Ernst Rupp

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Buried at Simferopol, Ukraine Years of service 1911–43 Service/branch German Army		Rank Generalleutnant Name Ernst Rupp
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany Battles/wars World War IWorld War IIBattle of FranceOperation BarbarossaBattle of Smolensk (1941)Battle of the Caucasus † Died May 30, 1943, Krymsk, Russia Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Place of burial Simferopol, Ukraine Commands held 97th Jager Division

Ernst Johann Rupp (13 January 1892 – 30 May 1943) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 97th Jäger Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Rupp was killed on 30 May 1943, near Krymsk, Soviet Union during the operations at the Kuban bridgehead.

Awards and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 7 March 1943 as Generalleutnant and commander of 97. Jäger-Division

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