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  • Walter Harzer
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  • SS-Oberführer (Senior Colonel) Walter Harzer (September 29, 1912 – May 29, 1982) was a German Waffen-SS officer who served in the SS-Standarte Deutschland and later commanded the 9.SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen and 4.SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division. He 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. After the war, he became active in the veteran's association HIAG.
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serviceyears
  • 1931
Birth Date
  • 1912-09-29
Commands
  • 9
Branch
  • 23
death place
  • Stuttgart
Name
  • Walter Harzer
Birth Place
  • Stuttgart-Feuerbach
Title
  • Commander of 4th SS Polizei Division
  • Commander of 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
Awards
death date
  • 1982-05-29
Rank
Battles
Before
  • SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Schmedes
  • SS-Oberführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock
  • SS-Standartenführer Fritz Göhler
Years
  • --05-08
  • --08-29
  • --11-27
After
  • none
  • SS-Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler
  • SS-Standartenführer Fritz Göhler
abstract
  • SS-Oberführer (Senior Colonel) Walter Harzer (September 29, 1912 – May 29, 1982) was a German Waffen-SS officer who served in the SS-Standarte Deutschland and later commanded the 9.SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen and 4.SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division. He 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. After the war, he became active in the veteran's association HIAG.