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Johannes Matthias Hönscheid

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Allegiance
  
Nazi Germany

Service/branch
  
Luftwaffe Heer

Years of service
  
1942–45


Johannes-Matthias Honscheid

Born
  
14 July 1922 Eitorf, Germany (
1922-07-14
)

Died
  
2 March 2001(2001-03-02) (aged 78) Munich, Germany

Rank
  
Leutnant of the Reserves

Unit
  
Lehrgeschwader 1 Kampfgeschwader 54 1. Fallschirmjager-Division

Name
  
Johannes-Matthias Honscheid

Johannes-Matthias Hönscheid (14 July 1922 – 2 March 2001) was a member of a propaganda company (Propagandakompanie) and officer in the Fallschirmjäger forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

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He was nominated and awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his actions in Italy in the final days of the war. His last assignment at the end of the war was with the Flensburg Government (Dönitz Government) as a correspondent and spokesman in Plön and Flensburg. After the war, Hönscheid worked in publishing.

Awards and decorations

  • German Cross in Gold (16 March 1945)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 March 1945 as Oberfeldwebel and as Kriegsberichter der Fallschirmtruppe.
  • References

    Johannes-Matthias Hönscheid Wikipedia