Hans Gollnick
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| Hans Gollnick | |
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| 22 May 1892 — 15 February 1970 (aged 77) | |
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| Place of birth | Gut Gursen in Pomerania |
| Place of death | Schönau am Königssee |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch | Heer |
| Years of service | 1913-1945 |
| Rank | General der Infanterie |
| Commands held | 36. Infanterie-Division 36. Panzer Grenadier Division |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves |
Hans Gollnick (22 May 1892 – 15 February 1970) was a Prussian-German general.
Gollnick was born at Gut Gursen in the Province of Pomerania.
Gollnick entered military service on 22 March 1912, and served in World War I as a Leutnant. At the beginning of World War II, Gollnick was commander of Infanterie-Regiment 76 in the Skirmish of Krojanty. During the war, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in 1942, and promoted to General on 1 October 1943. In January 1945 he escaped to Denmark, and was a British POW from January 1946 for a month until 5 February.
Gollnick died in Schönau am Königssee.
[edit] Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) II. und I. Class
- Wound Badge (1918) in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum Eisernen Kreuz II. und I. Klasse
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Ritterkreuz am 27. November 1942
- 282. Eichenlaub am 24. August 1943
- Medaille Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42
- Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 26 February 1945
Hans Gollnick was recommended for the Swords to the Knight's Cross for his defensive efforts in East Prussia in April 1945. However, the request was not processed before the war ended[1].
[edit] References
- ^ Berger 1999, p.392
- Berger, Florian, Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2006. 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.
