Franz Hack
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Born |
3 February 1915 Mannheim, Germany |
Died |
Did not recognize date. Try slightly modifying the date in the first parameter. (aged 82) Hamburg, Germany |
Allegiance |
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Service/branch |
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Years of service | 1934–45 |
Rank | Obersturmbannführer |
Unit | 5th SS Panzer Grenadier Division Wiking |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards |
Knight's Cross with Oakleaves Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class German Cross in Gold Wound Badge in Black Eastern Front Medal Sudetenland Medal with Prague Bar Close Combat Clasp in Gold |
Franz Hack (3 February 1915 – 9 June 1997) was an Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves and the Close Combat Clasp in Gold.
Hack was born in Mannheim, Germany on 3 February 1915. Upon joining the SS he was issued the service number 227 129, his first command was the 1st Company, Germania Regiment in 1938. He ended the war as the commander of the 10th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Westland, 5th SS Panzer Grenadier Division Wiking. Hack died in Hamburg, Germany in June 1997.
Contents
- Commands 1
- Awards 2
- Notes 3
- References 4
Commands
- 4th Company, Germania
- III.(gep.)/Battalion 9th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Germania
- 5th SS Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion
- 10th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Westland
Awards
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Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (20 June 1940)[1]
- 1st Class (10 July 1941)[1]
- German Cross in Gold on 8 January 1943 as SS-Hauptsturmführer in the III./SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Germania"[2]
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Close Combat Clasp
- in Bronze on 1 March 1943[3]
- in Silver on 1 June 1944[3]
- in Gold on 1 May 1945 for 50 days in close combat[3]
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 14 May 1944 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the III.(gepanzert)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania"[4]
- (844th) Oak Leaves on 18 April 1945 as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 "Westland"[5][Note 1]
Notes
- ^ The recommendation for Franz Hack's Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross was submitted to the Heerespersonalamt by the Division sometime between 16 and 19 April 1945 and approved by the commander of the IV. SS-Korps Herbert Otto Gille. Missing is the approval from the 6. Armee and Heeresgruppe Süd. There is no indication whether the recommendation was approved. The response from the Reichsführer-SS was prepared but missing is a date and signature. The existing card is not contemporary. There is no indication in the press that the award was presented. According to Fellgiebel Hack received the Oak Leaves from SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the SS Herbert-Otto Gille, commanding general IV. SS-Panzerkorps. The sequential number "844" and date of award were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).[6]
References
- Citations
- ^ a b Thomas 1997, p. 234.
- ^ Patzwall and Scherzer 2001, p. 158.
- ^ a b c Berger 2004, p. 130.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 209.
- ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 102.
- ^ Scherzer 2007, pp. 136, 137.
- Bibliography
- Berger, Florian (2004). Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold [Knight's Cross Bearers with the Close Combat Clasp in Gold] (in German). Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger.
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die 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 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag.
- Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag.
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