Hans Reiter

For the SS Doctor, see Hans Conrad Julius Reiter. For the mathematician, see Hans J. Reiter.
Hans Reiter
Born (1920-04-20)20 April 1920
Austria
Died 15 August 1944(1944-08-15) (aged 24)
France
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Waffen SS
Years of service 1939–44
Rank Untersturmführer
Unit SS-VT
3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Iron Cross I Class
Iron Cross II Class
German Cross in Gold
Infantry Assault Badge
Wound Badge in Gold
Eastern Front Medal 1941/42
Demyansk Shield

Hans Reiter (20 April 1920 – 15 August 1944) was a Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant) in the Waffen SS during World War II. He was a recipient of 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.

Untersturmführer Hans Reiter was born in Austria on the 20 April 1920. He volunteered to join the SS-VT and served with the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf. He was awarded the German Cross in Gold in May 1942, while with the Totenkopf. He was transferred to the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg and served with the H.Q. Company, 21 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment and was killed in action on the Western Front on the 15 August 1944 and awarded a posthumous Knight's Cross.[1][2]

References

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

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