1944
Oberleutnant der Reserve Joachim Hundert (1920-1944), a highly decorated German officer of the Wehrmacht, met his end on August 9, 1944, near Głazów in Poland at the young age of 24. Born on January 22, 1920, in Mayen, he rose through the ranks as a reserve officer, ultimately serving as Oberleutnant der Reserve and leader of the 5th Company in Grenadier-Regiment 124. His bravery on the Eastern Front earned him the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross) on December 31, 1942, along with other honors such as the Iron Cross. In the fierce defensive battles of summer 1944, amid the Soviet advance, Hundert was killed in action. He was buried at the Gusthof Sobotka-Szlachecha.
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