Knights Cross Recipients Who Are Still Living

[Gran Sasso]

Richard,

Very nice to see those veteran meetings, as always, but may I attend you on the fact that someone on this forum or someone who reads this forum dont like pictures of KC holders to be posted.

PM for further information please.

Martin

This is a free forum - so everybody could post the fotos he likes to (as long as the postings follow the rules of the WAF, of course).

If anybody has a problem with this fact, I suggest he should not visit this forum...

[mdj]

Helmut Eberspaecher.......

Truly a gentleman.

[sepp66]

Hans UHDE *29.07.1920 + 30.06.2011

Führer 11./GrenRgt 424





Major

Weidenbrück, Wilhelm* 05.02.1915 + 28.04.2011

Ritterkreuz am: 16.09.1942 als: Oberleutnant Chef 5./PzRgt 3

649. Eichenlaub am: 16.11.1944 als Major Kommandeur PzAbt 104

[vonkoenigsberg]

Does anyone here have information or suggestions on how I may contact these living RK holders? I would really like some signed photos. I've already received a couple of signed photos back from Otto Carius, and he was so friendly that I had hoped to request an autograph from others (especially Josef Roellecke, Søren Kam and Eberhard Heder). I'm not asking for addresses, but just to be pointed in the right direction. I know some of you also share this pasttime and believe it special to be able to make contact with these veterans. Kindly let me know. Thanks!

[vonkoenigsberg]

By the way, Rudolf Sauerbrei died on 22 July 2007. You can remove that from the list. Godspeed to another Hero.

[Nidhøggr]

Hi!

I used the list of page 1 and checked the posts since the last update in May 2010.

Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords: - Alphabetical

Waldemar von Gazen (Heer)
Erich Rudorffer (Luftwaffe)

Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves: - Alphabetical

Otto Carius (Heer)
Kurt Dahlmann (Luftwaffe)
Oskar Hubert Dennhardt (Heer)
Martin Drewes (Luftwaffe)
Hermann Greiner (Luftwaffe)
Reinhard Hardegen (Kriegsmarine)
Rolf Hermichen (Luftwaffe)
Albert Kerscher (Heer)
Franz Kieslich (Luftwaffe)
Hans Gunther Lange (Kriegsmarine)
Georg Lassen (Kriegsmarine)
Heinz Rökker (Luftwaffe)
Heinrich Ruhl (Heer)
Walter Schuck (Luftwaffe)
Johann Schwerdfeger (Heer)
Gerhard Simons (Heer)
Georg Störck (Heer)
Paul Zorner (Luftwaffe)

Knight's Cross: - Alphabetical

Friedrich Adrario (Heer)
Heinz Angelmaier (Heer)
Erich Axthammer (Luftwaffe)

Karl-Ludwig Barths (Heer)
Ludwig Bauer (Heer)
Franz Bayer ( Heer)
Artur Becker- Neetz (Heer)
Karl Heinz Becker (Heer)
Dr. Anton Benning (Luftwaffe)
Frhr. Werner von Beschwitz (Heer)
Gunther Bierbrauer (Luftwaffe)
Kurt Bischof (Heer)
Karl Bleckl (Luftwaffe)
Georg Bleher (Heer) (ODR)
Hans Ekkehard Bob (Luftwaffe)
Walter Boehm (Heer)
Joachim Boosfeld (SS)
Georg Bose (Heer)
Gunther Braake (Heer)
Paul Brasack (Kriegsmarine)
Hugo Broch (Luftwaffe)
Karl Brommann (SS)
Friedrich Buck (SS)
Arthur Büssecker (Luftwaffe)

Friedrich Carl (Heer)

Dieter Damerius (Heer)
Erwin Diekwisch (Luftwaffe)
Hans Ditter (Heer)

Alfred Eick (Kriegsmarine)
Hans Elkmeier (Heer)
Karl Heinz Euling (SS)

Walter Fasel (Heer)
Konrad Fechner ( Luftwaffe)
Gerhard Fischer (Heer)
Gerhard Fischer (SS)
Sigfried Freyer (Heer)
Herbert Fries (Luftwaffe)

Franz Gapp (Luftwaffe)
Walther Gerhold (Kriegsmarine)
Siegfried Gerstner (Luftwaffe)
Dieter Glaesche (Heer)
Karl Glaetzer (Heer)
Gunter Glasner (Luftwaffe)

Gunther Halm (Heer)
Josef Hammerschmidt (Heer)
Karl Gunther von Hase (Heer)
Eberhard Heder (SS)
Anton Heinemann ( Luftwaffe)
Hans Joachim Heinrici (Heer)
Othmar Hermes (Heer)
Rolf Hermichen (Luftwaffe)
Justin Hönig (Heer)
Ahrend Höper (Heer)
Werner Hoffmann (Luftwaffe)
Willi Hümmerich (Heer)

Siegfried Jamrowski (Luftwaffe)
Helmut Jeserer (Heer)

Karl Kainz (Heer)
Soren Kam (SS)
August Kaminski (Heer)
Hans Klaus (Luftwaffe)
Paul Georg Kleffel (Heer)
Helmut Klemann ( Heer )
Peter Kox (Heer)
Gerhard Krems (Luftwaffe)
Erwin Kressmann (Heer)
Heinz Krettek (Heer)
Theo Kroj (Heer)
Hans Krohn ( Luftwaffe)
Wilhelm Kröhne (Heer)
Prof. Dr. Fritz Krück (Heer)
Hermann Kunz (Heer)

