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Gerhard Simons

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Battles/wars
  
World War II

Battles and wars
  
World War II

Unit
  
170th Infantry Division

Years of service
  
1940–45

Name
  
Gerhard Simons

Service/branch
  
German Army

Born
  
5 February 1921 (age 103) Konigsberg, Eastern Prussia (
1921-02-05
)

Rank
  
Hauptmann of the Reserves

Relations
  
Walter Simons (grandfather) Hans Simons (father)

Awards
  
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Other work
  
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Gerhard Simons (born 5 February 1921) is an officer who served in the German army during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (medals recognising extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership). His grandfather, Walter Simons, was a German lawyer and politician who served as Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic in 1920–21. His father, Hans Simons, a lawyer and later professor of political science at The New School, emigrated to the United States following the Machtergreifung, the Nazi seizure of power in 1933.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (17 May 1942)
  • 1st Class (20 March 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 29 February 1944 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves in the Regiments-Nachrichten-Zug/Artillerie-Regiment 240
  • 547th Oak Leaves on 11 August 1944 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and leader of Stabs-Batterie/Artillerie-Regiment 240 and Regiments-Nachrichtenoffizier

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