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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Years of service
  
1937–45

Name
  
Alfred Bernhard

Nationality
  
Swedish

Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Major

Role
  
Chemist

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Battles/wars
  
World War II Invasion of Poland Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kiev (1941) Crimean Campaign (1941–1942) Battle of the Caucasus Vistula–Oder Offensive Prague Offensive

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Died
  
December 10, 1896, Sanremo, Italy

Parents
  
Caroline Andrietta Ahlsell, Immanuel Nobel

Siblings
  
Ludvig Nobel, Robert Nobel, Emil Oskar Nobel, Betty Karolina Nobel

Similar People
  
Bertha von Suttner, Immanuel Nobel, Ludvig Nobel, Emil Oskar Nobel, Robert Nobel

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Dr. Alfred Martin Bernhard (23 March 1919 – 3 May 1987) was a highly decorated Major 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 recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Alfred Bernhard was captured by Soviet troops in May 1945 and was released in 1949.

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Awards and decorations

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  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (24 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (5 February 1943)
  • Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (30 September 1943)
  • Infantry Assault Badge (10 July 1942)
  • Crimea Shield (15 January 1943)
  • Eastern Front Medal (20 October 1942)
  • German Cross in Gold on 23 September 1944 as Hauptmann in the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 117
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 February 1945 as Hauptmann and commander of Heeres-Unteroffiziersschule Jauer
  • Quotes

    If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good - I am satisfied
    I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea - but I am skeptical as to its results
    Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness

    References

    Alfred Bernhard Wikipedia


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