Otto Baum
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Otto Baum (15 November 1911 – 18 June 1998) was a high-ranking commander (
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany
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Life and career
Baum was born on 15 November 1911 in Hechingen-Stetten, a son of a merchant. From 1930 to 1932, he studied two semesters of agriculture at the
Falaise Pocket. After the war, Baum was interned by the British until December 1948.[3]
Awards
- SA Sports Badge in Bronze, 1 December 1936[4]
- Degen (SS), 13 September 1936[4]
- Julleuchter, December 1936[4]
- SS-Ehrenring, 1 December 1937[4]
- Anschluss Medal, 13 March 1938[5]
- 1939 Iron Cross 2nd Class, 25 September 1939[6]
- 1939 Iron Cross 1st Class, 15 June 1940[6]
- Infantry Assault Badge in Bronze, 3 October 1940[5]
- Tank Destruction Badge[7]
- German Cross in Gold, 26 December 1941 as SS-Sturmbannführer in the III./SS-Infanterie-Regiment 3[8]
- Eastern Front Medal, 1942[4]
- Wound Badge in Silver, 21 August 1943[4]
- Demyansk Shield, 31 December 1943[4]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
- Knight's Cross on 8 May 1942 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the III./SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 3[9]
- 277th Oak Leaves on 22 August 1943 as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Thule".[9]
- 95th Swords on 2 September 1944 as SS-Standartenführer and commander 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich"[9]
References
Notes
- ^ Westemeier 2013, p. 662.
- ^ Stockert 1997, p. 326.
- ^ Mattson 2002, p. 177.
- ^ a b c d e f g Miller 2016, p. 60.
- ^ a b Thomas & Wegmann 1987, p. 264.
- ^ a b Thomas & Wegmann 1987, p. 263.
- ^ Berger 1999, p. 24.
- ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 27.
- ^ a b c Scherzer 2007, p. 206.
Bibliography
- Berger, Florian (1999). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges [With Oak Leaves and Swords. The Highest Decorated Soldiers of the Second World War] (in German). Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 978-3-9501307-0-6.
- Mattson, Gregory L. (2002). SS-Das Reich: The History of the Second SS Division, 1944–45. Amber Books. ISBN 0-7603-1255-9.
- Miller, Michael (2015). Knight's Cross Holders of the SS and German Police 1940-45. England: Helion & Company. ISBN 978-1-909982-74-1.
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
- 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 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
- Stockert, Peter (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 3 [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 3] (in German). Bad Friedrichshall, Germany: Friedrichshaller Rundblick. ISBN 978-3-932915-01-7.
- Thomas, Franz; Wegmann, Günter (1987). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 1: A–Be [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 1: A–Be] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-1153-2.
- Westemeier, Jens (2013). Himmlers Krieger: Joachim Peiper und die Waffen-SS in Krieg und Nachkriegszeit [Himmler's Warriors: Joachim Peiper and the Waffen-SS during the War and Post-War Period]. Paderborn, Germany: Ferdinand Schöningh. ISBN 978-3-506-77241-1.
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