List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Ha–Hm)

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded for a wide range of reasons and across all ranks, from a senior commander for skilled leadership of his troops in battle to a low-ranking soldier for a single act of extreme gallantry.^[1] A total of 7,321 awards were made between its first presentation on 30 September 1939 and its last bestowal on 17 June 1945.^{[Note 1]} This number is based on the analysis and acceptance of the order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR). Presentations were made to members of the three military branches of the Wehrmacht—the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force)—as well as the Waffen-SS, the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD—Reich Labour Service) and the Volkssturm (German national militia). There were also 43 recipients in the military forces of allies of the Third Reich.^[3]

These recipients are listed in the 1986 edition of Walther-Peer Fellgiebel's book, Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945]. Fellgiebel was the former chairman and head of the order commission of the AKCR. In 1996, the second edition of this book was published with an addendum delisting 11 of these original recipients. Author Veit Scherzer has cast doubt on a further 193 of these listings. The majority of the disputed recipients had been nominated for the award in 1945, when the deteriorating situation of Germany during the final days of World War II left a number of nominations incomplete and pending in various stages of the approval process.^[4]

Listed here are the 437 Knight's Cross recipients of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS whose last name is in the range "Ha–Hm".^[5] Fellgiebel himself delisted one and Scherzer has challenged the validity of 15 more of these listings.^[6][7] This is the first of two lists of all 661 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients whose last name starts with "H". The recipients whose last name is in the range "Hn–Hz" are listed at List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (Hn–Hz).^[8] The recipients are initially ordered alphabetically by last name. The rank listed is the recipient's rank at the time the Knight's Cross was awarded.

Background

The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grades were based on four separate enactments. The first enactment, Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 1573 of 1 September 1939 instituted the Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross (Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). Article 2 of the enactment mandated that the award of a higher class be preceded by the award of all preceding classes.^[9] As the war progressed, some of the recipients of the Knight's Cross distinguished themselves further and a higher grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub), was instituted. The Oak Leaves, as they were commonly referred to, were based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 849 of 3 June 1940.^[10] In 1941, two higher grades of the Knight's Cross were instituted. The enactment Reichsgesetzblatt I S. 613 of 28 September 1941 introduced the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern) and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten).^[11] At the end of 1944 the final grade, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit goldenem Eichenlaub, Schwertern und Brillanten), based on the enactment Reichsgesetzblatt 1945 I S. 11 of 29 December 1944, became the final variant of the Knight's Cross authorized.^[12]

Recipients

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ha–Hm)

Service	Number of presentations	Posthumous presentations
Heer	276	23
Kriegsmarine	17	0
Luftwaffe	116	9
Waffen-SS	27	1

The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) kept separate Knight's Cross lists for the Waffen-SS and for each of the three military branches, the Heer (Army), Kriegsmarine (Navy), and Luftwaffe (Air Force). Within each of these lists a unique sequential number was assigned to each recipient. The same numbering paradigm was applied to the higher grades of the Knight's Cross, one list per grade.^[13] Of the 437 awards made to servicemen whose last name is in the range "Ha–Hm", 40 were later awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, 12 the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords and one the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds; 33 presentations were made posthumously. Heer members received 276 of the medals; 17 went to the Kriegsmarine, 117 to the Luftwaffe, and 27 to the Waffen-SS.^[5] The sequential numbers greater than 843 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and 143 for the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords are unofficial and were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) and are denoted in parentheses.^[14]

  This along with the + (plus) indicates that a higher grade of Knight's Cross was awarded as well.

  This along with the * (asterisk) indicates that the Knight's Cross was awarded posthumously.

  This along with the ! (exclamation mark) indicates that author Walther-Peer Fellgiebel has expressed doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.

  This along with the ? (question mark) indicates that author Veit Scherzer has expressed doubt regarding the veracity and formal correctness of the listing.

