Winner of the Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross (1939)

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Golden Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross

Awarded by Albert Speer according to the Salzwedeler Zeitung on December 6, 1944 to Messrs. Bekurts, Kelchner and Malzacher.

First name Name Rank / official title Award date Remarks
Karl Saur Chief of Service and Head of Office in the Reich Ministry for Armaments and Ammunition April 20, 1945 Award certificate signed by Adolf Hitler and the Golden Knight's Cross handed over on the same day by Albert Speer , who had submitted it for the award as the responsible minister
Franz Hahne Head foreman at Rheinmetall-Altmärkische Kettenwerke April 20, 1945 The award document was signed by Adolf Hitler and the Golden Knight's Cross was sent on the same day with a letter of congratulations from Albert Speer , who had submitted it for the award as the responsible minister

Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords

First name Name Rank / official title Award date Remarks
Karl Witzell Admiral and Chief of the Naval Weapons Main Office October 5, 1942
Willi Arps Merchant ship captain August 25, 1944
Werner Fuchs Chief of the Main Office for Warship Building December 26, 1944
Karl Saur Main service manager and Deputy Ministers in the Reich Ministry for Armaments and Munitions October 29, 1944 Filed after being awarded the Golden Knight's Cross without swords on April 20, 1945
Otto Merker Wehrwirtschaftsführer , deputy chairman of the board of Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz AG , head of the main shipbuilding committee at the Reich Ministry for Armaments and War Production August 25, 1944
Adolf Bacmeister Fleet doctor of the reserve May 16, 1944
Emil Greul Admiralty doctor as well as last medical chief of the Navy April 20, 1945
Conrad Engelhardt Rear admiral and head of sea transport in the Wehrmacht . February 24, 1945
Otto Stapf General of the Infantry September 1, 1944
Remigius Hellenthal Reichsbahn chief inspector December 7, 1943
Bernhard Kühl General of the Aviators October 28, 1943
Artur Paul General engineer July 15, 1944
Carlo Otte Head of the "Management Staff for Economy" in Hamburg; from 1940 head of the main economics department at the Reichskommissariat Norway August 9, 1944
Fritz Preissler SS-Hauptsturmführer , commander of the repair department of the 4th SS-Police-Panzergrenadier-Division November 18, 1944
Friedrich Poggemeister Sergeant of the field railway March 12, 1944
Wilhelm Polzius Sergeant of the field railway March 12, 1944
Oswald Pohl SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS , Head of the SS Economic and Administrative Main Office (SS-WVHA) October 10, 1944
Herbert Osterkamp General of the Artillery and Commanding General of the XII. Army Corps November 2, 1944
Ernst Mueller Major general February 28, 1944
Ernst Mueller Colonel July 28, 1944
Joseph Hinkerohe OT senior troop leader of the Reich Labor Service June 5, 1943
Josef Müller unknown September 12, 1944
Ernst Kramer Lieutenant Colonel and Head of the Jüterbog Army Ammunition Plant February 2, 1945
Georg Malsi Major dR of the Air Force February 1, 1945
Johann Koser General of the cavalry November 4, 1944
Hermann Korte Chief Staff Director of the 14th Panzer Division December 31, 1944
August Korreng SS Brigadefuehrer , Police President of Düsseldorf March 26, 1945
Heinrich Temme V1 project engineer July 20, 1944
Kurt Kelter Reichsbahnrat April 1945
Franz von Papen 1933–1934 Vice Chancellor August 15, 1944
Heinrich Pehle SS-Standartenführer , head of the agriculture department at the head of the military administration at the Plenipotentiary General of the German Wehrmacht in Italy September 30, 1944
Anton Plauser Corporal November 20, 1944
Helmut Möckel Deputy of the Reich Youth Leader February 11, 1945
