commander of Armeegruppe Guderian Commander-in-Chief 2 Panzerarmee Assigned to the Staff of the Replacement General Command of the III. Army-Corps, Berlin General-Inspector of Panzer Troops Ritterkreuz - 27 Oct 1939 / Eichenlaub - 17th Jul 1941

Generaloberst Erich von Manstein Born: 24th Nov 1887 Died: 10th Jun 1973 Highest Rank Reached: Generalfeldmarschall Chef des Stabes of Heeresgruppe Süd. Chef des Stabes of Heeresgruppe A Kommandierender General XXXVIII.Armee-Korps. Kommandierender General LVI.Armee-Korps. Oberbefehlshaber of 11.Armee. Oberbefehlshaber of Heersgruppe Don. Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Süd. Ritterkreuz - 19th Jul 1940 / Eichenlaub - 14th Mar 1943 / Schwertern - 30th Mar 1944

SS-Gruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich Born: 7th Mar 1904 Died: 4th Jun 1942 - as a result of wounds received during an assassination attempt by Czech Agents. Highest Rank: SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei Chef SD-Hauptamt / RSHA Stellv. Reichsprotektor, Bohmen und Mahren Chaired the Wannsee Conference in 1942 Image: Letter to a Gestapo member