Albert Stenwedel

Albert Stenwedel
Born	10 September 1908 Hamburg
Died	29 July 1997 (aged 88) Hamburg
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1939–45
Rank	Sturmbannführer (Major)
Unit	2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross I Class Iron Cross II Class

Albert Stenwedel (10 September 1908 – 29 July 1997) was a Sturmbannführer (Major) 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.

Sturmbannführer Albert Stenwedel was born on the 10 September 1908 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an early volunteer for the SS (SS service number 28 762). During World War II he became the commander of the II.Battalion, 27th Waffen Gebirgsjager Regiment, 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) and was awarded the Knight's Cross near the end of the war in May 1945.^{[Note 1]} He survived the war and died in his hometown of Hamburg on the 29 July 1997.

Notes

1. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. Also no mentioned by the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). According to von Seemen presumably awarded by general Maximilian de Angelis on the basis of the Dönitz-decree of 3 May 1945.^[1] Walther-Peer Fellgiebel noted: No justification for the award.^[2] Albert Stenwedel was a member of the AKCR.^[3]

References

Citations

1. Von Seemen 1976, p. 328.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 27
3. Scherzer 2007, p. 177.

Bibliography

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• Henschler, Henri; Fey, Willi (2003). Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS, 1943–45. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-2905-5.
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• Von Seemen, Gerhard (1976). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 : die Ritterkreuzträger sämtlicher Wehrmachtteile, Brillanten-, Schwerter- und Eichenlaubträger in der Reihenfolge der Verleihung : Anhang mit Verleihungsbestimmungen und weiteren Angaben [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 : The Knight's Cross Bearers of All the Armed Services, Diamonds, Swords and Oak Leaves Bearers in the Order of Presentation: Appendix with Further Information and Presentation Requirements] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7909-0051-4.