Ernst Kaltenbrunner SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Police, Chief of the Security Police and the SD and Head of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA). October 12, 1944
Wilhelm Unesorge Reichspostminister November 1, 1944
Wilhelm Kube Gauleiter of Brandenburg and General Commissioner for Belarus in Minsk September 29, 1943 Awarded posthumously
Hans Kammler General of the Waffen SS February 1, 1945
Ludwig Loibl NSKK -Sturmführer December 23, 1944
Erwin Lindau NSDAP area manager January 1, 1945
Helmut Körner SS Brigade Leader October 3, 1943
Erich Kohlhauer Major general April 10, 1945
Jacob Koepke Special Leader , KLt (Ing.); Workshop manager on the workshop ship Huascaran January 28, 1945
Hermann Neubauer SS Brigade Leader September 7, 1943
Georg Neubert Master craftsman April 28, 1944
Willy Liebel Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg November 27, 1942
Hans Julius Kehrl Police President of Hamburg September 23, 1944
Hans Kehrl Member of the supervisory board of Alpinen Monta AG (entrepreneur) November 15, 1944
Wilhelm Nagel NSKK Obergruppenführer November 6, 1944
Karl Komb Reichsbahn secretary December 7, 1944
Karl Küpfmüller Head of the Scientific Staff of the Navy April 30, 1945
Walter König General Veterinary June 1, 1944
Gustav Heinrich Knepper General Director June 26, 1944
Walther Kittel General Staff Doctor June 4, 1944
Ernst Klasing Chief quartermaster January 22, 1943
Franz Landskron Captain of the steamer Bernhard Schulte May 11, 1944
Kurt Leffler County farmer October 4, 1942
Arthur Mauterer Board member of the Dortmunder Union Brückenbau AG, Dortmund. Head of the main committee for steel and iron construction at the Reich Minister for Armaments and War Production December 7, 1944
Hans Malzacher Director General and Deputy Head of Office December 5, 1944
Ludwig Kirsch Reichsbahn chief inspector February 20, 1945
August child father Engine driver December 7, 1943
Wolfgang Martini General of the Intelligence Force February 1, 1945
Heinrich Kelchner Director of the Westmarkwerke December 5, 1944
 ?, Kissing Air Force member December 20, 1944
Otto Backenköhler Chief of Naval Armaments January 3, 1945
Max Bastian Admiral and President of the Imperial Court Martial October 12, 1944
Kurt Harder Merchant ship captain, captain of the blockade breaker Regensburg August 25, 1944 ( posthumously )
Max Braunweiler Assembly engineer for his services in submarine construction August 12, 1944
Walter Riese Captain of a merchant ship October 2, 1944
Hermann Hinrichs Marine engineer in merchant shipping December 20, 1944
Otto Salmann Head of the submarine training department May 2, 1945
Friedrich Schürer Ministerial Director Warship Building of the Navy High Command July 24, 1944
Ernst Wilhelm Schütte Captain of the weather observation ship WBS 7 August 12, 1944
Walter Warzecha Admiral General and last Commander in Chief of the Navy January 25, 1945
Paul Wenneker Admiral and naval attaché in Tokyo January 18, 1945
Leopold Bürkner Head of the Foreign Office in the OKW May 2, 1945
Carl Christiansen Frigate captain of the reserve z. V. and General Inspector of Maritime Shipping November 19, 1944
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg Commanding admiral of the submarines January 17, 1945
Julius Ritter SS standard leader October 6, 1943 Awarded posthumously
Kurt Gutzeit Chief physician May 16, 1944
Wilhelm Tonnis Chief physician May 16, 1944
Karl Gebhardt Lieutenant General of the Waffen SS May 16, 1944
Fritz Reinhardt State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Finance October 3, 1943
Karl-Adolf Zenker Frigate captain unknown
Eberhard Finckh Quartermaster in the General Staff of the Wehrmacht June 1, 1944
Edmund Geilenberg Technical Director of Stahlwerke Braunschweig GmbH May 1944
Otto Ambros Member of the board of IG Farben February 21, 1944
