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Name
  
Ernst Strachwitz


Role
  
Politician

Ernst Graf Strachwitz S 92 GEGIRGSJGER MAJOR ERNST GRAF STRACHWITZ RKT SIGNED PRINT

Died
  
July 13, 1998, Vienna, Austria

Ernst Graf Strachwitz (22 December 1919 – 13 July 1998) was a German Wehrmacht officer during World War II, Austrian politician and lawyer.

Strachwitz joined the Gebirgsjäger in 1938, fought as a paratrooper at the Battle of Narvik, on the Western Front and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 November 1944, while serving in Finland. He finished the war as major and battalion commander with the 2nd Mountain Division. After the war he became a lawyer in Vienna, went into politics and served as a member of the National Council of Austria from 1949 to 1953 for the Austrian People's Party.

Awards

  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 November 1944 as Hauptmann and leader of the II./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 137

    • References

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