Hans Reiter (Waffen-SS)

Hans Reiter
Born (1920-04-20)20 April 1920
Austria
Died 15 August 1944(1944-08-15) (aged 24)
France
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Waffen SS
Years of service 1939–44
Rank Untersturmführer
Unit SS Division Totenkopf
SS Division Frundsberg
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Hans Reiter (20 April 1920 – 15 August 1944) was a Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant) in the Waffen SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany.

References

    Further reading

    • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6. 
    • Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). Retreat to the Reich : the German defeat in France, 1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3384-7. 
    • Mitcham, Samuel W (2007). The German Defeat in the East, 1944–45. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3371-7. 


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