Erich Eberhardt
Erich Eberhardt | |
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| Born | 1 October 1913 |
| Died | 1 July 1965 (aged 51) |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
| Service |  Waffen SS |
| Years of service | 1934–45 |
| Rank | Obersturmbannführer |
| Unit | SS Division Wiking SS Division Prinz Eugen SS Division Totenkopf |
| Battles / wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Erich Eberhardt (1 October 1913 – 1 July 1965) was a mid-ranking commander in the Waffen SS of Nazi Germany during World War II who served several SS divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
After the war Eberhardt was active in HIAG, a lobby group and a revisionist veteran's organisation founded by former high-ranking Waffen-SS personnel in West Germany in 1951. After the death of the organisation's spokesman Kurt Meyer in 1961, Eberhardt assumed that role.[1] Eberhardt died at Lohrheim on the 1 July 1965.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (13 July 1941) & 1st Class (11 September 1941)[2]
- War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords (30 January 1944)[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 August 1944 as SS-Obersturmbannführer and Ia (operations officer) of the 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf"[3]
References
Citations
- ^ Cüppers 2005, p. 336.
- ^ a b Wegmann 2004, p. 347.
- ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 285.
Bibliography
- Cüppers, Martin (2005). Wegbereiter der Shoah: Die Waffen-SS, der Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS und die Judenvernichtung, 1939–1945 (in German). Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. ISBN 3534160223.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - Wegmann, Günter (2004). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil VIIIa: Panzertruppe Band 1: A–E (in German). Bissendorf, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2322-1.
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