Name	Service	Rank	Role and unit[Note 2]	Date of award	Notes	Image
Heinz Haag	Kriegsmarine	13-MOberleutnant zur See[15]	Commander of Schnellboot S-60 in the 3. Schnellbootflottille[15][16]	25 November 1944[15]	—	—
Walter Haarhaus	Heer	15-HMajor[15]	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 477[15][16]	1 February 1942[15]	—	—
Friedrich Haas	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[15]	Staffelführer of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 52[15][16]	26 April 1945*[15]	Killed in action 9 April 1945[16]	—
Josef Haas	Heer	17-HOberst[15]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 485[15][16]	14 November 1943[15]	—	—
Robert Haas	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[15]	Leader of the I./Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 244[15][16]	25 January 1945*[15]	Killed in action 23 December 1944[16]	—
Alfred Haase	Heer	15-HMajor[15]	Commander of Pionier-Lehr-Bataillon 2 and leader of a Kampfgruppe[15][16]	1 April 1942[15]	—	—
Curt Haase	Heer	20-HGeneral der Artillerie[15]	Commanding general of the III. Armeekorps[15][16]	8 June 1940[15]	—
Heinz-Georg Haase	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[15]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 122[15][16]	2 September 1943[15]	—	—
Hermann Haase	Heer	14-HHauptmann[15]	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 423[15][16]	5 September 1944*[15]	Killed in action 30 July 1944[16]	—
Horst Haase	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[15]	Gruppenkommandeur of the IV./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"[16][Note 3]	24 October 1944[15]	—	—
Horst Haase	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[15]	Leader of Panzer-Jäger-Kompanie 1162[15][16]	1 February 1945[15]	—	—
Ernst Haccius	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[17]	Commander of the 46. Infanterie-Division[16][17]	2 April 1943*[17]	Killed in action 10 February 1943[16][Note 4]	—
Wilhelm Hachfeld	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[17]	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Zerstörergeschwader 2[16][17]	29 October 1942[17]	—	—
August Hachtel	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel[17]	Pilot in the 4./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1[17][18]	6 January 1942[17]	—	—
Georg Hachtel	Heer	17-HOberst[17]	Commander of Jäger-Regiment 56[17][18]	30 April 1943[17]	—	—
Franz Hack+	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer[17]	Commander of the III.(gepanzert)/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania"[17][18]	14 May 1943[17]	Awarded (844th) Oak Leaves 18 April 1945?[19][Note 5]	—
Willi Hackbarth	Heer	03-HGefreiter[17]	Radio operator in the 4./Artillerie-Regiment 32[17][18]	18 April 1943[17]	—	—
Anton Hackl+	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[17]	Staffelkapitän of the 5./Jagdgeschwader 77[17][18]	25 May 1942[17]	Awarded 109th Oak Leaves 9 August 1942 78th Swords 9 July 1944[21][Note 6]	—
Leopold Hackl	Luftwaffe	10-LFahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel[17]	Pilot in the Stab/Nachtschlachtgruppe 3[17][18]	20 March 1945[17]	—	—
Dr. Martin Hackl	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[17]	Leader of the 2./Gebirgs-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 94[17][18]	7 December 1943[17]	—	—
Heinz Hackler	Luftwaffe	10-LFahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel[17]	Pilot in the III./Jagdgeschwader 77[17][18]	19 August 1944[17]	—	—
Heinz-Martin Hadeball	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[17]	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6[18][Note 7]	27 July 1944[17]	—	—
Friedrich Hadenfeldt	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[18][Note 8]	Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 1818[17][18]	17 March 1945[17]	—	—
Hermann Haderecker	Heer	15-HMajor[22]	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 20 (motorized)[18][22]	4 May 1944[22]	—	—
Klaus Häberlen	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[22]	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Kampfgeschwader 51[18][22]	20 June 1943[22]	—	—
Ernst Haeckel	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[22]	Commander of the 16. Volksgrenadier-Division[18][22]	28 October 1944[22]	—	—
Franz Haecker	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[22]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 211[18][22]	16 March 1944[22]	—	—
Josef Häfele	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[22]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 99[18][22]	18 November 1941[22]	—	—
Ludwig Häfner	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[22]	Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"[18][Note 9]	21 December 1942*[22]	Killed in action 10 November 1942[18]	—
Willi Hägele	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[22]	Chief of the 9./Flak-Regiment 14[18][22]	30 September 1944[22]	—	—
Kurt Haehling	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[22]	Commander of the 126. Infanterie-Division[18][22]	2 March 1945[22]	—	—
Wilhelm Haehnel	Heer	12-HLeutnant[22]	Leader of the 4./Artillerie-Regiment 157[18][22]	21 February 1944[22]	—	—
Hartwich Haellmigk	Heer	17-HOberst[22]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 301[18][22]	19 November 1943[22]	—	—
Heinz Hämel	Waffen-SS	14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer[18][Note 10]	Leader of the II./SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 24 "Danmark"[18][Note 10]	16 June 1944[22]	—	—
Rudolf Haen+	Heer	14-HHauptmann[22]	Chief of the 1./Panzer-Abteilung 103[22][23]	18 December 1942[22]	Awarded 590th Oak Leaves 21 September 1944[22]	—
Karl Hänert	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[24]	Chief of the 4.(MG)/Infanterie-Regiment "Großdeutschland" (motorized)[23][Note 11]	23 August 1941[24]	—	—
Siegfried Haenicke	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant zur Verwendung (for disposition)[24]	Commander of the 61. Infanterie-Division[23][24]	17 September 1941[24]	—	—
Helmut Haeuseler	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[24]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 399[23][24]	14 February 1945[24]	—	—
Ernst Häußler	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer[24]	Commander of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 5 "Totenkopf"[23][Note 12]	15 August 1943[24]	—
Anton Hafner+	Luftwaffe	09-LFeldwebel[24]	Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 51 "Mölders"[23][24]	23 August 1942[24]	Awarded 452nd Oak Leaves 11 April 1944[24]	—
Otto Hafner	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[24]	Chief of the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 61[23][24]	23 September 1943[24]	—	—
Wolf Hagemann+	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[24]	Commander of the III./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 139[23][24]	4 September 1940[24]	Awarded 484th Oak Leaves 4 June 1944[24]	—
Walter Hagen+	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[24]	Gruppenkommandeur of the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1[23][Note 13]	21 July 1940[24]	Awarded 77th Oak Leaves 17 February 1942[24]	—
Wilhelm von Hagen	Heer	14-HHauptmann[24]	Leader of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 267[24][25]	2 September 1942[24]	—	—
Gottfried Hagena	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[24]	Pilot in the 1./Nahaufklärungs-Gruppe 15[23][24]	17 April 1945[24]	—	—
Johannes Hager	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[24]	Staffelkapitän in the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1[23][Note 14]	12 March 1945[24]	—	—
Karl Hager	Luftwaffe	09-LFeldwebel[24]	Pilot in the 4./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[23][24]	29 February 1944*[24]	Killed in flying accident 4 February 1944[23]	—
Andreas Hagl	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[26]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3[25][26]	9 July 1941[26]	—
Adolf Hahlbohm	Heer	14-HHauptmann[26]	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 956[23][26]	8 August 1944[26]	—	—
Constantin Hahm	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[26]	Commander of the II./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment "Hermann Göring"[23][26]	9 June 1944[26]	—	—
Walther Hahm+	Heer	17-HOberst[26]	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 480[23][26]	15 November 1941[26]	Awarded 676th Oak Leaves 9 December 1944[26]
Hans "Assi" Hahn+	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[26]	Pilot of the 4./Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen"[26][27]	24 September 1940[26]	Awarded 32nd Oak Leaves 14 August 1941[26]	—
Hans von Hahn	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[26]	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 3[26][27]	9 July 1941[26]	—	—
Hans Hahn	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[26]	Pilot in the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2[27][Note 15]	9 July 1941[26]	—	—
Joachim Hahn	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[26]	Commander of Kampfgruppe 606[28][Note 16]	21 October 1940[26]	—	—
Hans Hahne	Heer	17-HOberst[26]	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 507[26][27]	10 February 1942[26]	—	—
[Dr.] Josef Haiböck[Note 17]	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[26]	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"[27][Note 18]	9 June 1944[26]	—	—
Paul Haidle	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[29]	Staffelführer in the III./Schlachtgeschwader 77[27][29]	16 February 1945[29]	—	—
Horst Hain	Heer	16-HOberleutnant[29]	Chief of the 3./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 23[27][29]	28 March 1945[29]	—	—
Adolf Hainle	Heer	10-HOberwachtmeister[29]	Leader of machine gun squadron in the 2./Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5[27][Note 19]	22 September 1941[29]	—	—
Richard Haizmann	Luftwaffe	16-LOberstleutnant im Generalstab (in the General Staff)[29]	Ia (operations officer) in the 9. Flak-Division (motorized)[27][29]	28 January 1943[29]	—	—
Friedrich-Erdmann von Hake	Heer	17-HOberst[29]	Commander of Panzer-Regiment 4[27][29]	23 November 1943[29]	—	—
Hans Hakenholt	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[29]	Commander of the II./Flak-Regiment 43 (motorized)[27][29]	9 June 1944[29]	—	—
Theodor Haker	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[29]	Staffelkapitän of the 6./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77[27][29]	29 February 1944[29]	—	—
Heinrich Halbeck[Note 20]	Waffen-SS	12-WSS-Untersturmführer[27][Note 20]	Leader of a Kampfgruppe of the V. SS-Gebirgskorps[27][Note 20]	17 April 1945*[26]	Killed in action 27 November 1944[26]	—
Franz Halder	Heer	20-HGeneral der Artillerie[29]	Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres[27][29]	27 October 1939[29]	—
Hellmuth Hallauer	Heer	14-HHauptmann[29]	Chief of the 1./Pionier-Bataillon 59 (motorized)[28][Note 21]	24 June 1941[29]	—	—
Rudolf Hallensleben	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[29]	Geschwaderkommodore of Kampfgeschwader 76[27][29]	5 November 1943[27][Note 22]	—	—
Günter Halm[Note 23]	Heer	01-HGrenadier[29]	Gunner in the Pakzug (anti tank platoon) in the Stabskompanie/Panzergrenadier-Regiment 104[28][29]	29 July 1942[29]	—
Hans Halten	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier[29]	Group leader in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 43[27][29]	4 June 1944[29]	—	—
Herbert Hamann	Heer	15-HMajor[30]	Leader of Panzer-Feldersatz-Regiment 63[27][30]	28 February 1945*[30]	Killed in action 11 February 1945[30]	—