Franz Xaver Dorsch Head of the OT headquarters May 14, 1943
Hans Jüttner SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS , Chief of Army Armaments and Commander of the Replacement Army October 30, 1944
Wernher von Braun SS-Sturmbannführer and rocket engineer October 28, 1944
Fritz Brand General of the artillery December 24, 1944
Johannes Engel SS Brigade Leader July 29, 1944
Gerhard Degenkolb Committee leader rail vehicles October 29, 1944
Richard Wolfgang Betram Reederei-Kaufmann Committee leader rail vehicles December 26, 1944
Alfred Grams Captain of the blockade breaker Erlangen 1944
Jakob Nagel State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Post February 21, 1944
Heinrich Gerwig President of the research institute of the Deutsche Reichspost November 27, 1944
Friedrich Agatz President of the Reichspostdirektion Saarbrücken February 21, 1945
Hans Scholz V1 project worker July 20, 1944
Hans Mauch V1 project engineer July 20, 1944
Walter HJ Riedel V1 project engineer September 1, 1944
Erich Heinemann General of the Artillery zV October 23, 1944
Walter Dornberger Major General in the Army Weapons Office October 29, 1944
Walter Thiel Lead engineer of the V2 project October 29, 1944 Awarded posthumously
Max quail Lead engineer of the V1 project January 31, 1945
Gerhard Chess Head of Department February 10, 1944
Werner Rudolf Area Commissioner November 1, 1944
Karl Schmerbeck Area Commissioner November 1, 1944
Franz Ritter von Epp General of the Infantry September 20, 1943
Fritz Mussehl Vice President of the Court of Auditors of the German Reich August 1, 1944
Alfred Eckhardt Ministerial Director (Navy) December 7, 1944
Paul Fanger Head of Office in the Navy April 30, 1945 Awarded posthumously
Carl Krümmel Ministerial Director of the Reich Ministry of the Interior September 1, 1942 Awarded posthumously
Albert Wipper Head of Department in the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories November 1, 1944
Fritz Weber Engineer in aircraft construction September 1, 1944
Carl-August Freiherr von Gablenz Major General in the Air Force September 4, 1942 Awarded posthumously
Günther Rüdel Colonel General of the Air Force November 9, 1942
Ludwig Wolff General of the Aviators September 27, 1943
Wolfgang Vorwald Lieutenant General of the Air Force July 2, 1944
Veit Fischer General of the Aviators July 5, 1944
Hans-Georg von Seidel General of the Aviators August 31, 1944
Emil Zenetti General of the anti-aircraft artillery February 1, 1945
Alfred Boner Major General in the Air Force April 20, 1945
Nikolaus Schöning Special fitter at IG-Farben February 22, 1945
Albert Ganzenmüller State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Transport September 18, 1943
Paul Pleiger General Director May 10, 1943
Willi Henner OT squad leader June 2, 1944
Friedrich von Boetticher General of the Infantry May 27, 1942
Julius Dorpmüller Reich Minister of the Reich Ministry of Transport July 24, 1944
Edmund Veesenmayer SS Brigade Leader January 27, 1944
Hans Thomsen Envoy May 25, 1942
Karl Weiss OT squad leader August 22, 1944
Franz Reifferscheidt OT construction team leader May 22, 1944
Ernst Brandenburg Ministerial Director September 1, 1944
Albert Brummenbaum SS standard leader October 1, 1944
Alfred Jacob General of the pioneers June 3, 1943
Hans Leyers Major general June 24, 1944
Reinhold Huber Country guide Carinthia October 1, 1944
Hubert Schardin Head of the Aeronautical Academy April 20, 1945
Johannes Weigelt Director of the Geological-Paleonthological Institute Halle February 25, 1945
Ludwig Prandtl Professor for fluid dynamics February 1, 1945
Hellmuth Walter Submarine designer February 6, 1945
Hans Schulz Colonel July 20, 1944
Willy A. Fiedler Chief designer September 1, 1944
Rudolf Blohm director March 1, 1945
Erich Müller Service manager at Krupp March 31, 1943
Albin Sawatzki Technical director at Henschel April 20, 1945
