Willi Fey
Willi Fey | |
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| Born | 25 September 1918 Lollar, Germany |
| Died | 29 April 2002 (aged 83) Freiburg, Germany |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Willi "Wilhelm" Fey (25 September 1918 – 29 April 2002) was a German author in the revisionist tradition.[1] During World War II, he served in the armoured troops of the Waffen-SS.[2] Following the war, Fey served in the Bundeswehr.
Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 29 April 1945 as SS-Oberscharführer and Panzer commander in the schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502[3][Note 1]
Notes
- ^ A lawful presentation via the chain of command to the chief of the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) Wilhelm Burgdorf in Berlin submitted nomination is possible. Also possible is a direct presentation by Adolf Hitler. However no evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The author Veit Scherzer was denied access to files, which could help clarify the case, of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) on the grounds of the Bundesarchivgesetz (German Archive Law). Walther-Peer Fellgiebel wrote in a letter dated 31 August 1976: "...He (Willhelm Fey) after joining the Bundeswehr has request a court of honor against himself. Chairman was our companion recipient of the Oak Leaves former Oberst XXXX (name was made anonymous). This court of honor has accepted him without evidence". The order commission of the AKCR accepted this. Fellgiebel wrote: "...we don't want to claim that we are smarter than the Bundeswehr." Willhelm Fey was a member of the AKCR.[4]
References
Citations
- ^ Citino 2012, p. 322.
- ^ Carruthers, Bob (2013). Tiger I in Combat. Barnsley, England: Pen and Sword. pp. 74, 76. ISBN 978-1-78159-129-1.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 179.
- ^ Scherzer 2007, pp. 129–130.
Bibliography
- Citino, Robert M. (2012). The Wehrmacht Retreats: Fighting a Lost War, 1943. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 978-0-7006-1826-2.
- Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
External links
- Willi Fey in the German National Library catalogue