Karl-Ernst Laage (Heer)
Ludwig Lang (Heer)
Fritz Langanke (SS)
Günther Lange (SS)
Johannes Lawrenz (Heer)
Wilhelm Lehner (Heer)
Helmut von Leipzig (Heer)
Karl Wilhelm Lindemann (Heer)
Helmut Lutze (Heer)

Hermann Mangels (Heer)
Siegmund Matheja (Heer)
Julius Meimberg (Luftwaffe)
Ludwig Meister (Luftwaffe)
Günter Meyer ( Heer)
Rudolf Munser (Heer)

Lorenz Neumayr (Heer)
Hans Joachim Nitsch (Heer)
Wilhelm Noller (Luftwaffe)
Harald Nugiseks (SS)

Dieter Oster (Luftwaffe)

Rudolf Peter (Heer)
Georg Peschel ( Heer)
Josef Preis ( Heer)
Heinz Probst (Luftwaffe)
Frhr. Robert von Prochazka (Heer)
Erwin Prössl (Luftwaffe)

Alexander Raab (Luftwaffe)
Karl Rademacher (Heer)
Heinz Rafoth (Heer)
Dr. Alfred Regeniter (Heer)
Max Heimo Rehbein (Heer)
Heinz Remmert (Heer)
Willi Reschke (Luftwaffe)
Rudolf von Ribbentrop (SS)
Klaus Ritter (Heer)
Josef Rollecke (SS)
Heinz Rothardt (Heer)

Kurt Sametreiter (SS)
Oskar Schafer (SS)
Heinrich Scharff (Heer)
Hermann Schleinhege (Luftwaffe)
Erich Schlemminger (Heer)
Bruno Schmelzinger (Heer)
Alois Schnaubelt (SS)
Karl Heinz Schnell (Luftwaffe)
Herbert Schneider (Luftwaffe)
Paul Schneider ( Heer)
Gunther Seeger (Luftwaffe)
Fritz Seyffardt (Luftwaffe)
Heinrich Sonne (SS)
Dr. Hubert Spadiut (Luftwaffe)
Paul Heinrich Stoll (Heer)
Hans Hermann Sturm (Heer)
Heinrich Südel (Luftwaffe)

Heinrich Timpe (Heer)
Willy Tscherning (Luftwaffe)

Fritz Vehse (Heer)
Viktor Vitali (Luftwaffe)

Günter Wanhofer (SS)
Franz Weber (Heer)
Anton Wehinger (Heer)
Hermann Wehking (Heer)
Karl-Heinz Wiebe (Kriegsmarine)
Helmut Wieselhuber (Heer)
Heinz Wilde (Heer)
Dietrich Witzel-Kirn (Heer)
Achim Wunderlich (Heer)

Max Zastrow (Heer)
Dr. Gerhard Zoppoth (Heer)

[vonkoenigsberg]

Where do you guys get these photos for the Knight's cross holders to sign? I had to scan images from books, and e-mail them to Wallgreens and have them resize the image and print it out on glossy paper. It costs a lot. Any tips?

[Mark C. Yerger]

Where do you guys get these photos for the Knight's cross holders to sign? I had to scan images from books, and e-mail them to Wallgreens and have them resize the image and print it out on glossy paper. It costs a lot. Any tips?

go to a Walgreens, scan there yourself, tell them not to crop prints

costs 19 cents

[Death-Ace]

I guess his source is Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Buck

Haha, dang, been caught! Sorry about that and thanks for the update! That's good news. I guess it's time to change the secret source. Just wish that a "world-renown website" would actually have some accurate info (just glad I'm not always giving the wrong one).

Thanks and sorry again!
Lev

[dave ouaitine]

Hi Nidhoggr,
Could you confirm date of death for these 2 Luftwaffe : Werner Husemann and Otto SCHULTZ
born 31.05.20.

Thanks
Dave.

[vonkoenigsberg]

The list of living EK recipients is missing Alfons Bialetzki - he also won the close combat clasp in gold, in addition to the Knight's Cross. He was in the Luftwaffe and then was an oberleutnant in the Heer. I think he was in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 333, but was also a Fallschrimjaeger at the beginning of the war (up until Crete). Check it out: http://www.ww2awards.com/person/2151

[Pierre]

Helmut Eberspaecher.......

Truly a gentleman.

and brilliant businessman

Pierre

[tystgaard]

The list of living EK recipients is missing Alfons Bialetzki - he also won the close combat clasp in gold, in addition to the Knight's Cross. He was in the Luftwaffe and then was an oberleutnant in the Heer. I think he was in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 333, but was also a Fallschrimjaeger at the beginning of the war (up until Crete). Check it out: http://www.ww2awards.com/person/2151

Wooowwww what a KC personal record

Nicolai

[Nidhøggr]

But nobody knows what happened to him. Some sources say he lived under another identity in Poland, others say he died. someone knows something accurate?

[vonkoenigsberg]

There are still annual knights cross holders meetings, right? does anyone know where that is? I would feel honored to go to one, and keep those damn ebayers away from the veterans. It feels like everyone is guarding where this event is, keeping it's location secret even from fellow history enthusiasts who would treat the EK holders with the respect they deserve. What is up with that?