Rudolf Holste
Rudolf Holste (born April 9, 1897 in Hessisch Oldendorf , † December 4, 1970 in Baden-Baden ) was a German officer , most recently lieutenant general in World War II .
Life
Holste served as an officer in the First World War . In the Wehrmacht, Holste led the 14th Infantry Division and the 4th Cavalry Division as commander during World War II . In the last weeks of the war Holste was still commanding general of the XXXXI. Panzer Corps .
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Wound badge (1918) in black
- Hanseatic Cross Hamburg
- Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
- German cross in gold on December 24, 1941
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
- Knight's Cross on April 6, 1942
- Oak leaves on August 27, 1944 (561st award)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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. 583.
- ↑ 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. 87, 234 .
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| SURNAME | Holste, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hessian Oldendorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1970 |
| Place of death | Baden-Baden |