Felix Przedwojewski

Felix Przedwojewski
Born	7 December 1920 Meyenburg, Germany
Died	15 June 1986 (aged 65)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1939–45
Rank	Unterscharführer
Unit	3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class

Felix Przedwojewski (7 December 1920 – 15 June 1986) was an Unterscharführer in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Unterscharführer Felix Przedwojewski was a Sturmgeschütz commander in 2nd Battery, 3rd SS Sturmgeschütz Battalion Totenkopf, when he was awarded the Knight's Cross after his 45th kill, in December 1943.^[1]

Awards

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 December 1943 as SS-Unterscharführer and Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 2./SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 3 "Totenkopf"^{[2][Note 1]}

Notes

1. According to Scherzer as gun leader in the 2./SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 3.^[3]

References

Citations

1. "frontkjemper".
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 346.
3. Scherzer 2007, p. 607.

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.
• Henschler, Henri; Fey, Willi (2003). Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS, 1943–45. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-2905-5.
• Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). Retreat to the Reich : the German defeat in France, 1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3384-7.
• 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.