Albert Hektor

Albert Hektor
Born	23 October 1919 Emmersweiler, Saarland
Died	9 April 1945 (aged 25) Hartberg, Austria
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1938–45
Rank	Oberscharführer
Unit	5th SS Division Wiking 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross I Class Iron Cross II Class Eastern Front Medal Anschluss Medal

Albert Hektor (23 October 1919 – 9 April 1945) was an Oberscharführer 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.

Albert Hektor was born on the 23 October 1919, in Emmersweiler in the Saarland. He volunteered to join the SS-VT and took part in the Anschluss of Austria. During World War II he took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union and was awarded the Eastern Front Medal which was awarded to all who suffered through the first Russian winter of the war. By 194 he had been promoted to Oberscharführer and was a platoon commander in the 7th Company, 24th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Danemark, 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland and was awarded the Knight's Cross in August 1944, for his bravery during the Battle for Narva Bridgehead together with Hauptsturmführer Martin Gürz. Hektor did not survive the war but was killed in action near Hartberg in Austria on the 9 April 1945.

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Further reading

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). Retreat to the Reich : the German defeat in France, 1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3384-7.
• Fey, Will; Henschler, Henri (2003). Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-2905-5.
• Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). The German Defeat in the East, 1944–45. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3371-7.
• Nietrug, Gerd (2004). Die Ritterkreuzträger des Saarlandes 1939 - 1945. Zweibrücken: VDM Nickel. ISBN 3-925480-93-5.