Ernst Blaicher Technical Director (tank production) August 3, 1943
Max Langenohl director May 22, 1944
Richard Fischer Reichslastverter May 22, 1944
Karl Beckurts Chairman of the board of the Gustloff-Werke December 5, 1944
Richard Plagemann Chief manager January 17, 1945
Wilhelm Schulze General Labor Leader RAD February 25, 1944
Hermann Wagner Chief General Labor Leader RAD March 22, 1944
Anton Pfrogner General Labor Leader RAD December 21, 1944
Herbert Schmeidler Chief General Labor Leader RAD December 21, 1944
Hermann Tholenz Chief General Labor Leader RAD December 21, 1944
Martin Eisenbeck Chief General Labor Leader RAD February 2, 1945
Curt Schulze Senior Staff Veterinarian May 15, 1944
Fritz Mürmann Senior field veterinarian April 30, 1945
Kurt Daluege SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer and Colonel General of the Police, Chief of the Ordnungspolizei September 7, 1943
Wolf Heinrich Graf von Helldorff SA-Obergruppenführer and General of the Police, Police President of Berlin February 10, 1944
Thank God Berger SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS, Head of the SS Main Office September 26, 1944
Heinrich Muller SS group leader and lieutenant general of the police, head of the Gestapo October 10, 1944
Otto Winkelmann SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS , Higher SS and Police Leader (HSSPF) in Hungary December 16, 1944
Otto Rauser Chief quartermaster 4th July 1944
Erwin Colsman Chief quartermaster October 23, 1944
Walter Ewert Chief quartermaster December 26, 1944
Friedrich-Wilhelm John Chief quartermaster March 12, 1945
Ernst Faehndrich Chief quartermaster May 2, 1945
Karl Remy President of the Reich Railway Directorate in Cologne until 1944 December 7, 1944
Erich Goudefroy President of the Reich Railway Directorate Hamburg December 7, 1944
Ernst Bierschenk Locomotive driver of the Reichsbahn December 7, 1944
Wilhelm Grimm President of the Reich Railway Directorate in Königsberg December 7, 1944
Emil Beck President of the Reichsbahndirektion Berlin July 29, 1944
Günther Wiens Oberreichsbahnrat at the Reichsbahn Central Office December 7, 1944
Maximillian Lamertz President of the Reich Railway Directorate in Essen December 7, 1944
Walter Bürger President of the Reichsbahndirektion Hannover December 7, 1944
Wilhelm Schell President of the Reichsbahndirektion Münster (Westf) February 20, 1945
Julius Metzger President of the Reich Railway Directorate Cologne-1945 February 20, 1945
Wilhelm Gries Chief Inspector of the Reichsbahn December 7, 1944
Peter Woods Senior Rottenmeister of the Reichsbahn December 7, 1944
Johann Koser Reichsbahn secretary December 7, 1944
Gustav Maldacker Engine driver December 7, 1944
Franz Neuhausen Head of the economics department at the head of the military administration OB Southeast 1944
Friedrich Rabitz major December 14, 1943
Klaus Hoelck Chief radio master of the tank force February 21, 1944
Karl Wolf Chief Sergeant in Arms February 21, 1944
Adolf Hoffmann Captain of the anti-aircraft artillery September 1, 1944
Othmar Wolfram Lieutenant colonel 1945
Otto Behrens Major in the Air Force April 20, 1945
Alfred Becker (officer) Major of the reserve April 20, 1945
Richard Volkmann Flagjunker August 12, 1944
Anton-Leopold Pfauser Corporal October 29, 1944
Alois Swetina Major of the reserve February 1, 1945
Rochus Ibrom Engine driver March 12, 1944
Helmutt Fett Colonel in the General Staff May 1945
Hans-Günther Leutheußer Colonel in the General Staff February 1, 1945
Heinrich Wahl Colonel in the General Staff February 1, 1945
Friedrich Reinhard Colonel in the General Staff April 20, 1945
Wilhelm Hamberger Colonel in the General Staff April 20, 1945
Willi Gube Colonel in the General Staff April 20, 1945
Walter Conrad Colonel in the General Staff April 20, 1945
Carl Wahle Lieutenant General and City Commander of Hamburg August 3, 1943
