Fritz Rentrop
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Fritz Rentrop was a Sturmbannführer
(Major), in the Waffen SS during World War II
who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Fritz Rentrop was born on the 19 November 1917. He joined the NSDAP on the 1 January 1936, party number 3708280 and later joined the Waffen SS on the 1 April 1937, his SS service number was 323 804.
He was posted to the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
and served with the 2nd Company, 2nd SS Flak Battalion when he was awarded the Knight's Cross, on the 13 October 1941.
He later served on the staff in the IV SS Panzer Corps
and is believed to have been executed by the Russians on the 2 February 1945 in Hungary
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Sturmbannführer
Sturmbannführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party equivalent to major, used both in the Sturmabteilung and the Schutzstaffel...
(Major), in the Waffen SS during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was a grade of the 1939 version of the 1813 created Iron Cross . The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was the highest award of Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II...
, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Fritz Rentrop was born on the 19 November 1917. He joined the NSDAP on the 1 January 1936, party number 3708280 and later joined the Waffen SS on the 1 April 1937, his SS service number was 323 804.
He was posted to the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
Das Reich
Das Reich is the name of:* a German SS-division, see 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich* a national socialist newspaper, see Das Reich * the main work of German right-wing intellectual Friedrich Hielscher...
and served with the 2nd Company, 2nd SS Flak Battalion when he was awarded the Knight's Cross, on the 13 October 1941.
He later served on the staff in the IV SS Panzer Corps
IV SS Panzer Corps
The IV.SS-Panzerkorps was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on the Eastern Front and in the Balkans during World War II.The Panzerkorps was formed in August, 1943 in Poitiers, France...
and is believed to have been executed by the Russians on the 2 February 1945 in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
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