Years of service 1913–19
1937–45 Service/branch German Army | Name Hermann Bracher Rank Oberst | |
Born 28 September 1895
Tubingen ( 1895-09-28 ) Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1919)
Nazi Germany Commands held Infanterie-Regiment 480
Infanterie-Regiment 460 Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Battle of France
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Bagration Died October 29, 1974, Tubingen, Germany Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Battles and wars World War I, Battle of France, Operation Barbarossa, Operation Bagration, World War II | ||
Dr. agrar. Hermann Julius Bracher (28 September 1895 – 29 October 1974) was a highly decorated Oberst in the German military during World War I and 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. Hermann Bracher was captured by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration in 1944. He was a prisoner of war in the Soviet forced labour camp Vorkuta (Vorkuta) north of the Polar circle in Siberia. Unlike most of his fellow prisoners, he survived and returned home to his wife and four children to Tubingen on 2 January 1954.
Awards and decorations
Bracher had been recommended for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves on 3 March 1944. The nomination was rejected on 6 March 1944.