Rudolf Gercke General of the Infantry and Chief of Transportation September 25, 1943
Emil Leeb General of the artillery and head of office June 14, 1944
Kurt Erdmann Armaments inspector and major general June 24, 1944
Rolf Schrader Lieutenant General April 10, 1945
Willy Gimmler Lieutenant General April 1945
Ernst Gerke Lieutenant General, senior news leader of Army Group B April 1945
Eugene Kurz Major General, Head of the Procurement Department in the Army High Command April 6, 1945
Gerlach Hemmerich Lieutenant General, Chief of War Map and Surveying at OKH February 1, 1945
Walter Warlimont General of the artillery February 15, 1945
Hermann von Hanneken General of the infantry and Wehrmacht commander in Denmark December 21, 1944 Sentenced to eight years in prison and a loss of rank by the Reich Court Martial on April 12, 1945 , promoted back to major on April 17 - after Hitler's intervention.
Eugen Wurster Major General and Higher Supply Leader of Army Group C November 17, 1944
Edmund Glaise from Horstenau General of the Infantry as well as German Plenipotentiary General in Croatia November 8, 1944
Waldemar Erfurth General of the Infantry and German General in the Finnish Headquarters November 8, 1944
Ernst-August Köstring General of the cavalry, general of the "volunteer" associations in the Army High Command October 23, 1944
Walter von Unruh General of the infantry, special representative for the review of the appropriate war effort July 23, 1944
Gustav Boehringer Lieutenant General , Commanding General of the Pioneers of Army Group Northern Ukraine September 10, 1944
Hans Henrici Major general and representative of the OKH as a member of the supervisory board of the collecting society for Montanindustrie GmbH September 10, 1944
Erich Stud Lieutenant General , in the end commander of the German troops in the rear area of ​​Army Group South June 24, 1944 Awarded for his work as head of the armaments procurement staff in France
Max Schindler Arms inspector June 24, 1944
Gustav Brecht Entrepreneur April 20, 1945
Wilhelm Zangen Head of the Reichsgruppe Industrie February 1, 1945
Hermann Röchling Chairman of the Iron Association December 17, 1944
Albert Wolff General Director December 7, 1944
Robert Lusser technical director September 1, 1944
Heinrich Küppenbender Operations manager September 1, 1944
Philipp Kessler engineer July 5, 1944
Walter Rohland Director and Chief Executive Officer October 29, 1943
Arthur Tix Wehrwirtschaftsführer, board member of the Bochumer Verein für Gußstahlfabrikation AG, head of the main weapons committee at the Reich Minister for Armaments and War Production, member of the industrial council of the High Command of the Army June 1, 1944
Friedrich Lüschen Chairman of the main electrical engineering committee and the main electrical engineering committee May 22, 1944
Karl Frydag engineer May 22, 1944
Hans Heyne engineer May 22, 1944
Heinz Kunze director April 20, 1945
Albert Hoffmann (Gauleiter) director December 7, 1944
Walter Schieber Head of office October 29, 1944
Heinrich Zechmann President of the Reichsbahn February 20, 1945
Kurt Waeger General of the artillery November 27, 1944
Hans-Joachim Schaede Colonel November 28, 1944
Kurt Weissenborn director December 5, 1944
Friedrich Wiedmann Aviation staff engineer 1945
Rudolf Lengwinat Lieutenant colonel 1945
Siegfried Handloser Chief Medical Officer September 21, 1943
Ferdinand Sauerbruch General doctor October 11, 1943
Carl de Freese Senior Field Physician June 9, 1944
Paul Walter General doctor September 21, 1944
Ferdinand Flury General doctor of the reserve September 23, 1944
Lothar cross General doctor of the reserve September 23, 1944
Lorenz Boehler Senior Field Physician of the Reserve January 30, 1945
Erwin Gohrbandt General doctor of the reserve February 1, 1945
Heinrich Bürkle de la Camp General doctor of the reserve February 1, 1945
