Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Joseph Goebbels with Ritterkreuzträger in the Reichsministerium



Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels received 27 Ritterkreuzträger of the Infanterie in the Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda in Berlin, 1 November 1942. These Knight's Cross recipients - who were "aus dem Osten" (coming from the East) - also visited the military training camps of the Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) and spoke to the German youth about their experiences at the front.

From left to right:
1. Oberleutnant Günter Klappich (Chef 11.Kompanie / III.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 60 / 16.Infanterie-Division. Ritterkreuz on 31 July 1942),
2. Oberleutnant Hans-Gotthard Pestke (Chef 3.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 176 / 61.Infanterie-Division. Ritterkreuz on 15 November 1941),
3. Oberleutnant Wilhelm Henz (Chef 2.Kompanie / Kradschützen-Bataillon 29 / 29.Infanterie-Division. Ritterkreuz on 8 August 1941),
4. Hauptmann Max Sachsenheimer (Kommandeur II.Bataillon / Jäger-Regiment 75 / 5.Jäger-Division. Ritterkreuz on 5 April 1942),
5. Oberleutnant Hans Guhr (Adjutant Grenadier-Regiment 513 / 294.Infanterie-Division. Ritterkreuz on 10 September 1942),
6. Oberleutnant Gerhard Möws (Chef 3.Kompanie / Kradschützen-Bataillon 22 / 2.Infanterie-Division [motorisiert]. Ritterkreuz on 1 November 1942),
7. Oberleutnant Friedrich-Wilhelm Proske (Chef 1.Kompanie / I.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 84 / 102.Infanterie-Division. Ritterkreuz on 12 April 1942),
8. Oberleutnant der Reserve Wilhelm "Willi" Hümmerich (Chef 14.Kompanie / III.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 80 / 34.Infanterie-Division. Ritterkreuz on 18 October 1941),
9. Oberleutnant der Reserve Richard Grünert (Chef 3.Kompanie / Kradschützen-Bataillon 7 / 7.Panzer-Division. Ritterkreuz on 14 October 1941),
10. Oberleutnant Dr.med.vet. Klaus Hilgemann (Chef 13.Kompanie / III.Bataillon / Grenadier-Regiment 422 / 126.Infanterie-Division. Ritterkreuz on 18 October 1942),
11. Hauptmann Harald von Hirschfeld (Führer II.Bataillon /Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98 / 1.Gebirgs-Division. Ritterkreuz on 15 November 1941),
12. Hauptmann Karl Langesee (Kommandeur II.Bataillon / Jäger-Regiment 207 / 97.Jäger-Division. Ritterkreuz on 10 August 1942).




Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2011/12/kunjungan-para-ritterkreuztrager-ke.html

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