Emil Wiesemann

Emil Wiesmann
Born 11 September 1914
Berlin, Germany
Died 14 November 1943 (aged 29)
Zhitomir, Ukraine
Allegiance Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Service/branch Waffen SS
Years of service 1939–43
Rank Hauptsturmführer
Unit 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
German Cross in Gold
Iron Cross 1st Class
Iron Cross 2nd Class
Winter war Medal 1941/42
Sudetenland Medal
Wound Badge in Black

Emil Wiesmann (11 September 1914 – 14 November 1943) was a Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in the Waffen SS who was awarded a posthumous Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross after being killed in action on 14 November 1943, while in command of the 2nd Battery, 1st SS Sturmgeschütz (Assault Gun) Battalion, 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler.

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    • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [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.
    • Krätschmer, Ernst-Günther (1999). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Waffen-SS [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Waffen-SS]. Coburg, Germany: Nation Europa Verlag. ISBN 978-3-920677-43-9.
    • 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 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.