Kārlis Aperāts
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Kārlis Aperāts | |
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Born | 4 March 1892 Vilce parish, Latvia |
Died | 16 July 1944 | (aged 52)
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Years of service | 1939–44 |
Rank | Standartenführer |
Unit | 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) |
Battles/wars | World War I
World War II |
Awards |
Kārlis Aperāts (4 March 1892 – 16 July 1944) was a Standartenführer, (full colonel) in the Waffen SS during World War II. He was awarded 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. Kārlis Aperāts was born on the 4 March 1892, in Vilce parish, Latvia.[1]
Awards
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 21 September 1944 as Waffen-Obersturmbannführer and commander of Waffen-Grenadier-Regiment 32 (lettische Nr. 1) der SS[2]
References
- ^ http://www.lkok.com/detail1.asp?ID=60
- ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 194.
Further reading
- 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.
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- 1892 births
- 1944 deaths
- SS-Standartenführer
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
- German military personnel killed in World War II
- Recipients of the Order of Viesturs
- People from Jelgava Municipality
- Latvian people of World War II
- Latvian military personnel
- Latvian collaborators with Nazi Germany
- Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts
- Latvian Legion