Karl Kreutz

Karl Kreutz
Born	20 September 1909 Bromberg, Province of Posen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire now Bydgoszcz, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Died	27 July 1997 (1997-07-28) (aged 87) Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1932–45
Rank	Standartenführer (Colonel)
Unit	2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves German Cross in Gold Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class

Karl Kreutz (20 September 1909 – 27 July 1997) was a Standartenführer (Colonel) in the Waffen-SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Kreutz started World War II as a Battery Commander in the Das Reich Artillery Battalion and went on to command the Division.

Commands

• 2nd Battery Das Reich
• 6th Battery Das Reich
• IV Artillery Battalion, 2nd SS Pz.Art.Rgt. Das Reich
• 2nd SS Panzer Artillery Regiment Das Reich
• 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (2 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (30 July 1940)
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • in Black (27 May 1940)
  • in Silver (1942)
• General Assault Badge (30 January 1942)
• Eastern Front Medal (3 August 1942)
• German Cross in Gold on 15 December 1943 as SS-Obersturmbannführer in SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment "Das Reich"
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 27 August 1944 as SS-Standartenführer and commander of SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 2 "Das Reich"
  • (863rd) Oak Leaves on 6 May 1945 as SS-Standartenführer and commander of SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 2 "Das Reich"

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)
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. 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 (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6. CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

Military offices
Preceded by SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Lammerding	Commander of 2nd SS Division Das Reich 20 January 1945 – 29 January 1945	Succeeded by SS-Gruppenführer Werner Ostendorff
Preceded by SS-Standartenführer Rudolf Lehmann	Commander of 2nd SS Division Das Reich 13 April 1945 – 8 May 1945	Succeeded by disbanded