Karl Hamberger	Heer	09-HFeldwebel[30]	Deputy leader of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 62[27][30]	8 November 1944[30]	—	—
Michael Hamburger	Heer	09-HFeldwebel[30]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 957[31][Note 24]	14 April 1945[30]	—	—
Otto Hamburger	Heer	09-HFahnenjunker-Feldwebel[30]	Leader of the 8.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 426[31][Note 25]	4 October 1944[30]	—	—
Heinz Hamel	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[30]	Leader of the 5./Grenadier-Regiment "Feldherrnhalle"[30][31]	14 February 1945[30]	—	—
Reino Hamer	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[30]	Commander of the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 7[30][31]	5 September 1944[30]	—	—
Bernhard Hamester	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[31][Note 26]	Staffelkapitän in the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 3[30][31]	3 September 1942[30]	—	—
Ernst Hammer	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[30]	Commander of the 75. Infanterie-Division[30][31]	20 December 1941[30]	—	—
Ludwig Hammer	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[30]	Pilot and observer in the 4.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 12[30][31]	29 October 1943[30]	—	—
Willi Hammerich	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[30]	Chief of the 4.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 501[31][Note 27]	9 December 1944[30]	—	—
Karl Hammerl	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel[30]	Pilot in the 1./Jagdgeschwader 52[30][31]	19 September 1942[30]	—	—
Josef Hammerschmidt	Heer	12-HLeutnant[31][Note 28]	Deputy leader of the 8./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 74[31][32]	28 March 1945[32]	—	—
Erich Hammon	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[32]	Commander of Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 119[31][32]	1 February 1945[32]	—	—
Herbert Hampe	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel[32]	Pilot in the II./Kampfgeschwader 3[31][32]	5 April 1944[32]	—	—
Desiderius Hampel?[Note 29]	Waffen-SS	18-WSS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS[31]	Commander of a Kampfgruppe in the 13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS[31]	3 May 1945[31]	—	—
Josef Hampl	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[32]	Chief of the 3./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 85[31][32]	10 September 1943[32]	—	—
Heinrich Hanbauer	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[32]	Leader of the 2./Schützen-Regiment 86[31][32]	7 March 1941[32]	—	—
Erich Handke	Luftwaffe	09-LFahnenjunker-Feldwebel[32]	Radio/wireless operator in the IV./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1[31][Note 30]	27 July 1944[32]	—	—
Hermann Handke	Heer	14-HHauptmann[32]	Deputy leader of the II./Jäger-Regiment 49[31][32]	28 October 1944*[32]	Killed in action 14 September 1944[31]	—
Johann Handler	Heer	12-HLeutnant[32]	Leader of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 958[31][32]	14 April 1945[32]	—	—
Wolfgang Hankamer	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[32]	Staffelkapitän of the 6./Kampfgeschwader 2[31][Note 31]	29 October 1944[32]	—	—
Georg Hanke	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel[32]	Pilot in the 6./Kampfgeschwader 76[31][Note 32]	26 March 1944[32]	—	—
Hans Hanke?[Note 33]	Waffen-SS	16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer[31]	Commander of Waffen-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 28[31]	3 May 1945[31]	—	—
Günther Hannak	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[32]	Pilot in the I./Jagdgeschwader 77[31][32]	1 July 1942[32]	—	—
Erich Hanne	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[36]	Pilot in the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1[31][Note 34]	13 August 1942[36]	—	—
Heinrich Hannibal	Waffen-SS	17-WSS-Standartenführer and Oberst of the Schupo[36]	Commander of SS-Polizei-Schützen-Regiment 31[36][37]	23 August 1944[36]	—	—
Felix Hannig	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves[36]	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 9[36][37]	17 September 1941*[36]	Killed in action 23 July 1941[37]	—
Horst Hannig+	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[36]	Pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 54[37][Note 35]	9 May 1942[36]	Awarded 364th Oak Leaves 3 January 1944[36]	—
Heinrich Hans	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[36]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 426[36][37]	5 April 1945[36]	—	—
Christian Hansen	Heer	20-HGeneral der Artillerie[36]	Commanding general of the X. Armeekorps[36][37]	3 August 1941[36]	—
Erick-Oskar Hansen	Heer	20-HGeneral der Kavallerie[36]	Commanding general of the LIV. Armeekorps[36][37]	4 September 1941[36]	—
Hans-Christian Hansen	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann of the Reserves[37][Note 36]	Leader of the II./Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Hermann Göring"[36][37]	11 February 1945[36]	—	—
Josef Hansen	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier[36]	Rifle leader in the 6.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 317[37][Note 37]	15 April 1944*[36]	Died of wounds 2 April 1944[37]	—
Max Hansen+	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer[36]	Commander of the II./1. SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler"[38][Note 38]	28 March 1943[36]	Awarded 835th Oak Leaves 17 April 1945[36]
Walter Hansen	Heer	17-HOberst[36]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 554[36][37]	16 October 1944[36]	—	—
Jobst Freiherr von Hanstein	Heer	17-HOberst[39]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 109[37][39]	13 September 1943[39]	—	—
Konrad Hantke	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier[39]	Group leader in Infanterie-Nachrichten-Ersatz- und Ausbildungs-Kompanie 208[37][39]	28 March 1945[39]	—	—
Erwin Hanusch	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[39]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 438[37][39]	8 August 1944[39]	—	—
Jürgen Harang	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[39]	Staffelkapitän in the II./Jagdgeschwader 77[37][39]	2 February 1945[39]	—	—
Joachim von Harbou	Heer	14-HHauptmann[39]	Leader of the I./Schützen-Regiment 5[37][39]	15 November 1941[39]	—	—
Reinhard Hardegen+	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant[39]	Commander of U-123[37][39]	23 January 1942[39]	Awarded 89th Oak Leaves 23 April 1942[39]
Alfred Harden	Heer	14-HHauptmann[39]	Commander of the II./Panzer-Regiment 29[37][39]	10 February 1945[39]	—	—
Klaus Freiherr von Hardenberg	Heer	15-HMajor[39]	Chief of the 11./Infanterie-Regiment 25 (motorized)[37][39]	30 November 1940[39]	—	—
Jürgen Harder+	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[37][Note 39]	Staffelkapitän in the III./Jagdgeschwader 53[37][Note 39]	5 December 1943[39]	Awarded 727th Oak Leaves 1 February 1945[39]	—
Martin Harlinghausen+	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor im Generalstab (in the General Staff)[39]	Chief of the Generalstab of the X. Fliegerkorps[37][39]	4 May 1940[39]	Awarded 8th Oak Leaves 30 January 1941[39]	—
Heinz Harmel+	Waffen-SS	16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer[39]	Commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland"[40][Note 40]	31 March 1943[39]	Awarded 296th Oak Leaves 7 September 1943 116th Swords 15 December 1944[39]
Wilhelm Harms	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant of the Reserves[39]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 390[39][40]	1 February 1945[39]	—	—
Helmut von Harnack	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[41]	Leader of the 10./Panzer-Regiment 21[40][41]	17 January 1942[41]	—	—
Josef Harnoth	Heer	14-HHauptmann[41]	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 313[40][41]	14 February 1945[41]	—	—
Josef Harpe+	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[41]	Commander of the 12. Panzer-Division[40][41]	13 August 1941[41]	Awarded 55th Oak Leaves 31 December 1941 36th Swords 15 September 1943[41]
Horst Harras	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[41]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the I./Flak-Regiment 18[40][Note 41]	14 June 1940[40][Note 41]	—	—
Hermann Harrendorf	Heer	14-HHauptmann[40][Note 42]	Commander of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 469[40][41]	16 February 1942[41]	—	—
[Dr.] Friedrich Harries[Note 17]	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[41]	Staffelführer of the 7./Kampfgeschwader 76[40][41]	24 March 1943[41]	—	—
Kaspar Harscheidt	Heer	10-HFahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel[41]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 253[40][41]	31 August 1943[41]	—	—
Rolf Hart	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[41]	Observer in the 9./Kampfgeschwader 1 "Hindenburg"[40][41]	15 October 1942[41]	—	—
Wolfgang Hartelt	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfähnrich[41]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment "Hermann Göring"[40][41]	23 February 1945[41]	—	—
Gustav Harteneck	Heer	20-HGeneral der Kavallerie[41]	Commanding general of the I. Kavallerie-Korps[40][41]	21 September 1944[41]	—	—
Werner Hartenstein	Kriegsmarine	15-MKorvettenkapitän[41]	Commander of U-156[40][41]	17 September 1942[41]	—	—
Helmuth Harth	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier[42]	Panzer commander in the 12./Panzer-Regiment 21[40][42]	22 January 1943[42]	—	—
Lorenz Harthan	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[42]	Pioneer Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 5./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 11[40][42]	12 June 1944[42]	—	—
Walter Hartig	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[42]	Chief of the 3./leichte Flak Abteilung 91 (motorized)[40][42]	4 February 1942[42]	—	—
Alexander von Hartmann	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[42]	Commander of the 71. Infanterie-Division[40][42]	8 October 1942[42]	—	—
Alfred Hartmann	Heer	09-HFeldwebel[42]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 11./Grenadier-Regiment 337[40][42]	12 March 1943[42]	—	—
Erich Hartmann+	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[42]	Pilot in the 9./Jagdgeschwader 52[40][Note 43]	29 October 1943[42]	Awarded 420th Oak Leaves 2 March 1944 75th Swords 2 July 1944 18th Diamonds 25 August 1944[42]
Hermann Hartmann	Heer	09-HFeldwebel[42]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Pionier-Bataillon 34[40][42]	31 August 1943[42]	—	—
Leo Hartmann	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[42]	Leader in Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung "Breslau"[40][42]	30 April 1945[42]	—	—
Otto Hartmann	Heer	20-HGeneral der Artillerie[42]	Commanding general of the XXX. Armeekorps[40][42]	5 August 1940[42]	—	—
Walter Hartmann+	Heer	17-HOberst[42]	Artilleriekommandeur 140[42][43]	10 August 1941[42]	Awarded 340th Oak Leaves 30 November 1943 139th Swords 18 March 1945[42]	—
Werner Hartmann+	Kriegsmarine	15-MKorvettenkapitän[44]	Commander of U-37[43][44]	9 May 1940[44]	Awarded 645th Oak Leaves 5 November 1944[44]	—
Werner Hartmann	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[42]	Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 8[42][43]	4 October 1944[42]	—	—
Kurt Hartrampf?[Note 44]	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer[43]	Commander of schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502[43]	28 April 1945[43]	—	—
Paul Harttrumpf?[Note 45]	Heer	12-HLeutnant[43]	Leader of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 12[43]	8 May 1945[43]	—	—
Walter Hartz	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[44]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 431[43][44]	6 February 1944[44]	—	—
