Hans Dauser

Hans Dauser
Born	(1908-07-31)31 July 1908 Munich, Germany
Died	20 November 2001(2001-11-20) (aged 93) Munich, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1933–45
Rank	Untersturmführer
Unit	1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class

Hans Dauser (31 July 1908 – 20 November 2001) was a Untersturmführer (Second 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.

Early life

Dauser was born in Munich on 31 July 1908, the son of the future Staatssekretär of the German Democratic Republic, Hans Dauser, senior. After graduating from the State High School he studied to be an architect. He joined the NSDAP in 1930 and the Allgemeine SS in 1933.^[1]

World War II

Dauser was assigned to the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler serving as a platoon leader in the II/Battalion, SS Panzer Regiment 1 LSSAH.^[2]

Dauser was responsible for the destruction of 34 enemy tanks, and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross while still an Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant).^[3] He was later promoted to Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant). He survived the war and died in Munich in 2001.

Awards

• Iron Cross 2nd class 5 December 1943
• Iron Cross 1st class 30 January 1944
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 4 June 1944

See also

• Waffen SS
• 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
• List of Knight's Cross holders 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

References

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler SS-Division (motorized) SS-Infanterie-Regiment (motorized) "LSSAH" Josef Dietrich1 (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Gerhard Pleiß Heinrich Springer Theodor Wisch (Oak Leaves & Swords) Stab Rudolf Lehmann2 (Oak Leaves) SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "LSSAH" Josef Armberger Wilhelm Beck Hans Dauser Martin Groß Konrad Heubeck Heinrich Kling Herbert Kuhlmann Hans Malkomes Joachim Peiper3 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Werner Pötschke (Oak Leaves) Hans Reimling Rudolf von Ribbentrop Georg Schönberger Franz Staudegger Helmut Wendorff Michael Wittmann4 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Balthasar Woll Max Wünsche5 (Oak Leaves) SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "LSSAH" Hermann Dahlke Albert Frey (Oak Leaves) Erich Göstl Erich Grätz Max Hansen (Oak Leaves) Frank Hasse Heinz Nowotnik Alfred Schneidereit SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 "LSSAH" Hans Becker Josef Diefenthal Gerhard Grebarsche Paul Guhl Georg Karck Hugo Kraas (Oak Leaves) Joachim Peiper3 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Georg Preuß Rudolf Sandig Bernhard Siebken Werner Wolff SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 1 "LSSAH" Alfred Günther Heinrich Heimann Fritz Henke Karl Rettlinger Emil Wiesemann SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 1 "LSSAH" Kurt Sametreiter SS-(Panzer-)Aufklärungs-Abteilung 1 "LSSAH" Gerhard Bremer6 (Oak Leaves) Gustav Knittel Kurt Meyer7 (Oak Leaves & Swords) Hermann Weiser SS-Flakartillerie-Abteilung 1 "LSSAH" Walter Pitsch? SS-Panzergrenadier Ausbildungs und Ersatz-Bataillon 1 "LSSAH" Friedrich Blond? 1Diamonds with the I SS Panzer Corps. 2Oak Leaves with the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich. 3Knight's Cross with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2, Oak Leaves and Swords with SS-Panzer-Regiment 1. 4Swords with 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion. 5Oak Leaves with SS-Panzer-Regiment 12 "Hitlerjugend" (12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend). 6Oak Leaves with SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 12 "Hitlerjugend" (12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend). 7Swords with the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend.       This along with the ? (question mark) indicates doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.