Karl Auer

For the scientist, see Carl Auer von Welsbach.

Karl Auer
Karl Auer
Born	20 October 1916(1916-10-20) Prienbach am Inn, Bavaria
Died	31 March 1997(1997-03-31) (aged 80) Simbach am Inn
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1936-1945
Rank	Sturmbannführer
Unit	I./SS-PolPzGrenRgt 8
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Close Combat Clasp in Gold
Other work	Tobacco business

Karl Auer (20 October 1916 in Prienbach am Inn, Bavaria – 31 March 1997 in Simbach am Inn) was a highly decorated German Waffen-SS officer.

He was one of 98 soldiers to have been awarded both the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and Close Combat Clasp in Gold.

Awards

Wound Badge in Gold^[1]
Infantry Assault Badge in Silver^[1]
Tank Destruction Badge for Individual Combatants^[1]
Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class
Close Combat Clasp in Gold
- Bronze (1 October 1943)^[1]
- Silver (1 November 1944)^[1]
- Gold (22 March 1945)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 31 October 1944 as SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain) and leader of the I./SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 8^[2]

References

Citations

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Berger 2004, p. 13.
^ Scherzer 2007, p. 195.

Bibliography

Berger, Florian (2004). Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold (in German). Selbstverlag Florian Berger ISBN 3-9501307-3-X.
Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945 (in German). Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.7909-0284-5.

Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and Golden Close Combat Clasp

Karl Auer Johann Baichl Gregor Baunach Rudolf Becker Alfons Bialetzki Joachim Boosfeld Hermann Buchner Friedrich Buck Léon Degrelle Siegfried Deutschmann Heinrich Dittlof Anton Donnhauser Franz Dutter Hans Eckert Alois Eisele Karl-Heinrich Fink Heinz Finke Kurt Franke Erwin Frankenfeld Erich Friedrich Max Friedrich Franz Gössmann Ernst Grunau Franz Hack Martin Hackl Karl Hamberger Max Hansen Lorenz Harthan Rüdiger Hertel Bruno Hinz Franz Hofbauer Friedrich Holzer Fritz Jacobeit Hermann-Gustav Jochims Hans Juchem Franz Juschkat Vinzenz Kaiser Helmut Kämpfe Traugott Kempas Kurt Klein Gustav Knittel Günther Konopacki Gerhard Konopka Bernhard Kranz Helmut Kroeg Ernst Kutschkau Josef Lainer Waldemar Lehmann Alfred Lex Friedrich Lindenberg Wilhelm Loos Alfred Lorenz Erich Lorenz Heinz Macher Rolf Mager Hermann Maringgele Helmut Meitzel Werner Meyer Walter Misera Siegfried Moldenauer Emil Möller Werner Möller Heinz Müller Adolf Obschil Hans-Arno Ostermeier Adolf Peichl Harry Phönix Michael Pössinger Georg Preuß Karl Radermacher Emil Rentschler Franz Richter Hans-Heinrich Richter Erich Rudnik Alfred Rutkowski Johann Sauer Otto Sawatzki Kurt Schäfer Walter Schlags-Koch Heinrich Schmelzer Ernst Schneck Gustav Schreiber Helmuth Schreiber Herbert Schulze Walter Schwanbeck Walter Seebach Herbert Singer Sylvester Stadler Rolf Tittel Otto Vincon Heinrich Volker Helmut Wandmaker Georg Wenzelburger Heinz Werner Friedrich Wimmer Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny Werner Wolff Hermann Wulf

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Persondata
Name	Auer, Karl
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Short description
Date of birth	20 October 1916
Place of birth	Prienbach am Inn, Bavaria
Date of death	31 March 1997
Place of death	Simbach am Inn