Oskar Schröder Chief Medical Officer of the Air Force February 1, 1945
Hans Wagner General Staff Doctor March 12, 1945
Walther toque trip General Staff Doctor April 10, 1945
Gerhard Rose General doctor of the reserve April 20, 1945
Victor forging General doctor of the reserve 1945
Heinrich Tamman General doctor of the reserve 1945
Wilhelm Benoit Army master foreman September 13, 1943
Anton Sextel Army master foreman September 13, 1943
Alois Ennsberger SS-Hauptsturmführer November 30, 1943
Erich Weise (foreman) Foreman November 16, 1943
Wolfgang Römer First lieutenant in the reserve June 4, 1944
Hans Schlegel lieutenant June 4, 1944
Alwin Hinzpeter Staff engineer June 15, 1944
Fritz Huss SS-Obersturmführer October 18, 1944
Kurt Reuschel Tank workshop manager December 8, 1944
Anton Turek Mountain guide December 31, 1944
Emil Schaeffer SS-Obersturmbannführer and corps engineer December 31, 1944
Wilhelm Wassner Sergeant Major February 20, 1945
Karl Kunstmann Captain April 14, 1945
Bernhard Streit SS-Sturmbannführer April 20, 1945
Friedrich Schwarz Sergeant Major April 28, 1945

Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross

In alphabetic order

First name Name Rank / official title Award date Remarks
Otto Ambros Chief Committee Head February 10, 1944
Gustav Behrens Reichsobmann in the Reichsnährstand and deputy to the Reichsbauernführer October 1, 1944
Richard Bertram Head of tonnage operations at the Reich Commissioner for Maritime Shipping December 26, 1944
Wilhelm Bloedorn Country guide in Pomerania October 1, 1944
Heinrich Bohmcker SA-Obergruppenführer and Mayor of Bremen June 21, 1944 Awarded posthumously
Otto Bohrmann Head of the Oberpostdirektion Cologne February 21, 1945
Heinrich Bütefisch Military economic leader and board member of IG Farben , head of fuel production at the IG Farben factory in Auschwitz-Monowitz concentration camp February 10, 1944
Paul Dargel District organization manager (representative for Eastern issues) January 15, 1945
Christian Davidshöfer Chief master June 5, 1943
Gerhard Degenkolb Committee leader rail vehicles September 20, 1943 Filed after being awarded the Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords on October 29, 1944
Gustav Dilli Ministerial Director of the Reichsbahn August 14, 1944
Hermann Dohrn NSDAP district specialist for fishing in the Reichsnährstand Süderdithmarschen, chairman of the reinsurance association of the German funds for the insurance of fishing vessels on the North Sea coast August 12, 1944
Julius Dorpmüller Reich Minister of Transport and Director General of the Reichsbahn September 18, 1943 Filed after being awarded the Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords on July 24, 1944
Franz Xaver Dorsch Committee leader rail vehicles June 3, 1944 It is questionable why Dorsch received the RK of the KVK without swords after being awarded the RK KVK with swords on May 14, 1943
Abraham Esau President of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt, professor at the Technical University of Berlin, head of the physics division in the Reich Research Council September 23, 1944
Gerhard Fieseler Wehrwirtschaftsführer, aircraft designer May 2, 1945
Karl Hermann Frank SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS and the Police , Minister of State in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia with the rank of Reich Minister May 1, 1945
Karl Richard Ganzer Acting head of the "Reich Institute for the History of the New Germany" September 15, 1944 Most recently private in an infantry regiment, awarded posthumously
Franz Hahne Head foreman at Rheinmetall-Altmärkische Kettenwerke February 20, 1942 Filed after being awarded the Golden Knight's Cross on April 20, 1945
Werner Hassenpflug Ministerial Director in the Reich Ministry of Transport August 12, 1944
Franz Hayler State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Economics August 17, 1944
