Heinz Murr

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Heinz Murr (3 July 1919 – 7 August 1998) was a Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in the Waffen-SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Heinz Murr was born on the 3 July 1919, in Stargard Pomerania. During World War II he was awarded the Knight's Cross on the 21 September 1944, while in command of the III.Battalion, 9th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Germania, 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking.

He survived the war and died in Hanover on the 7 August 1998

Commands

10th Company, SS Regiment Germania
III.Battalion, 9th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Germania

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v t e Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking
Stab	Herbert Otto Gille¹ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Johannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp² (Oak Leaves) Manfred Schönfelder Felix Steiner³ (Oak Leaves & Swords)
SS-Panzer-Regiment 5 "Wiking"	Helmut Bauer Fritz Darges Sepp Draxenberger? Hans Flügel Alfred Großrock Willy Hein Karl Heinz Lichte? Johannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp² (Oak Leaves) Karl Nicolussi-Leck Karl Picus Hugo Ruf Otto Schneider Kurt Schumacher Paul Senghas
SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania"	Fritz Biegi Karl Heinz Bühler? August Dieckmann⁴ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Hans Dorr (Oak Leaves & Swords) Fritz Ehrath Markus Faulhaber Egon Franz Franz Hack⁵ (Oak Leaves?) Hans Juchem Søren Kam Werner Meyer Heinz Murr Helmut Pförtner Gustav Schreiber Hans Sigmund Josef Styr Jürgen Wagner⁶ (Oak Leaves)
SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 "Westland"	August Dieckmann⁴ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Hans Drexel Franz Hack⁵ (Oak Leaves?) Bruno Hinz⁷ (Oak Leaves) Gerhard Lotze Albert Müller Erwin Reichel Walter Schmidt (Oak Leaves) Günther Sitter Erich Zepper
SS-(Panzergrenadier-)Regiment "Nordland"	Harry Polewacz Fritz von Scholz⁸ (Oak Leaves & Swords)
estnisches SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Bataillon "Narwa"	Georg Eberhardt
SS-Freiwilligen-(Sturm-) Brigade "Wallonien"	Léon Degrelle⁹ (Oak Leaves)
SS-Panzerartillerie-Regiment 5 "Wiking"	Herbert Otto Gille¹ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Joachim Richter Karl Schlamelcher
SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 5 "Wiking"	Willi Eßlinger Gerhard Fischer Paul Trabandt
SS-Panzeraufklärungs-Abteilung 5 "Wiking"	Heinrich Debus
SS-Panzerpionier-Bataillon 5 "Wiking"	Hugo Eichhorn Eberhard Heder Max Schäfer¹⁰ (Oak Leaves)
SS-Flak-Abteilung 5 "Wiking"	Alois Schnaubelt
¹Knight's Cross with SS-Panzerartillerie-Regiment 5 "Wiking", Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds with the Stab. ²Knight's Cross with SS-Panzer-Regiment 5 "Wiking", Oak Leaves with the Stab. ³Knight's Cross with SS-Infanterie-Regiment (motorized) "Deutschland" (2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich), Swords with the III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps. ⁴ Knight's Cross and Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania", Swords with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 "Westland". ⁵Knight's Cross with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania", Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 "Westland". ⁶Oak Leaves with 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland. ⁷Oak Leaves with SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 38 (17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen). ⁸Oak Leaves and Swords with 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland. ⁹Oak Leaves with the 5th SS Volunteer Panzer Brigade "Wallonien". ¹⁰Oak Leaves with the III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps. This along with the ? (question mark) indicates doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.