Otto Benzin

Otto Benzin
Otto Benzin
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1978-118-24A, Joseph Goebbels bei Empfang.jpg
Otto Benzin (left) next to Joseph Goebbels
Born 24 November 1911(1911-11-24)
Pritzwalk
Died 29 June 1944(1944-06-29) (aged 33)
Babruysk, Belarus
Allegiance Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Service/branch Heer
Years of service 1928–1944
Rank Major
Commands held Grenadier-Regiment 89
Battles/wars

World War II

Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Otto Benzin (23 November 1910 – 29 June 1944) was a Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II, and one of only 882 recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Otto Benzin was killed on 29 June 1944 at Babruysk, Belarus during Operation Bagration.

Awards and decorations

References

Citations
  1. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 110.
  2. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 67.
Bibliography
  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
  • Schaulen, Fritjof (2003). Eichenlaubträger 1940 - 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe I Abraham - Huppertz (in German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 3-932381-20-3.
  • Scherzer, Veit (2007). Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

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