Josef Block (soldier)

Josef Block (25 October 1912 in Mülheim an der Ruhr – 25 October 1996 in Nauort) was a German Oberfeldwebel in the Wehrmacht during World War II.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (30 June 1942)
  • 1st Class (20 April 1943)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 6 June 1943 as Unteroffizier and group leader in the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 2^[1][2]

References

Citations

1. Scherzer 2007, p. 225.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 135.

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.
• 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.