Johann Harzenetter?[Note 46]	Heer	14-HHauptmann[43]	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 331[43]	9 May 1945[43]	—	—
Walter Harzer	Waffen-SS	16-WSS-Obersturmbannführer[44]	Ia (operations officer) of the 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"[43][44]	21 September 1944[44]	—	—
Max Haschberger	Heer	10-HOberfähnrich[44]	Ordonnanzoffizier (batman) of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 481[43][44]	27 August 1943[44]	—	—
Wolfgang Hasche	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[44]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 987[43][44]	3 November 1944[44]	—	—
Karl-Günther von Hase	Heer	15-HMajor[43][Note 47]	General staff officer with the commander of the fortress Schneidemühl (Ia (operations officer) Panzer-Division "Holstein")[43][Note 47]	12 February 1945[44]	—
Hans Haselbach	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[44]	Pilot in the 14.(Eis)/Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"[43][44]	12 November 1943[44]	—	—
Günter Hasenbeck	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[44]	Company leader in the Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 6[43][44]	26 August 1943[44]	—	—
Rudolf Hasenpusch?[Note 48]	Heer	12-HLeutnant[43]	Leader of Panzer-Brückenkolonne in the Panzer-Pionier-Battalion 16[43]	27 April 1945[43]	—	—
Siegfried Haß	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[44]	Commander of the 170. Infanterie-Division[43][44]	18 February 1945[44]	—	—
Frank Hasse	Waffen-SS	13-WSS-Obersturmführer[44]	Leader of the 11./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[43][44]	6 August 1944[44]	—	—
Wilhelm Hasse+	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[44]	Commander of the 30. Infanterie-Division[43][44]	12 August 1944[44]	Awarded 698th Oak Leaves 14 January 1945[44]
Kurt Haßel	Heer	15-HMajor[47]	Commander of Panzer-Verband 700[43][47]	17 June 1943[47]	—	—
Friedrich Hauber	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[47]	Commander of the II./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 12[43][Note 49]	5 September 1944[47]	—	—
Friedrich-Wilhelm Hauck	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[47]	Commander of the 305. Infanterie-Division[43][47]	11 June 1944[47]	—
Kurt Haude	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[47]	Chief of the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 112[43][47]	24 November 1943*[47]	Killed in action 18 October 1943[43]	—
Bruno Ritter von Hauenschild+	Heer	17-HOberst[47]	Commander of the 4. Panzer-Brigade[43][47]	25 August 1941[47]	Awarded 129th Oak Leaves 27 September 1942[47]	—
Ulrich von Hauff	Heer	14-HHauptmann[47]	Commander of the III./Jäger-Regiment 75[47][48]	31 January 1944*[47]	Killed in action 3 January 1944[48]	—
Arthur Hauffe	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[47]	Commander of the 46. Infanterie-Division[47][48]	25 July 1943[47]	—	—
Helmut Haugk	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel[47]	Pilot in the 9./Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel"[48][Note 50]	21 December 1942[47]	—
Werner Haugk	Luftwaffe	10-LFahnenjunker-Oberfeldwebel[47]	Pilot in the 4./Zerstörergeschwader 76[48][Note 51]	8 August 1944[47]	—	—
Edgar Haukelt?[Note 52]	Waffen-SS	13-WSS-Obersturmführer[48]	Chief of the 1./SS-Jagdpanzer-Abteilung 561[48]	28 April 1945[48]	—	—
Helmut Haun	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[47]	Regiment adjutant in the Infanterie-Regiment 77[48][Note 53]	8 August 1941[47]	—	—
Karl Haupt	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel[47]	Pilot in the 8./Kampfgeschwader 3 "Lützow"[47][48]	3 February 1943[47]	—	—
Hans Hauptmann	Heer	14-HHauptmann[50]	Leader of Kradschützen-Bataillon 55[48][50]	15 March 1943[50]	—	—
Heinrich Hauptmann	Heer	14-HHauptmann[50]	Commander of the III./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 115[48][50]	20 November 1942[50]	—	—
Georg Haus	Heer	17-HOberst[50]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 55[48][50]	12 February 1944[50]	—	—
Eduard Hauser+	Heer	17-HOberst[50]	Commander of Panzer-Regiment 25[50][51]	4 December 1941[50]	Awarded 376th Oak Leaves 26 January 1944[50]	—
Hans Hauser?[Note 54]	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer and Major of the Schutzpolizei[48]	Commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 "Der Führer"[48]	6 May 1945[48]	—	—
Hansjörg Hauser	Heer	14-HHauptmann[50]	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 35 (motorized)[48][50]	17 August 1943[50]	—
Hellmuth Hauser	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[50]	Staffelkapitän in the I./Kampfgeschwader 51[50][51]	23 December 1942[50]	—	—
Paul Freiherr von Hauser+	Heer	14-HHauptmann[50]	Commander of Kradschützen-Bataillon 61[48][50]	25 January 1943[50]	Awarded 635th Oak Leaves 28 October 1944[50]	—
Karl Hausmann	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[50]	Leader of the 3./Jäger-Regiment 28[48][50]	15 May 1942[50]	—	—
Arthur Haussels	Heer	15-HMajor[50]	Commander of the II./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 139[48][50]	4 September 1940[50]	—	—
Paul Hausser+	Waffen-SS	19-WSS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS[50]	Commander of SS-Division "Reich"[50][51]	8 August 1941[50]	Awarded 261st Oak Leaves 28 July 1943 90th Swords 26 August 1944[50]
Erich Haut	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[50]	Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 86[50][52]	10 May 1943[50]	—	—
Hans Havik?[Note 55]	Waffen-SS	12-WSS-Untersturmführer[52]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./SS-Polizei-Panzer-Abteilung 4[52]	9 May 1945[52]	—	—
Heinrich Hawelka	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[54]	Adjutant in the III./Grenadier-Regiment 413[52][54]	22 January 1944[54]	—	—
Heinrich Hax+	Heer	17-HOberst[54]	Leader of the 8. Panzer-Division[52][54]	8 March 1945[54]	Awarded (855th) Oak Leaves 30 April 1945[54]	—
Wilhelm Haxter	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[54]	Leader of the bicycle platoon in the Stabskompanie/Grenadier-Regiment 691[52][54]	14 August 1943[54]	—	—
Elmershaus von Haxthausen	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant[54]	Chief of the 2. Artillerieträger-Flottille[52][54]	3 July 1944[54]	—	—
Ernst Hechler	Kriegsmarine	15-MKorvettenkapitän[54]	Commander of U-870[52][54]	21 January 1945[54]	—	—
Dietrich Hecht	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[54]	Leader of the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 666[52][54]	27 October 1943[54]	—	—
Max Hecht	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[54]	Commander of Flak-Regiment 135 (motorized)[52][54]	7 March 1942[54]	—	—
Reinhold Heckelmann	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[54]	Ordonnanzoffizier (batman) in Grenadier-Regiment 1091[52][54]	11 March 1945[54]	—	—
Hans Hecker	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[54]	Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 29 (motorized)[52][54]	5 August 1940[54]	—	—
Alfred Heckmann	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel[54]	Pilot in the 4./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet"[52][Note 56]	19 September 1942[54]	—	—
Fritz Hedderich	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[54]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 487[52][54]	28 December 1943[54]	—	—
Eberhard Heder	Waffen-SS	14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer[54]	Leader of SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 5 "Wiking"[52][Note 57]	18 November 1944[54]	—	—
Karl Heer	Heer	14-HHauptmann[55]	Leader of the I./Volks-Artillerie-Regiment 178[52][Note 58]	30 April 1945*[55]	Killed in action 22 March 1945[52]	—
Wolfgang Heesemann	Heer	17-HOberst[55]	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Großdeutschland"[52][55]	17 February 1945*[55]	Killed in action 6 February 1945[52]	—
Paul te Heesen	Heer	14-HHauptmann[55]	Commander of Panzer-Abteilung 106 "Feldherrnhalle"[52][Note 59]	13 January 1945*[55]	Killed in action 9 January 1945[52]	—
Balthasar Hefter	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[55]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzer-Abteilung 18[52][55]	8 October 1943*[55]	Died of wounds 28 July 1943[52][Note 60]	—
Otto Heger	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[55]	Commander of the II./Jäger-Regiment 227[52][55]	21 September 1944[55]	—	—
Rudolf Heger	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[55]	Leader of the 4./Artillerie-Regiment 96[52][55]	20 January 1943[55]	—	—
Rudolf Hegewald	Heer	09-HFeldwebel[55]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 5./Grenadier-Regiment 428[52][55]	28 October 1944[55]	—	—
Hermann Hehmeyer	Heer	14-HHauptmann[55]	Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 216[52][55]	10 December 1942[55]	—	—
Ernst Heibel	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier[55]	Group leader in Grenadier-Regiment 1092[52][55]	17 April 1945[52][Note 61]	—	—
Josef Heichele+	Heer	14-HHauptmann[55]	Leader of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon (A.A.) 129[52][Note 62]	31 January 1944[55]	Awarded 742nd Oak Leaves 17 February 1945[55]	—
Wilhelm Heidbrink	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves[55]	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 435[55][56]	6 March 1944[55]	—	—
Friedrich Heidlberg	Heer	14-HHauptmann[57]	Commanded to general staff training in the Stab of the 336. Infanterie-Division[56][57]	14 May 1944*[57]	Killed in action 13 April 1944[56]	—
Walter von der Heiden	Heer	14-HHauptmann[55]	Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 150[55][56]	11 March 1945[55]	—	—
Fritz Heidenreich	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[57]	Observer in the 1.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 120[56][Note 63]	3 June 1941[57]	—	—
Otto Heidkämper	Heer	17-HOberst im Generalstab (in the General Staff)[57]	Chief of the general staff of the XXIV. Panzerkorps[56][57]	8 February 1943[57]	—	—
Kurt Heidrich	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[57]	Leader of the 5./gem. Flak-Abteilung 314 (motorized)[58][Note 64]	24 October 1944[57]	—	—
Manfred Heidrich	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[57]	Chief of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 232[56][57]	5 April 1945*[57]	Killed in action 4 February 1945[56]	—
Richard Heidrich+	Luftwaffe	17-LOberst[57]	Commander of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3[56][57]	14 June 1941[57]	Awarded 382nd Oak Leaves 5 February 1944 55th Swords 25 March 1944[57]
Joachim Heidschmidt	Heer	15-HMajor[57]	Leader of Grenadier-Regiment 509[56][57]	27 August 1944[57]	—	—
Hans Heidtmann	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant[57]	Commander of U-559[56][57]	12 April 1943[57]	—	—
Alfred Heiduschka	Luftwaffe	09-LFeldwebel[57]	Pilot in the 3./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[56][Note 65]	8 August 1944[57]	—	—
Hubertus-Maria Ritter von Heigl	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[57]	Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 70 (motorized)[56][57]	13 January 1942[57]	—	—
Hans Heiland?[Note 66]	Heer	12-HLeutnant[56]	Leader of the 5./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 126[56]	9 May 1945[56]	—	—
Karl Heiland	Heer	14-HHauptmann[56][Note 67]	Leader of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 55[56][57]	27 October 1943[57]	—	—
Gerhard Heilbronn	Heer	14-HHauptmann[57]	Leader of the II./Schützen-Regiment 7[56][57]	12 April 1942[57]	—
Ludwig Heilmann+	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[60]	Commander of the III./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3[56][60]	14 June 1941[60]	Awarded 412th Oak Leaves 2 March 1944 67th Swords 15 May 1944[60]
