Ernst-Heinrich Voss
Ernst-Heinrich Voss (born November 3, 1899 in Timmenrode , † October 11, 1943 , killed near Novo-Lipiwo, USSR ) was a German officer , most recently major general in World War II .
Life
Voss served as an officer in the First World War . He was a policeman between the two world wars. In the Wehrmacht , Voss led the Grenadier Regiment 585 in the 320th Infantry Division as commander in World War II . Voss was promoted posthumously to major general.
Awards
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st class
- German cross in gold on August 17, 1942
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
- Knight's Cross on April 18, 1943
- Oak leaves on October 28, 1943 (314th award)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Jürgen von Arnim: German Soldiers Yearbook , Volume 30, Schild Verlag, 1982, p. 232 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
- ↑ Wolf Keilig: Die Generale des Heeres , Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, 1983, p. 358 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
- ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 .
- ↑ Walther-Peer Fellgiebel : The bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945 - The holder of the highest award of the Second World War of all parts of the Wehrmacht . Dörfler Verlag, Eggolsheim 2004, ISBN 3-7909-0284-5 , p. 63, 351 .
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| SURNAME | Voss, Ernst-Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Voss, Ernst; Voss, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, most recently major general in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Timmenrode |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1943 |
| Place of death | Novo-Lipiwo, Ukraine, USSR |