Deathcard 12. SS-Panzer-Division « Hitlerjugend » Normandie

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Hello, I want to share with you some deathcard of the Hitlerjugend division fallen in Normandy that I have in my collection.


Deathcard of SS-Oberfunker Nikolaus Ebenschwanger who belonged to the Stabskompanie of the II Battalion of SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 25 who was seriously wounded during the fighting on June 7 (possibly when Sturmbannführer Hans Scappini was killed). He died the same day at the aid station of St-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe. (source Volume II of the work of the Maranes editions on the Hitlerjugend division of Stephan Cazenave). He rests in la Cambe cemetery.

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Deathcard of the SS Obergrenadier Andreas Seibold who fell on June 7, 1944 in Buron. He belonged to the 11th kompanie of the III Battalion (Kompanie 9/10/11) of the SS-Panzer Grenadier Regiment 25. On June 07 the III Battalion launched an attack aimed at recapturing Buron. He faced A/B/C companies of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders in the Authie region and D company in Buron. The infantry is supported for this attack by the 5th and 6th Kompanie of the SS-Panzer Regiment 12. The fighting for the locality is extremely violent until around 7:00 p.m. when the city passes under the control of the IIIrd Battalion. A counter-attack in the night by the North Scotia Highlanders enabled the SS to be pushed back towards Authie, but for lack of sufficient manpower, the Canadians could not maintain their position for the night. Andreas Seibold is now buried in Bazenville Commonwealth War Cemetery.

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Deathcard of SS grenadier Heinrich Schedlbauer who fell on June 09, 1944 in Normandy. There is no precise indication of the place of his death. Given his date of death, it is almost certain that he belonged to the 12th SS Panzerdivision Hitlerjugend. He now rests in the German military cemetery of La Cambe.

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Deathcard of SS-Panzerfunker Rudolf Testor. On June 11, 1944, SS-Unterscharführer Schlehuber's Panther "425" belonging to SS-Panzer-Regiment 12 was hit on the right by a Canadian artillery shell visibly in Rots. The radio, the SS-Schtz. Rudolf Testor, is killed by the shell. The family announcement erroneously indicates that he was killed on the night of June 8 to 9. His brother had been killed a month earlier. He now rests in the Cambe cemetery. I do not have the work of the Maran editions on the SS-Panzer-Regiment 12. If someone has it I would be very interested to know his company and the more precise circumstances of this fight.

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Deathcard of Josef Gensberger, grenadier in an anti-tank unit within the 12th SS Hitlerjugend Division and killed on June 11, 1944 during the battle of Mesnil-Patry. He most likely served in the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 26. Heavy fighting took place that day against the tanks of the Canadian First Hussars Regiment.

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Deathcard of SS-PanzerPionier Martin Schöllhorn of the I./SS-Pz.Rgt.12 of the Hitlerjugend Division. It fell between June 14 and 16, 1944 in Normandy, probably in the area south of Mesnil-Patry. He now rests in the Cambe cemetery.

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Deathcard SS-Panzer-Obergrenadier Johann Huber of the 2nd Kompanie of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 25 which fell at Cambes on June 16, 1944. He is one of the two soldiers of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Reigment 25 who fell this day as detailed in the book by Maranes editions. He now rests in the cemetery of Saint-Désir-de-Lisieux.

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Deathcard of the SS-Panzer-Grenadier Ludwig Niederstrasser fallen on June 28, 1944 in Bretteville sur Bordel during Operation EPSOM. This British offensive which aimed to take the city of Caen took place between June 26 and 30 and cost the lives of more than 4,000 British soldiers and 3,000 German soldiers. The grenadier Niederstrasser probably belonged to the IIIrd Battalion of the SS-Panzer Grenadier Regiment 26 which occupied an area between the south-west of Haut-du-Bosq and the north of Bretevillette up to Bordel. He now rests in the German military cemetery of La Cambe.

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Death notice of SS-Panzergrenadier Rupert Ebetshuber who belonged to 16(Pio)/SS.Pz.Gren.Rgt.26 of the 12th SS. Panzerdivision and Hitlerjugend which fell on June 26, 1944 during the first day of Operation EPSOM. His unit was then detached for the benefit of the II Battalion of the SS.Pz.Gren.Rgt.26 and fought at the junction between the II and III Battalions. The losses of the SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.26 for the day of the 26th are 2(officers)/4(non-commissioned officers)/33(non-commissioned officers), the wounded 4/11/95 and the missing 1/6 /71. His obituary indicates Chateaux Mesnil as the place of death, if someone sees precisely the place to which it corresponds I am obviously interested. He rests today in the Cambe cemetery. The book where the obituary is presented is The Bear and fox, ready for the fray FONTENAY-RAURAY by the late Frederick Jeanne published by Maranes.

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Deathcard of grenadier Rudolf Baumgartner who fell on June 28, 1944. His Volksbund file indicates Combe north of Caen as the place of death. I therefore think that it is the village of Cambes-en-plaine north of Caen which was the place of combat for the 1st Battalion of the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 25 of the Hitlerjugend division on 06/28/ 1944. He now rests in Saint-Désir-de-Lisieux.

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Deathcard of the SS-Schütze Adolf Weber who fell on August 09, 1944 in Rouvres during Operation Totalize. He belonged to the Pi.Zug,II./SS-Pz.Rgt.12 of the 12th SS Panzerdivision Hitlerjugend. The SS-Schütze Adolf Weber rests today in the cemetery of Saint Désir de Lisieux.

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Deathcard of Hans Egger, Oberscharführer who fell on 07/08/1944 in Vassy.He belonged to the Stb./SS-Pz.Rgt.12. He served before in the Leibsantdarte. He rests in the Cambe cemetery.

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