Nicolaus Heilmann	Waffen-SS	17-WSS-Oberführer[60]	Commander of the 15. Waffen-Grenadier-Division of the SS[56][Note 68]	23 August 1944[60]	—	—
Otto Heilmann	Heer	17-HOberst[60]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 671[56][60]	9 June 1944[60]	—	—
Ferdinand Heim	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[60]	Commander of the 14. Panzer-Division[56][60]	30 August 1942[60]	—
Herbert Heim	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier[60]	Truppführer (team leader) in the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 116[56][60]	3 July 1944[60]	—	—
Walther Heim	Heer	14-HHauptmann[60]	Leader of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 10 (motorized)[56][Note 69]	5 December 1943[60]	—	—
Heinrich Heimann	Waffen-SS	14-WSS-Hauptsturmführer[60]	Commander of SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[61][Note 70]	23 February 1944[60]	—	—
Gerhard Hein+	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier[60]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 10./Infanterie-Regiment 209[60][61]	3 September 1940[60]	Awarded 120th Oak Leaves 6 September 1942[60]	—
Kurt Hein	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier[60]	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 1./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 12[60][62]	18 December 1944[60]	—	—
Willy Hein	Waffen-SS	13-WSS-Obersturmführer of the Reserves[60]	Chief of the 2./SS-Panzer-Regiment 5 "Wiking"[61][Note 71]	4 May 1944[60]	—	—
Josef Heindl+	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[60]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 199 "List"[60][61]	9 February 1943[60]	Awarded 328th Oak Leaves 18 November 1943[60]	—
Hans Heindorff	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[63]	Pilot and observer in the Fern-Aufklärungs-Gruppe des OBdL[61][Note 72]	21 October 1942[61][Note 72]	—	—
Werner Heine	Heer	15-HMajor[63]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 499[61][63]	1 May 1943[63]	—	—
Anton Heinemann	Luftwaffe	09-LFahnenjunker-Feldwebel[63]	Radio/wireless operator in the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2[61][63]	17 April 1945[63]	—	—
Engelbert Heiner	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel[63]	Pilot in the 9./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke"[61][Note 73]	9 December 1942[63]	—	—
Martin Heinke	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[63]	Chief of the 1./Panzer-Zerstörer-Abteilung 156[61][63]	28 February 1945[63]	—	—
Hugo Heinkel	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[63]	Zugtruppführer (platoon HQ section leader) in the 15./Grenadier-Regiment 361 (motorized)[61][63]	16 November 1944[63]	—	—
Herbert Heinrich	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[63]	Chief of the 3./Artillerie-Regiment 267[61][63]	15 March 1944[63]	—	—
Horst Heinrich	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[63]	Leader of the 2./Gebirgs-Pionier-Bataillon 83[61][63]	30 December 1943[63]	—	—
Otto Heinrich	Luftwaffe	09-LFeldwebel[63]	Pilot in the 3./Schnellkampfgeschwader 10[61][63]	20 July 1944*[63]	Killed in action 22 May 1944[61]	—
Willi Heinrich	Heer	12-HLeutnant[63]	Leader of the 1./Panzer-Abteilung Führer-Grenadier-Brigade[61][63]	9 December 1944[63]	—	—
Conrad-Oskar Heinrichs[Note 74]	Heer	17-HOberst[64]	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 24[61][64]	13 September 1941[64]	—	—
Erich Heinrichs	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[64]	Pilot in the II./Kampfgeschwader 54[61][64]	22 June 1941*[61][Note 75]	Killed in action 28 May 1941[61]	—
Josef Heinrichs	Heer	09-HFeldwebel[64]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 328[61][64]	10 June 1943[64]	—	—
Gotthard Heinrici+	Heer	20-HGeneral der Infanterie[64]	Commanding general of the XXXXIII. Armeekorps[61][64]	18 September 1941[64]	Awarded 333rd Oak Leaves 24 November 1943 136th Swords 3 March 1945[64]
Hans-Joachim Heinrici	Heer	14-HHauptmann[64]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 431[61][64]	14 February 1945[64]	—	—
Kurt Heintz	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[64]	Staffelkapitän of the 9.(K)/Lehrgeschwader 1[61][64]	17 October 1942[64]	—	—
Erich Heintze	Luftwaffe	06-LUnteroffizier[64]	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 3./Flak-Regiment 33 (motorized) in the DAK[65][Note 76]	7 March 1942[64]	—	—
Horst Heinze	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[64]	Leader of the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 169[64][65]	30 September 1944[64]	—	—
Otto Heinze	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[64]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Pionier-Bataillon 3 (motorized)[64][65]	6 November 1942[64]	—	—
Georg Heinzmann	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[64]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 12.(MG)/Infanterie-Regiment 42[65][Note 77]	3 May 1942[64]	—	—
Hanns Heise	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[64]	Gruppenkommandeur of the IV./Kampfgeschwader 76[65][Note 78]	3 September 1942[64]	—	—
Johannes Heisel	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[64]	Chief of the 2./Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 161[64][65]	9 December 1944[64]	—	—
Gustav Heistermann von Ziehlberg?[Note 79]	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[65]	Commander of the 28. Jäger-Division[65]	27 July 1944[65]	—	—
Hermann Heitmann	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[66]	Leader of the III./Artillerie-Regiment 241[65][66]	15 October 1942[66]	—	—
Walter Heitz+	Heer	20-HGeneral der Artillerie[66]	Commanding general of the VIII. Armeekorps[65][66]	4 September 1940[66]	Awarded 156th Oak Leaves 21 December 1942[66]
Albert Hektor	Waffen-SS	09-WSS-Oberscharführer[66]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 24 "Danmark"[65][Note 80]	23 August 1944[66]	—	—
Joachim Helbig+	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[66]	Staffelkapitän of the 4.(K)/Lehrgeschwader 1[65][66]	24 November 1940[66]	Awarded 64th Oak Leaves 16 January 1942 20th Swords 28 September 1942[66]	—
Felix Held	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[66]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Ersatz-Bataillon Luftwaffen-Kommando Don[65][Note 81]	3 April 1943[66]	—	—
Heinrich Held	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[66]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Füssilier-Regiment 22[65][66]	12 December 1944[66]	—	—
Johann Heldmann	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[66]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 53[65][66]	17 March 1945[66]	—	—
Max Heldt	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[66]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 353[65][66]	16 November 1944[66]	—	—
Heinz Helemann	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[66]	Leader of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 361 (motorized)[65][66]	5 September 1944[66]	—	—
Ernst-Eberhard Hell+	Heer	20-HGeneral der Artillerie[66]	Commanding general of the VII. Armeekorps[65][66]	1 February 1943[66]	Awarded 487th Oak Leaves 4 June 1944[66]
Richard Heller	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel[66]	Pilot in the III./Zerstörergeschwader 26 "Horst Wessel"[65][66]	21 August 1941[66]	—
Siegfried Heller	Heer	14-HHauptmann[67]	Chief of the 1./Pionier-Bataillon 371[65][67]	25 July 1942[67]	—	—
Vollrath von Hellermann	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[67]	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21[65][67]	21 November 1942[67]	—	—
Erich Hellmann	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[67]	Leader of the 1./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3[65][67]	6 October 1944[65][Note 82]	—
Paul Hellmann	Kriegsmarine	13-MKapitän der Handelsmarine (Captain of the Merchant Navy holding the military rank of Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves)[67]	Captain of Blockadebrecher (blockade runner) Motorschiff "Osorno"[68][Note 83]	6 January 1944[67]	—	—
Johannes Hellmers	Waffen-SS	13-WSS-Obersturmführer of the Reserves[67]	Chief of the 6./SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49 "De Ruyter"[68][Note 84]	5 March 1945[67]	—	—
Günther Hellmich	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[67]	Leader of the 2./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 270[67][68]	20 December 1943[67]	—	—
Heinz Hellmich	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[67]	Commander of the 243. Infanterie-Division[67][68]	2 September 1944*[67]	Killed in action 17 June 1944[68]	—
Hans-Jürgen Hellriegel	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant[67]	Commander of U-543[67][68]	3 February 1944[67]	—	—
Karl Helmer	Heer	12-HLeutnant[67]	Ordonnanzoffizier (batman) of the II./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 14[67][69]	5 November 1942[67]	—	—
Paul Helmich	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[67]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 94[67][68]	4 October 1944[67]	—	—
Hans Helmling	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[67]	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 480[67][68]	13 September 1943[67]	—	—
Götz Helms	Heer	15-HMajor[70]	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 695[68][70]	14 September 1942*[70]	Killed in action 28 July 1942[70]	—
Alfred Hemmann	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[70]	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 426[68][70]	21 August 1941[70]	—	—
Hermann Hemmer	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[70]	Pilot in the 3.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 122[68][Note 85]	19 September 1942[70]	—	—
Wilhelm Hemmer	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves zur Verwendung (for disposition)[70]	Leader of the 2./Feldzeug-Bataillon 16[68][70]	18 July 1943[70]	—	—
Erwin Hemmerich	Heer	14-HHauptmann[70]	Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 326[68][70]	28 March 1945[70]	—	—
[Dr.] Adolf Hempel[Note 17]	Heer	14-HHauptmann[70]	Chief of the Stabs-Batterie/Flak-Lehr-Regiment (motorized)[68][Note 86]	30 December 1942[70]	—	—
Alfred Hempel	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[70]	Battalion leader with fortress commander Kolberg (Pommern)[68][Note 87]	30 April 1945[70]	—	—
Heinrich Hendricks	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier[70]	Panzer driver in the 9./Panzer-Regiment 33[68][70]	26 March 1943[70]	—	—
Wolfgang Henger	Heer	17-HOberst[70]	Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 21[68][70]	17 March 1945[70]	—	—
Georg Ritter von Hengl	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[70]	Commander of the Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 137[68][70]	25 August 1941[70]	—
Max Hengst	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel[70]	Pilot in the 2./Transportgeschwader 3[68][70]	9 June 1944[70]	—	—
Friedrich Hengstler	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[70]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98[68][70]	12 September 1941[70]	—	—
[Dr.] Richard Hengstler?[Note 17][Note 88]	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[68]	Chief of the 1./Fallschirm-Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 12[68]	28 April 1945[68]	—	—
Fritz Henke	Waffen-SS	09-WSS-Oberscharführer[72]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[68][Note 89]	12 February 1944[72]	—	—
Fritz Henke	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[72]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 306[68][72]	15 May 1944[72]	—	—
