Hans Reiter

For the SS Doctor, see Hans Conrad Julius Reiter.

Hans Reiter
Born	20 April 1920(1920-04-20) Austria
Died	15 August 1944(1944-08-15) (aged 24) France
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1939–1944
Rank	Untersturmführer
Unit	SS-VT 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross I Class Iron Cross II Class German Cross in Gold Infantry Assault Badge Wound Badge in Gold Eastern Front Medal 1941/42 Demyansk Shield

Hans Reiter was a Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant) in the Waffen SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Untersturmführer Hans Reiter was born in Austria on the 20 April 1920. He volunteered to join the SS-VT and served with the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf. He was awarded the German Cross in Gold in May 1942, while with the Totenkopf. He was transferred to the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg and served with the H.Q. Company, 21 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment and was killed in action on the Western Front on the 15 August 1944 and awarded a posthumous Knight's Cross.

Further reading

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Mitcham, Samuel Jr., Retreat to the Reich, Stackpole books 2007. ISBN 081173384X
• Henschler Henri & Fay Will, Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS, 1943-45 Stackpole Books, 2003. ISBN 0811729052
• Mitcham Samuel, The German Defeat in the East, 1944-45, Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 0811733718
• The Combat History of the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg.