Hans Hecker (officer)

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Hans Hecker (* 26. February 1895 in Duisburg , † 1. May 1979 in . Hann Munden ) was a German major general in World War II , who as lieutenant colonel and commander of the pioneer battalion 29 on August 5, 1940, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross received would have.

Individual evidence

  1. 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 , p. 243.