Günther Henke	Heer	12-HLeutnant[72]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Reiter-Regiment 41[72][73]	6 October 1944[72]	—	—
Karl Henke	Heer	17-HOberst[72]	Commander of Pionier-Landungs-Regiment 770 (motorized)[73][Note 90]	4 August 1943[72]	—	—
Max Henke	Heer	11-HStabsfeldwebel[72]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Panzer-Abteilung 118[72][73]	26 December 1944[72]	—	—
Werner Henke+	Kriegsmarine	13-MOberleutnant zur See zur Verwendung (for disposition)[72]	Commander of U-515[72][73]	17 December 1942[72]	Awarded 257th Oak Leaves 4 July 1943[72]
Hans Henkenschuh	Heer	09-HFeldwebel[72]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 390[72][73]	10 September 1944[72]	—	—
Hermann Henle	Heer	14-HHauptmann[72]	Leader of the II./Werfer-Regiment 70[73][Note 91]	19 September 1943[72]	—	—
Rudolf Henne	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[72]	Staffelkapitän of the 9./Kampfgeschwader 51[72][73]	12 April 1942[72]	—	—
Walter Hennecke	Kriegsmarine	18-MKonteradmiral[72]	Sea commander Normandy[72][73]	26 June 1944[72]	—	—
Konrad Hennemann	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[72]	Pilot in the 1./Kampfgeschwader 26[72][73]	3 September 1942*[72]	Killed in action 4 July 1942[73]	—
Hermann Hennicke	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[72]	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 37[73][Note 92]	21 August 1941[72]	—	—
Heinrich Hennig	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[74]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Stabskompanie/Füssilier-Regiment 22[73][74]	9 June 1944[74]	—	—
Horst Henning	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel[74]	Pilot in the 1./Kampfgeschwader 77[73][74]	22 May 1942[74]	—	—
Eberhard Hennings	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[74]	Staffelkapitän of the 1./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"[73][74]	14 May 1942[74]	—	—
Walter Henrich	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[74]	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 40[73][74]	8 February 1943[74]	—	—
Friedrich-Karl Henrici	Heer	14-HHauptmann[74]	Commander of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 13[73][74]	14 April 1943[74]	—	—
Sigfrid Henrici+	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[74]	Commander of the 16. Infanterie-Division (motorized)[73][74]	13 October 1941[74]	Awarded 350th Oak Leaves 9 December 1943[74]	—
Gerhard Hensel	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[74]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Regiment 15[73][74]	26 December 1941[74]	—	—
Herbert Hensel	Heer	14-HHauptmann[74]	Commander of Panzer-Füsilier-Bataillon of the Führer-Grenadier-Brigade[73][74]	5 March 1945[74]	—	—
Walter Henssler	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[74]	Regiment adjutant in Panzergrenadier-Regiment 126[73][Note 93]	8 August 1944[74]	—	—
Erwin Hentschel	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel[74]	Radio operator in the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[73][74]	25 November 1943[74]	—	—
Otto Hentschel	Heer	09-HFeldwebel[75]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8.(MG)/Infanterie-Regiment 418[73][Note 94]	18 September 1942[75]	—	—
Otto Hentschel	Heer	14-HHauptmann[74]	Deputy commander of the leichte (light) Flak-Abteilung 94[74][76]	9 June 1944[74]	—	—
Walter Hentschel	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[75]	Leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 1095[75][76]	31 October 1944[75]	—	—
Wilhelm Henz	Heer	12-HLeutnant[76][Note 95]	Leader of the 2./Kradschützen-Bataillon 29[75][76]	8 August 1941[75]	—	—
Albert Henze+	Heer	17-HOberst[75]	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 110[75][76]	15 January 1944[75]	Awarded 709th Oak Leaves 21 January 1945[75]	—
Karl Henze+	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[75]	Staffelkapitän of the 1./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77[75][76]	15 July 1942[75]	Awarded 481st Oak Leaves 20 May 1944[75]	—
Richard Henze+	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves[75]	Commander of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 518[75][76]	2 October 1942[75]	Awarded 703rd Oak Leaves 18 January 1945[75]	—
Wilhelm Herb	Heer	14-HHauptmann[75]	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 517[75][76]	10 September 1942[75]	—	—
Wilhelm Herb	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant of the Reserves[75]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 380[75][76]	12 August 1944[75]	—	—
Josef Herbert	Heer	12-HLeutnant[75]	Leader of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 289[75][76]	24 December 1944[75]	—	—
Erhard Herbst	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel[75]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the II./Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Hermann Göring"[75][77]	26 March 1945[77][Note 96]	—	—
Josef Herbst	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[75]	Leader of the II./Füsilier-Regiment "Großdeutschland"[75][77]	30 September 1943[75]	—	—
Maximilian von Herff	Heer	17-HOberst[78]	Leader of Kampfgruppe "von Herff" (Schützen-Regiment 115) in the DAK[76][Note 97]	13 June 1941[78]	—	—
Heinz Herfurth	Heer	15-HMajor[78]	Commander of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 189[76][78]	16 April 1944[78]	—	—
Otto Herfurth?[Note 98]	Heer	17-HOberst[76]	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 117[76]	14 September 1942[76]	—
Wilhelm Herget+	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[76][Note 99]	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Nachtjagdgeschwader 4[76][78]	20 June 1943[78]	Awarded 451st Oak Leaves 11 April 1944[78]	—
Rudolf Herkelmann	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[78]	Chief of the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 426[76][78]	30 April 1943[78]	—	—
Erich Herkner	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[78]	Pilot in the 14.(Eis)/Kampfgeschwader 55[76][78]	6 December 1944[78]	—	—
Wilfried Herling	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[78]	Staffelführer of the 7./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[76][Note 100]	4 March 1943[78]	—	—
Ernst Herlt	Heer	14-HHauptmann[78]	Chief of the 9./Artillerie-Regiment 253[76][78]	17 April 1945[78]	—	—
Alfred Hermann	Heer	17-HOberst[78]	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 3[76][78]	24 September 1942*[78]	Killed in action 4 August 1942[76]	—
Helmut Hermann	Heer	14-HHauptmann[78]	Commander of the I./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 100[78][80]	18 December 1944[78]	—	—
Horst Hermann	Luftwaffe	09-LFeldwebel[78]	Pilot in the 2./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[80][Note 101]	6 December 1944[78]	—	—
Dipl.-Ing. Karl Hermann	Heer	17-HOberst of the Reserves[78]	Commander of Jäger-Regiment 384 (kroat.)[78][81]	24 December 1944[78]	—	—
Othmar Hermes	Heer	03-HGefreiter[78]	Company messenger in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 464[78][80]	11 June 1944[78]	—	—
Rolf Hermichen+	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[82]	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 11[80][82]	26 March 1944[82]	Awarded 748th Oak Leaves 19 February 1945[82]	—
Walter Herold	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[82]	Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 10 (motorized)[80][82]	13 October 1941[82]	—	—
Wilhelm Herold	Heer	14-HHauptmann[82]	Commander of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 21[80][82]	26 March 1944[82]	—	—
Traugott Herr+	Heer	17-HOberst[82]	Commander of the 13. Schützen-Brigade[80][82]	2 October 1941[82]	Awarded 110th Oak Leaves 9 August 1942 117th Swords 18 December 1944[82]
Friedrich Herrlein	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[82]	Commander of the 18. Infanterie-Division (motorized)[80][82]	22 September 1941[82]	—	—
Benno Herrmann	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[82]	Pilot in the 4./Kampfgeschwader 76[80][Note 102]	19 June 1942[82]	—	—
Ernst Herrmann	Luftwaffe	17-LOberst[82]	Commander of Flak-Regiment 25 (motorized)[80][Note 103]	18 July 1944[82]	—	—
Fritz Herrmann	Heer	15-HMajor[82]	Commander of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 36[80][82]	26 December 1941[82]	—	—
Georg Herrmann	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[82]	Leader of the I./Jäger-Regiment 38[80][82]	31 December 1944[82]	—	—
Hajo Herrmann+	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[82]	Staffelkapitän of the 7./Kampfgeschwader 4 "General Wever"[80][82]	13 October 1940[82]	Awarded 269th Oak Leaves 2 August 1943 43rd Swords 23 January 1944[82]
Harry Herrmann	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[82]	Chief of the 5./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 1[80][82]	9 July 1941[82]	—
Kurt Herrmann	Heer	15-HMajor[83]	Commander of Pionier-Bataillon 28[80][83]	26 March 1944[83]	—	—
Richard Herrmann	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[83]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the Stabskompanie/Jäger-Regiment 49[80][83]	16 January 1944[83]	—	—
Wilhelm-Karl Herrmann	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[83]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 273[80][83]	9 June 1944[83]	—	—
Rüdiger Hertel	Heer	14-HHauptmann[83]	Leader of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 12[80][83]	28 October 1944[83]	—	—
Hubertus Hertwig	Heer	15-HMajor[83]	Commander of the I./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 66[81][83]	5 January 1944[83]	—	—
Gustav Hertz	Heer	15-HMajor[80][Note 104]	Commander of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 258[80][83]	29 September 1940[83]	—	—
Fritz Hertzsch	Heer	17-HOberst[83]	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 77[80][83]	8 August 1941*[83]	Killed in action 15 July 1941[80]	—
Hans-Erich Herwig	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[83]	Chief of the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 511[80][83]	25 January 1943[83]	—	—
Max Herzbach	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[83]	Chief of the 7./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 7[6][83]	13 September 1944[83]	—
Heinz Herzer	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[83]	Pioneer Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 10./Schützen-Regiment 25[83][84]	21 August 1941[83]	—	—
Friedrich Herzig	Waffen-SS	15-WSS-Sturmbannführer[83]	Commander of schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503 in the III.(germanische)SS-Panzerkorps[84][Note 105]	29 April 1945[83]	—	—
Hans-Georg Herzog+	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves[85]	Commander of the II./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 14[84][85]	6 April 1944[85]	Awarded 798th Oak Leaves 23 March 1945[85]	—
Karl Herzog	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[85]	Commander of Heeres-Sturm-Pionier Brigade 627 (motorized)[84][85]	17 April 1945[85]	—	—
Kurt Herzog+	Heer	19-HGeneralleutnant[85]	Commander of the 291. Infanterie-Division[84][85]	18 October 1941[85]	Awarded 694th Oak Leaves 12 January 1945[85]	—
Otto Herzog	Heer	20-WSA-Obergruppenführer[85]	Leader of a Volkssturm-Einheit in the fortress Breslau and leader of a Kampfgruppe in the fortress Breslau[84][85]	15 April 1945[85]	—	—
[Dr.] Ernst Hess[Note 17]	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[85]	Leader of the 4./leichte Flak-Abteilung 192 (deployable)[84][Note 106]	30 September 1944[85]	—	—
[Dr.] Hans-Georg Hess[Note 17]	Kriegsmarine	13-MOberleutnant zur See of the Reserves[85]	Commander of U-995[84][85]	11 February 1945[85]	—	—
Georg Hesse	Heer	15-HMajor[85]	Leader of the III./Infanterie-Regiment 120 (motorized)[84][85]	31 December 1941[85]	—	—
