ANY ONE HAVE ANY NEW INFO ON GUNTER NOWAK
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GUNTER NOWAK
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There was no RKT Nowak, see
discussion on this topic on FG
It was a fairy tale, nothing more, over& out
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Jan-Hendrik
There was no RKT Nowak, see
discussion on this topic on FG
It was a fairy tale, nothing more, over& out
Jan-Hendrik
Re: GUNTER NOWAK
Here is the story from wikipedia's Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on Gunter Nowak.
[edit] Non Existing Recipients
Since the end of World War II numerous people have claimed to be unrecognized recipients of the Knight's Cross. The majority of these "recipients" are lacking any evidence to sustain their claims and are thus denied the right to consider themselves "legal recipients". There are two cases where the legal proof of the award exists however the recipients do not. These two "legally correct" recipients are Günther Nowak and Heinrich Scherhorn.[6]
[edit] Günther Nowak
Günther Nowak, Hitlerjunge, was awarded the Knight's Cross on 14 February 1945 for the destruction of eleven tanks in Hindenburg, Oberschlesien. It was always assumed that he was the youngest recipient of the Knight's Cross, however, Günther Nowak never really existed—a deserting Commander of the Volkssturm was caught and claimed that after the retreat of the Wehrmacht he had destroyed five tanks single-handedly. Because of this he was taken to a Gauleiter. Fearing that his lie would be unveiled, he created the story of Günther Nowak in order to lessen his own "feat". This report was then sent to Reichsleiter Martin Bormann. Bormann immediately awarded the German Cross in Gold to the Volkssturm-Commander Sachs and the Knight's Cross to Nowak.[6]
[edit] Non Existing Recipients
Since the end of World War II numerous people have claimed to be unrecognized recipients of the Knight's Cross. The majority of these "recipients" are lacking any evidence to sustain their claims and are thus denied the right to consider themselves "legal recipients". There are two cases where the legal proof of the award exists however the recipients do not. These two "legally correct" recipients are Günther Nowak and Heinrich Scherhorn.[6]
[edit] Günther Nowak
Günther Nowak, Hitlerjunge, was awarded the Knight's Cross on 14 February 1945 for the destruction of eleven tanks in Hindenburg, Oberschlesien. It was always assumed that he was the youngest recipient of the Knight's Cross, however, Günther Nowak never really existed—a deserting Commander of the Volkssturm was caught and claimed that after the retreat of the Wehrmacht he had destroyed five tanks single-handedly. Because of this he was taken to a Gauleiter. Fearing that his lie would be unveiled, he created the story of Günther Nowak in order to lessen his own "feat". This report was then sent to Reichsleiter Martin Bormann. Bormann immediately awarded the German Cross in Gold to the Volkssturm-Commander Sachs and the Knight's Cross to Nowak.[6]