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Austria, June 1941: Knittel with his young German Shepherd Rex (photo courtesy of Trevor R. Soltys). In the background the Benedictine Abbey above the town of Melk on the border of the Danube River. The town is situated on the main road from Munich to Vienna and the photo was probably taken when Kni...

The hardcover edition of the book is now available...

Binding : Hardback
Size : 176mm x 250mm
Total pages : 541
ISBN : 9789492475558

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The 18th of December 1944 - After crossing Stavelot SS-Obersturmführer Manfred Coblenz paused his halftracks at the western edge of Stavelot near the ‘Les Quartiers‘ villa and waited for the rest of the Aufklärungsabteilung to follow but nothing happened. Coblenz’ company left the western edge of St...

Upon hearing their name called out, each individual defendant walked down the steps of the dock and up to the bench to learn his fate from the judges who read out their verdict. Sentencing was swift. Defendant number 1, Valentin Bersin, sentenced to death by hanging; defendant number 2, Friedel Bode...

The book will also be available in the bookshop of the December 44 Historical Museum in La Gleize... http://www.december44.com/en/the-museum.htm ...in the bookshop of the Baugnez 44 Historical Centre... http://www.baugnez44.be/en/news.htm ...and in the Octa Librairie Allée Verte in Stavelot... https...

My book "Career, crimes and trial of SS-Sturmbannführer Gustav Knittel" is now available at: http://www.boekenbestellen.nl/boek/gustav-knittel/17352?lang=en Binding : Paperback Size : 176mm x 250mm Total pages : 541 https://scontent-ams3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13335774_294372204235684_773...

In fiction: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075214/ he story of the film was inspired by one of the most spectacular and adventurous event that took place during WWI, in German East Africa, later Tanganyika, later Tanzania, in late 1914 - early 1915, known as Battle of Rufiji Delta, in which the German...

It's Wawrzinek. I've seen the same photo in an album of veteran from 3. (le. SPW) Kompanie, AA LAH and it was recently published in a book about Kampfgruppe Knittel. Odd, his face looks less round in this one but it's him. This is also Wawrzinek, which shows that his face looks different from just a...

No doubt that's why it reads "identified" with quotation marks.

He is member of 15/25...from SS Pz.Gren. Rgt. 25, picture is from training of Kompanie in village "Le Sap", Normandie, near town Vimoutiers. 15/25 spent some days here before invasion. About his name, is possible to find it in Kompanie list...I´ll try it... Say the Kompanie list contains ...

Marc Rikmenspoel wrote:Agte indicates in his Peiper book that the awards were actually presented on June 4, the day they were announced. Wisch presented them to the men at one of the training areas in Flanders.

Thanks Marc, I'll look it up in that book!

Those photo pages are not numbered, but the two 1945 portrait photo's you describe are on the 15th photo page.