Fritz Biermeier
Fritz Biermeier | |
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Born | 19 May 1913 Augsburg, Germany |
Died | 11 October 1944 Modlin, Poland | (aged 31)
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Waffen SS |
Years of service | 1936–44 |
Rank | Sturmbannführer |
Service number | NSDAP 4,137,044 SS 142,869 |
Unit | 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Fritz Biermeier (19 May 1913 — 11 October 1944) was a Sturmbannführer (Storm Unit Leader) in the Waffen-SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves during World War II. He was born 19 May 1913 in Augsburg and after volunteering for the SS he was given the SS service number 142 869 and the NSDAP party number 4 137 044 and was a graduate of the SS Junker school at Braunschweig in 1937. He would go on to command the 2nd Battalion of the 3rd SS Panzer Regiment, 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf being awarded a posthumous Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939)
- Wound Badge in Silver
- Panzer Badge "25"
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 10 December 1943 as SS-Hauptsturmführer and leader of the II./SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf"[2]
- 685th Oak Leaves on 26 December 1944 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the II./SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf"[3]
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
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