Heinrich Hesse	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[85]	Leader of the I./Grenadier-Regiment 366[84][85]	10 September 1944[85]	—	—
Joachim Hesse	Heer	17-HOberst[85]	Commander of Panzergrenadier-Regiment 64[84][85]	6 April 1944[85]	—	—
Rudolf Hesse?[Note 107]	Heer	12-HLeutnant[84]	Leader of the 2./Grenadier-Regiment 165[84]	9 May 1945[84]	—	—
Franz Hessinger	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[85]	Pilot in the 2.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 123[84][Note 108]	8 August 1944[85]	—	—
Günter Hessler	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant[85]	Commander of U-107[84][85]	24 June 1941[85]	—	—
Hermann Hessler![Note 109]	Heer	17-HOberst[84]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 286[84]	17 September 1943[84]	—	—
Emil Hethey	Heer	15-HMajor[86]	Commander of Kampfgruppe "Hethey" in the fortress Küstrin[84][86]	14 April 1945[86]	—	—
Franz Hettinger	Luftwaffe	10-LOberfeldwebel[86]	Radio operator and air gunner in the Stabsstaffel/Schlachtgeschwader 77[84][Note 110]	27 July 1944[86]	—	—
Ernst Hetzel	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[86]	In the Stab/Kampfgeschwader 100[84][86]	20 April 1945[86]	—	—
Matthäus Hetzenauer	Heer	03-HGefreiter[86]	Sniper in the 7./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 144[84][86]	17 April 1945[86]	—	—
Konrad Heubeck	Waffen-SS	12-WSS-Untersturmführer[86]	Leader of the 1./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"[84][86]	17 April 1945[86]	—
Otto Heubuch	Heer	06-HOberjäger[86]	Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 16./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 13[86][87]	8 February 1944[86]	—	—
Heinz Heuer?[Note 111]	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel (Feldgendarmerie)[87]	In a Kampfgruppe z.b.V. Berlin 5[87]	22 April 1945[87]	—	—
Robert Heuer	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[86]	Pilot in the 4.(F)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 14[88][Note 112]	5 April 1944[86]	—	—
Wilhelm Heun	Heer	18-HGeneralmajor[86]	Commander of the 83. Infanterie-Division[86][87]	9 December 1944[86]	—	—
Conrad Heuß	Heer	14-HHauptmann[86]	Leader of the II./Infanterie-Regiment 109[86][87]	27 March 1942[86]	—	—
Wilhelm Heute	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[86]	Staffelkapitän in the III./Kampfgeschwader 54[86][87]	5 February 1944[86]	—	—
Helmut Heutling	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier[86]	Richtschütze (gunner) in the 9.(Infanteriegeschütz)/Panzergrenadier-Regiment 59[87][Note 113]	22 August 1943[86]	—	—
Georg-Henning von Heydebreck	Luftwaffe	17-LOberst[89]	Commander of Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Hermann Göring"[87][Note 114]	25 June 1944[87][Note 114]	—	—
Günther Heydemann	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant[89]	Commander of U-575[87][89]	3 July 1943[89]	—	—
Dr. jur. Dr. rer. pol. Friedrich-August von der Freiherr von der Heydte+	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[89]	Commander of the I./Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 3[87][89]	9 July 1941[89]	Awarded 617th Oak Leaves 30 September 1944[89]
Werner Heyduck	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[89]	Chief of the 1./Grenadier-Regiment 44[87][89]	3 March 1945[89]	—	—
Hellmuth Heye	Kriegsmarine	17-MKapitän zur See[89]	Commander of heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper[87][89]	18 January 1941[89]	—
Johann Heyen	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[89]	Chief of the 4.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 377[87][Note 115]	27 August 1944[89]	—	—
Hans-Joachim Heyer	Luftwaffe	12-LLeutnant[89]	Pilot in the III./Jagdgeschwader 54[87][89]	25 November 1942*[89]	Killed in action 9 November 1942[87]	—
Ernst-Georg Baron von Heyking	Heer	14-HRittmeister[89]	Commander of the III./Grenadier-Regiment 15 (motorized)[87][89]	6 April 1944[89]	—	—
Otto Heymann	Heer	12-HLeutnant[89]	Leader of the 8./Panzer-Regiment 31[87][89]	17 March 1945[89]	—	—
Otto Heymer	Luftwaffe	15-LMajor[89]	Staffelkapitän of the 2.(H)/Aufklärungs-Gruppe 14[87][89]	13 April 1941[89]	—	—
Alfred Heyn	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[89]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./Grenadier-Regiment 267[87][89]	12 August 1944[89]	—	—
Hans-Walter Heyne	Heer	17-HOberst[90]	Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 182[87][90]	16 April 1943[90]	—	—
Rudolf Heynsen	Kriegsmarine	15-MKorvettenkapitän of the Reserves zur Verwendung (for disposition)[90]	Chief of the 27. Minensuchflottille[87][90]	20 April 1945[90]	—	—
Herbert Heyrowsky	Heer	14-HRittmeister[90]	Commander of Radfahr-Abteilung 248[87][90]	14 September 1942*[90]	Killed in action 4 July 1942[87]	—
Ulrich Heyse	Kriegsmarine	14-MKapitänleutnant[90]	Commander of U-128[87][90]	21 January 1943[90]	—	—
Kurt Heyser	Heer	17-HOberst[90]	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 47[87][90]	26 May 1940[90]	—	—
Karl Hieber	Heer	14-HHauptmann[90]	Leader of the I./Infanterie-Regiment 522[90][91]	20 February 1942[90]	—	—
Otto Hielscher	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[90]	Chief of the 5./Artillerie-Regiment 168[90][91]	23 August 1944[90]	—	—
Walter Hildebrand	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[90]	Pilot in the 3./Kampfgeschwader 26[90][91]	5 April 1944[91][Note 116]	—	—
Dr. med. vet. Klaus Hilgemann+	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[90]	Chief of the 13.(IG)/Infanterie-Regiment 422[92][Note 117]	8 October 1942[90]	Awarded 641st Oak Leaves 29 October 1944[90]	—
Kurt Hilgendorff	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[90]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 3[90][91]	5 April 1944[90]	—	—
Wilhelm Hilgers	Heer	12-HLeutnant[90]	Leader of the 6./Sturm-Regiment 215[90][91]	31 July 1943*[90]	Killed in action 11 July 1943[91]	—
Alfred Hille	Heer	14-HHauptmann of the Reserves[90]	Leader of a Kampfgruppe in the V. SS-Gebirgs-Korps (commander of the I./Fahnenjunker-Grenadier-Regiment 1237)[90][91]	21 April 1945	—	—
August Hille	Heer	12-HLeutnant of the Reserves[93]	Leader of the 6./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 33[91][93]	9 June 1944[93]	—	—
Franz Hillebrand	Heer	06-HOberjäger[93]	Group leader in the 1./Gebirgsjäger-Bataillon 94[91][93]	5 April 1944*[93]	Killed in action 8 January 1944[91]	—
Carl Hilpert+	Heer	20-HGeneral der Infanterie[93]	Commanding general of the LIV. Armeekorps[91][93]	22 August 1943[93]	Awarded 542nd Oak Leaves 8 August 1944[93]	—
Richard Hilsheimer	Heer	15-HMajor of the Reserves[93]	Commander of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 20 (motorized)[91][93]	28 November 1943[93]	—	—
Willi Hilss	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier[93]	Geschützführer (gun layer) in Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 46[91][93]	19 January 1941[93]	—	—
Günther Hilt+	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[93]	Leader of the 7./Jäger-Regiment 56[91][93]	14 September 1942[93]	Awarded 386th Oak Leaves 8 February 1944[93]	—
Gottfried Hiltensperger	Heer	09-HFeldwebel[93]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4.(MG)/Grenadier-Regiment 190[91][Note 118]	18 February 1945[93]	—	—
Bernhard Himmelskamp	Heer	04-HObergefreiter[93]	Richtschütze (gunner) in the 4./Panzer-Regiment 35[91][93]	13 September 1943*[93]	Died of wounds 28 August 1943[91][Note 119]	—
Hans Hindelang	Heer	10-HOberfeldwebel[93]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14.(Panzerjäger)/Infanterie-Regiment "Großdeutschland" (motorized)[91][Note 120]	4 September 1940[93]	—	—
Wilhelm Hinerasky	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[93]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 528[91][93]	23 December 1943[93]	—	—
Claus Hinkelbein	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[93]	Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Kampfgeschwader 30[91][93]	14 June 1940[91][Note 121]	—	—
Heinz Hinkes	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[93]	Pilot and technical officer in the IV./Transportgeschwader 4[91][93]	20 April 1944[93]	—	—
Ernst Hinrichs	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[94]	Pilot in the 2./Kampfgeschwader 51[91][94]	25 July 1942[94]	—	—
Erwin Hintz	Heer	04-HObergefreiter[94]	Commander of a SPW in the 8./schweres Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6 (gepanzert)[91][Note 122]	11 March 1945*[94]	Died of wounds 28 February 1945[94]	—
Johannes Hintz	Luftwaffe	16-LOberstleutnant[94]	Commander of Flak-Regiment 101 (motorized)[91][94]	29 July 1940[94]	—	—
Kurt Hintz	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[94]	Commander of the I./Flak-Regiment 40 (motorized)[95][Note 123]	6 February 1945[94]	—	—
Ingfried Hintze	Heer	14-HHauptmann[94]	Commander of the I./Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 103[94][95]	20 October 1944)[95][Note 124]	—	—
Otto Hintze	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[94]	Staffelkapitän of the 3./Erprobungsgruppe 210 (JG)[95][Note 125]	24 November 1940[94]	—	—
Bruno Hinz+	Waffen-SS	12-WSS-Untersturmführer[94]	Leader of the 2./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 "Westland"[94][95]	2 December 1943[94]	Awarded 559th Oak Leaves 23 August 1944[94]	—
Ferdinand Hippel	Heer	17-HOberst[94]	Commander of Grenadier-Regiment 253[94][95]	22 October 1943[94]	—	—
Walter von Hippel	Luftwaffe	16-LOberstleutnant[94]	Commander of Flak-Regiment 102 (motorized)[94][95]	29 July 1940[94]	—	—
Gustav Hippler	Heer	13-HOberleutnant of the Reserves[94]	Leader of the 5./Infanterie-Regiment 74 (motorized)[94][95]	4 September 1940[94]	—	—
Johannes Hirn	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[94]	Pilot in Nahaufklärungs-Gruppe 32[95][Note 126]	7 April 1945[94]	—	—
Hans Hirning	Waffen-SS	04-WSS-Rottenführer[96]	Granatwerfertruppführer (grenade thrower team leader) in the 6./SS-"Totenkopf"-Infanterie-Regiment 1[95][96]	23 October 1942[96]	—	—
Karl Hirsch	Heer	09-HFeldwebel[96]	Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Schützen-Regiment 4[95][96]	18 October 1941[96]	—	—
Ernst-Erich Hirschfeld	Luftwaffe	13-LOberleutnant[96]	Pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 300[95][Note 127]	24 October 1944*[96]	Killed in action 28 July 1944[96]	—
Harald von Hirschfeld+	Heer	13-HOberleutnant[96]	Chief of the 7./Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98[95][96]	15 November 1941[96]	Awarded 164th Oak Leaves 23 December 1942[96]	—
Ludwig Hirschmann	Heer	12-HLeutnant[96]	In the 11./Artillerie-Regiment 29 (motorized)[95][96]	19 January 1943[96]	—	—
Heinz-Horst Hißbach	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[96]	Gruppenkommandeur of the II./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2[95][96]	15 April 1945*[96]	Killed in action 14 April 1945[96]	—
Josef Hißmann	Heer	15-HMajor[96]	Commander of Heeres-Flak-Bataillon 617[95][Note 128]	13 May 1943[96]	—	—
Hubertus Hitschhold+	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[96]	Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann"[95][96]	21 July 1940[96]	Awarded 57th Oak Leaves 31 December 1941[96]	—
Alfons Hitter+	Heer	17-HOberst[96]	Commander of Artillerie-Regiment 178[95][96]	14 December 1941[96]	Awarded 488th Oak Leaves 4 June 1944[96]	—
Günter Hitz	Luftwaffe	14-LHauptmann[96]	Staffelkapitän of the 2./Sturzkampfgeschwader 77[95][96]	22 November 1943[96]	—	—
Otto Hitzfeld+	Heer	16-HOberstleutnant[96]	Commander of Infanterie-Regiment 213[95][96]	30 October 1941[96]	Awarded 65th Oak Leaves 17 January 1942[96] (158th) Swords 9 May 1945?[97][Note 129]
Johann Hlauschka	Heer	06-HUnteroffizier[99]	Group leader in the 3./Grenadier-Regiment 462[95][99]	3 April 1943[99]	—	—