Kurt Hecht Chairman of the German Potato Industry Association October 1, 1944
Hubert Hildebrandt Ministerial Council GBA August 12, 1944
Johannes Holtmayer Chief master June 5, 1943
Kurt Kettler Operations Director May 2, 1945
Hans Joachim Kohnert Country guide in the Wartheland September 30, 1944
Carl Krauch Chairman of the supervisory board of IG Farben, member of the Presidium of the Reich Research Council, member of the supervisory board of Kontinentale Öl AG, general representative for special issues relating to chemical production in the four-year plan June 5, 1943
Werner Linnemeyer German service mail Netherlands September 12, 1944
Alexander Lippisch Professor of Aerodynamics September 12, 1944
Willy Messerschmitt Wehrwirtschaftsführer , aircraft designer September 12, 1944
Theodor Morell Personal physician to Hitler February 24, 1944
Josef Müller Ministerial Director of the Reichsbahn September 12, 1944
Wilhelm Murr Gauleiter in Württemberg-Hohenzollern, Reich governor in Württemberg October 1, 1944
Hermann Neubacher Envoy September 7, 1943
Rudi Peuckert SS-Oberführer , head of the "Bauerntum und Ostland" office in the Reich Youth Leadership, head of the Labor Economic Group in the East Economic Staff (Berlin) August 12, 1944
Walter Plum Tree SA-Sturmhauptführer, Chairman of the Reich Office for Animals October 1, 1944
Matthias Pier Chemist September 20, 1943
Ferdinand Porsche Industrialist September 1, 1944
Rudolf Rahn Envoy June 22, 1943
Georg Rickhey General director of Mittelwerk GmbH in Dora-Mittelbau February 20, 1944
Walter HJ Riedel Engineer at Walter Riedel February 10, 1944
Ernst Ritter Peasant leader and member of the SS October 4, 1942
Walter Rohland Director and Chief Executive Officer June 5, 1943 Filed after being awarded the Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords on October 29, 1944
Karl Saur Main service manager and Deputy Ministers in the Reich Ministry for Armaments and Munitions June 5, 1943 Filed after being awarded the Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords on October 29, 1944
Albin Sawatzki Technical director of the V2 project and member of the NSDAP June 5, 1943 Filed after being awarded the Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords on April 20, 1945
Fritz Schelp Head of the Transport and Tariffs Department in the Deutsche Reichsbahn department of the Reich Ministry of Transport February 20, 1945
Walter Schieber Head of Office in the Reich Ministry for Armaments and War Production September 20, 1943 Filed after being awarded the Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords on October 29, 1944
Karl Schmid Locksmith in the defense industry June 5, 1943
Claus Selzner SS Brigadefuehrer , General Commissioner of Dnepropetrovsk in the Reich Commissariat Ukraine June 20, 1944
Max Timm Head of Department GBA August 12, 1944
Wilhelm Werner SS-Brigadführer , member of the Reichstag unknown
William Werner Board member, director and operator of Auto-Union AG, Chemnitz June 5, 1943
Carl Wurster Board member of DEGESCH , member of the board of IG Farben February 10, 1944
Kurt Zschirnt Reich main department head I in the Reichsnährstand October 3, 1943 (for Reich harvest thanksgiving day)
?, Thor Fish master August 10, 1944

Proposed for an award

First name Name Rank / official title Award date Remarks
Erich Koch Gauleiter of the NSDAP in East Prussia not awarded Award refused by Hitler for personal reasons
Herbert Backe State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture not awarded Award refused by Hitler for personal reasons

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Same name as Gustav Brecht (politician) († 1905). Gustav Brecht (business leader) * January 9, 1880 was CEO of Rheinbraun and, among other things, member of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bank .