Ernst Stäudle

Ernst Stäudle

Ernst Stäudle in 1943
Born 6 June 1913
Heidenheim, Germany
Died 11 July 1946 (aged 33)
Central Labour Camp Jaworzno, near Katowice, Poland in Soviet captivity
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Waffen-SS
Years of service 1938–45
Rank Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant)
Unit 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Iron Cross 1st Class
Iron Cross 2nd Class

Ernst Stäudle (6 June 1913 – 11 July 1946) was an Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant) in the Waffen-SS during World War II who 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.

Ernst Stäudle, was awarded the Knight's Cross in April 1942, while serving as an Oberscharfuhrer (Staff Sergeant) in the 8th battery, 3rd SS Artillery Regiment, SS Division Totenkopf on the Russian front (Eastern Front).

Personal

Stäudle was married to Margareta Hugo of Würzburg.

References

    Further reading

    • 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.
    • Henschler Henri & Fay Will, Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS, 1943–45 Stackpole Books, 2003. ISBN 0-8117-2905-2
    • Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). Retreat to the Reich : the German defeat in France, 1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3384-7.