Erich Rossner

Erich Rossner
Born	26 May 1918 Helmbrechts, Germany
Died	12 September 1941 (aged 23) Eastern Front
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1938–41
Rank	Unterscharführer
Unit	2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
Battles/wars	World War II Yelnya Offensive
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class Eastern Front Wound Badge in Black

Erich Rossner (26 May 1918 – 12 September 1941) was a Unterscharführer in the Waffen SS during World War II who 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.

Eric Rossner was born on the 26 May 1918 in Helmbrechts. He volunteered to join the SS and was posted to the 2nd Battery, 2nd SS Panzerjäger Battalion, Das Reich Division. He was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class on the 25 July 1941, 1st class on the 3 August 1941 and the Knight's Cross on the 25 August 1941, for destroying 13 Russian tanks before being fatally wounded. Rossner died of his wounds on the Eastern Front on the 12 September 1941.^{[Note 1]}

Notes

1. According to Ernst-Günther Krätschmer and Veit Scherzer, Rossner died on 30 July 1941, however Walther-Peer Fellgiebel states he died of wounds sustained during the Soviet Yelnya Offensive on 12 September 1941.^[1][2][3]

References

Citations

1. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 364.
2. Scherzer 2007, p. 640.
3. Krätschmer 1999, p. 182.

Bibliography

• 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.
• Krätschmer, Ernst-Günther (1999). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Waffen-SS [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Waffen-SS]. Coburg, Germany: Nation Europa Verlag. ISBN 978-3-920677-43-9.
• 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 Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.