Konrad Heubeck

Konrad Heubeck
Born	22 April 1918 Alberndorf, Germany
Died	1 September 1987 (aged 69) Celle
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1933–45
Rank	Untersturmführer
Unit	1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
Commands held	1st Company, 1st SS Panzer Regiment LSSAH
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross German Cross in Gold Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class Infantry Assault Clasp in Bronze Wound Badge in Black Winter War medal 1941/42 Sudetenland Medal

Konrad Heubeck (22 April 1918 – 1 September 1987) was a Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross holder and a member of the Waffen SS he held the rank of Untersturmfuhrer. As a member of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler Regiment he participated in both the occupation of the Sudetenland and the annexation of Bohemia and Moravia on 15 March 1939. He won the Iron Cross 2nd class during the Battle of France, and was past of Operation Barbarosa where he was awarded the Winter War medal. He would go on to command the 1st Company, SS Panzer Regiment 1 LSSAH. He was awarded the Knights Cross just before the end of World War II on the 17 April 1945^[1][2]

Heubeck survived the war and died in Celle on 1 September 1987.

Decorations

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 17.04.45;
• German Cross in Gold 4.06.44;
• Iron Cross 1st Class 1.09.42;
• Iron Cross 2nd Class 30.06.40;
• Infantry Assault Badge
• Wound Badge in Black
• Winter War medal 1941/42
• Sudetenland Medal with Prague Castle bar

References

Citations

1. Elite of the Third Reich By Walther-Peer Fellgiebel p.186
2. "axishistory".

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.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• 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.