Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny
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| Born | 5 September 1912 Regulowken |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Hanover |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
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| Years of service | 1933–45 |
| Rank | Obersturmbannführer |
| Service number | NSDAP #1,187,703 SS #41,043 |
| Unit | SS-PzGrenRgt 3 "Deutschland" |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Close Combat Clasp in Gold |
| Relations | Dieter Wisliceny (brother) |
Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny (5 September 1912 in Regulowken, now Możdżany, Giżycko County - 25 August 1985 in Hanover) was a German Waffen-SS Obersturmbannführer. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern). The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves and Swords was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.
Career
Wiscliceny enlisted in the SS-Stabswache Berlin in 1933, he was posted in 1938 to the Der Führer Regiment, seeing his first action as a company commander in the Balkans in spring 1941. He spent 1941 to 1943 on the Eastern Front and 1944 in France, fighting in all the battles of the senior SS divisions, and being wounded four times. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for leadership of a battalion during the battles for the Kursk salient in July 1943. He received the Oak Leaves on 27 December 1944, at the Normandy invasion front. The Swords were awarded for his actions in the Ardennes, Hungary and Austria. In 1945 he was handed over by the US Army to the French during investigations into his division's war crimes at Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane, but was released in 1951.
His brother SS-Hauptsturmführer Dieter Wisliceny served in the staff of SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Adolf Eichmann. He was involved in the deportation of the Slovak, Greek and Hungarian Jews in 1942–44. He was tried for war crimes and executed in Bratislava on 4 May 1948.[1]
Awards
- Iron Cross
- Wound Badge in Gold[3]
- Infantry Assault Badge in Silver[3]
- German Cross in Gold on 24 April 1943 as SS-Hauptsturmführer in the III./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Deutschland"[4]
- Close Combat Clasp in Gold
- 2 Tank Destruction Badges for Individual Combatants[3][5]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Knight's Cross on 30 July 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the III./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Deutschland"[6][7][8][Note 1]
- 687th Oak Leaves on 26 December 1944 as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland"[6][7][10][11]
- 151st Swords on 6 May 1945 as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland"[7][12][13][Note 2]
Notes
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- Frey, Gerhard; Herrmann, Hajo: Helden der Wehrmacht III - Unsterbliche deutsche Soldaten (in German). München, Germany: FZ-Verlag GmbH, 2007. ISBN 978-3-924309-82-4.
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1Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Totenkopf" (3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf). 2Oak Leaves with the II SS Panzer Corps, Swords with the 7th Army. 3Oak Leaves with the XI SS Panzer Corps. 4Knight's Cross with the 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division, Swords with the VI. Waffen-Armeekorps der SS. 5Oak Leaves with the II SS Panzer Corps, Swords with the 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer. 6Swords with the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg. 7Oak Leaves with the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking, Swords with the III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps. 8Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" (1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler). 9Oak Leaves with the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen. 10Swords with the 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen. 11 Knight's Cross with SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2 "Das Reich", Oak Leaves and Swords with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer". 12Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 23 "Norge" (11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland).
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- ↑ Berger 2004, p. 555.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thomas 1998, p. 448.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Berger 1999, p. 381.
- ↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 517.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Berger 2004, p. 508.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Scherzer 2007, p. 790.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Krätschmer 1999, p. 535.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 449, 508.
- ↑ Von Seemen 1976, p. 362.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 94.
- ↑ Von Seemen 1976, p. 53.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 48.
- ↑ Von Seemen 1976, p. 20.
- ↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 185.
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