Franz Liebisch

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Franz Liebisch
Born	5 February 1921 Georgswalde, Czechoslovakia
Died	11 February 1945(1945-02-11) (aged 24) Budapest, Hungary
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1938–1945
Rank	Obersturmführer
Unit	SS-VT 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class Sudetenland Medal with Prague castle bar Anschluss Medal

Franz Liebisch was an Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant) in the Waffen SS during World War II. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Early life

Franz Liebisch was born on the 5 February 1921 in Georgswalde. He volunteered to join the SS-VT and took part in the Anschluss of Austria, the occupation of the Sudetenland in 1938, and the annexation of Bohemia and Moravia on the 15 March 1939. ^[1]

World War II

During World War II he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class and the Knight's Cross on the 9 February 1945 as an Obersturmführer and Oberleutnant of Schupo in Command of the 1st Squadron, 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer, 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer. Liebisch did not survive the war but was killed in action in Budapest on the 12 February 1945. ^[2]

References

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). Retreat to the Reich : the German defeat in France, 1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3384-7.
Mitcham Samuel, The German Defeat in the East, 1944-45,Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 0-8117-3371-8

v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer

Stab	Hans Diergarten Hermann Fegelein¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Franz Liebisch Joachim Rumohr² (Oak Leaves)	50px\|link=\|alt=

SS-Kavallerie-Brigade	Hermann Fegelein ¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords)

SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 1 Florian Geyer/SS-Reiter-Regiment 1	Hans-Georg von Charpentier Johannes Göhler Gustav Lombard Alfred Nowak

SS-Reiter-/Kavallerie- Regiment 2	Waldemar Fegelein August Zehender³ (Oak Leaves)

SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 15 Florian Geyer	Friedrich Buck Albert Klett Oswald Krauss Hermann Maringgele

SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 16 Florian Geyer	Joachim Boosfeld Otto Kirchner Erhard Mösslacher Hans von Schack (as member of the Heer)

SS-Kavallerie-Regiment 18 Florian Geyer	Siegfried Korth

SS-Artillerie-Regiment 8 Florian Geyer	Harry Phönix Joachim Rumohr² (Oak Leaves)

SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 8 Florian Geyer	Walter Drexler

¹ Knight's Cross with SS-Kavallerie-Brigade, Swords with the Stab, Oak Leaves with a Kampfgruppe. ² Knight's Cross with SS-Artillerie-Regiment 8, Oak Leaves with the Stab. ³ Oak Leaves with 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia.

Persondata
Name	Liebisch, Franz
Alternative names
Short description	SS officer
Date of birth	5 February 1921
Place of birth	Georgswalde, Czechoslovakia
Date of death	1945
Place of death	Budapest, Hungary

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Franz Liebisch

Early life

World War II

References

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