- Hans Dorr
Infobox Military Person
name=Hans Dorr
lived=birth date|1912|4|7|df=y — death date and age|1945|4|17|1912|4|7|df=y
caption=Hans Dorr
placeofbirth=Sontheim ,Allgäu
placeofdeath=nearJudenburg
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi GermanyNazi Germany
serviceyears=1934-1945
branch=
rank=SS-Obersturmbannführer
commands= I./SS-PzGrenRgt "Germania"
unit=SS-Rgt "Germania"
battles=World War II
awards=Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
laterwork=Hans Dorr (
April 7 ,1912 -April 17 ,1945 ) was a GermanWaffen-SS "Obersturmbannführer " who served with the "5. SS-Panzer-Division Wiking" and was a commander of the "SS-Regiment Germania". He was wounded 16 times during WWII and died at aField hospital nearJudenburg only a month before the war's end. He was also awarded the prestigious Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern.ummary of SS career
Dates of rank
* SS-
Anwärter : May 01, 1933
* SS-Mann: October 01, 1934
* SS-Rottenführer : June 01, 1935
* SS-Unterscharführer : November 15, 1935
* SS-Scharführer : April 20, 1937
* SS-Oberscharführer : December 23, 1934
* SS-Oberjunker : April 01, 1938
* SS-Untersturmführer : November 09, 1938
* SS-Obersturmführer : March 11, 1940
* SS-Hauptsturmführer : November 09, 1941
* SS-Sturmbannführer : November 09, 1943
* SS-Obersturmbannführer : August 18, 1944Notable Awards
*
Iron Cross (1939)
** 2nd Class (14 November 1939)
** 1st Class (20 August 1940)
*Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (20 April 1942)
*Wound Badge (1939)
** Black (20 October 1940)
** Silver (29 August 1941)
** Gold (20 April 1942)
*Eastern Front Medal (1 September 1942)
* 2 Tank Destruction Badges for Individual Combatants
*German Cross in Gold (27 December 1941)
*Close Combat Clasp
** Bronze (15 September 1943)
** Silver (3 May 1944)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (27 November 1942)
** 327. Oak Leaves (13 November 1943)
** 77. Swords (9 July 1944)References
* Florian Berger: "Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges." 2., überarbeitete Auflage. Florian Berger, Wien 1999, ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit. "Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II". Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.External links
* [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/D/DorrH.htm Hans Dorr @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht]
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