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Horst Niederlander

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Service/branch
  
Heer

Rank
  
Oberst (Posthumously)

Name
  
Horst Niederlander

Years of service
  
1927–44

Commands held
  
Fusilier-Battalion 336

Born
  
1 April 1908 Sensburg (
1908-04-01
)

Died
  
24 April 1944(1944-04-24) (aged 36) Sevastopol, Ukraine

Allegiance
  
Weimar Republic (to 1933)  Nazi Germany

Horst Niederlander (1 April 1908 – 24 April 1944) was a highly decorated Oberst in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Horst Niederlander was killed on 24 April 1944 in Sevastopol, Ukraine. He was posthumously promoted to Oberst and awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross.

Awards and decorations

  • Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (3 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (20 June 1942)
  • Infantry Assault Badge
  • German Cross in Gold on 21 April 1943 as Major in the I./Grenadier-Regiment 686
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 10 February 1943 as Hauptmann and commander of I./Grenadier-Regiment 686
  • 491st Oak Leaves on 9 June 1944 as Oberstleutnant and commander of Fusilier-Battalion 336

    • References

    Horst Niederlander Wikipedia
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