The body of Ritterkreuzträger (Knight's Cross recipient) from Fallschirmjäger, Hauptmann Horst Kerfin, was laid in a coffin with spruce leaves covered with swastika flags, before being interred in the prepared pit, which was dug in the snow. Kerfin was killed in the battle against the Red Army at Alexeyevka, Soviet Union, on January 22, 1943. He received the prestigious Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on May 24, 1940 for the successful attack of German paratroopers in the Netherlands. At that time he held the rank of Oberleutnant and served as a Zugführer (Platoon leader) in the 11.Kompanie / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1.
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