Gerhard Lotze

Gerhard Lotze
Born 21 May 1922
Biberach, Germany
Died 13 October 1944 (aged 22)
Modlin, Poland
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Waffen-SS
Years of service 1939–44
Rank Hauptsturmführer
Unit 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Iron Cross 1st Class
Iron Cross 2nd Class
German Cross in Gold
Close Combat Clasp in Silver
Eastern Front Medal 1941/42

Gerhard Lotze (21 May 1922 — 13 October 1944) was a Hauptsturmführer (Captain) 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.

Gerhard Lotze was killed in action in Poland on the 13 October 1944, while in command of the 5th Company, II.Battalion, 10th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Westland. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross and promoted to Hauptsturmführer.

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.
    • Mitcham, Jr.Samuel, Retreat to the Reich. Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 0-8117-3384-X
    • Henschler Henri & Fay Will, Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS 1943-45. Stackpole Books, 2003. ISBN 0-8117-2905-2
    • Mitcham Samuel, The German Defeat in the East, 1944-45. Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 0-8117-3371-8