Gerhard Simons

Gerhard Simons
Born	(1921-02-05) 5 February 1921 Königsberg, Eastern Prussia
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1940–45
Rank	Hauptmann of the Reserves
Unit	170th Infantry Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Relations	Walter Simons (grandfather) Hans Simons (father)
Other work	OECD

Gerhard Simons (born 5 February 1921) is an officer who served in the German army during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (medals recognising extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership). His grandfather, Walter Simons, was a German lawyer and politician who served as Foreign Minister of the Weimar Republic in 1920–21. His father, Hans Simons, a lawyer and later professor of political science at The New School, emigrated to the United States following the Machtergreifung, the Nazi seizure of power in 1933.

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (17 May 1942)
  • 1st Class (20 March 1943)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 29 February 1944 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves in the Regiments-Nachrichten-Zug/Artillerie-Regiment 240
  • 547th Oak Leaves on 11 August 1944 as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and leader of Stabs-Batterie/Artillerie-Regiment 240 and Regiments-Nachrichtenoffizier

References

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

• World War 2 Awards.com
• Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• Hambuger Klönschnack