Alois Schnaubelt

Alois Schnaubelt
Born	16 January 1921 Wachtel near Prossnitz, Czechoslovakia
Died	11 December 2012 (aged 91) Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Buried at	Gelsenkirchen-Buer-Hassel
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1939–45
Rank	Oberscharführer
Unit	5th SS Panzer Division Wiking
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class

Alois Schnaubelt (16 January 1921 – 11 December 2012) was an Oberscharführer in the Waffen SS during World War II who was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, awarded by Nazi Germany to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Schnaubelt was the commander of an 88 mm gun in the 5th SS Flak Battalion Wiking. He was awarded the Knight's Cross on 16 November 1944.

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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.
• Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). The German Defeat in the East, 1944–45. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3371-7.