Heinrich Hogrebe

Heinrich Hogrebe (22 June 1913 – 25 June 1998) was a German forester who was a recipient of Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. During World War II, he served as an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 June 1941) & 1st Class (22 August 1941)
• German Cross in Gold on 14 April 1942 as Leutnant of the Reserves in the 1./Infanterie-Regiment 422
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 17 August 1942 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and chief of the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 422
  • Oak Leaves on 13 April 1944 as Hauptmann and commander of II./Grenadier-Regiment 422
• Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1977)

References

Bibliography

• 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 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.