Notes

1. Großadmiral and President of Germany Karl Dönitz, Hitler's successor as Head of State (Staatsoberhaupt) and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, had ordered the cessation of all promotions and awards as of 11 May 1945 (Dönitz-decree). Consequently the last Knight's Cross awarded to Oberleutnant zur See of the Reserves Georg-Wolfgang Feller on 17 June 1945 must therefore be considered a de facto but not de jure hand-out.^[2]
2. For an explanation of the various naming schemes used by the Luftwaffe, Heer, Kriegsmarine and Waffen-SS refer to nomenclature used by the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.
3. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän of the 16.(Sturm)/Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet".^[15]
4. According to Scherzer on 11 February 1943.^[17]
5. The recommendation for Franz Hack's Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross was submitted to the Heerespersonalamt by the Division sometime between 16 and 19 April 1945 and approved by the commander of the IV. SS-Korps Herbert Otto Gille. Missing is the approval from the 6. Armee and Heeresgruppe Süd. There is no indication whether the recommendation was approved. The response from the Reichsführer-SS was prepared but missing is a date and signature. The existing card is not contemporary. There is no indication in the press that the award was presented. According to Fellgiebel Hack received the Oak Leaves from SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the SS Herbert-Otto Gille, commanding general IV. SS-Panzerkorps. The sequential number "844" and date of award were assigned by the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).^[20]
6. According to Scherzer 109th Oak Leaves on 7 August 1942 and 78th Swords on 12 July 1944.^[17]
7. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän of the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 6.^[17]
8. According to Scherzer as Oberstleutnant of the Reserves.^[17]
9. According to Scherzer as a pilot in the I./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet".^[22]
10. According to Scherzer as SS-Hauptsturmführer of the Reserves and leader of the II./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 24 "Danmark".^[22]
11. According to Scherzer as chief of the 4./Infanterie-Regiment (motorized) "Großdeutschland".^[24]
12. According to Scherzer as commander of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Thule".^[24]
13. According to Scherzer as Gruppenkommandeur of the Sturzkampfgruppe I./186.^[24]
14. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän of the 2./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1.^[24]
15. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 3./Nachtjagdgeschwader 2.^[26]
16. According to Scherzer as Gruppenkommandeur of Küstenfliegergruppe 606.^[26]
17. The brackets around the doctor title [Dr.] denotes that the academic title was attained after the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded.
18. According to Scherzer as Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet" [for his achievements as Staffelkapitän in the I./Jagdgeschwader 52].^[26]
19. According to Scherzer in the 2./Aufklärungs-Abteilung 5.^[29]
20. According to Scherzer last name is spelled "Hahlbeck" and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded as Oberleutnant and company chief in Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Regiment 901.^[26]
21. According to Scherzer as chief of the 1./Pionier-Bataillon 59.^[29]
22. According to Scherzer on 29 October 1943.^[29]
23. According to Fellgiebel his name is spelled Günther Halm, while Scherzer spells his name Günter Halm, firstname without the "h".^[27][29]
24. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 957.^[30]
25. According to Scherzer as leader of the 8./Grenadier-Regiment 426.^[30]
26. According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant.^[30]
27. According to Scherzer as chief of the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 501.^[30]
28. According to Scherzer as Leutnant of the Reserves.^[32]
29. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. Presumably Desiderius Hampel received the Knight's Cross the same day as Karl Liecke and Hans Hanke. Letter from Ernst-Günther Krätschmer to Von Seemen dated 7 August 1980. According to Von Seemen presumably presented by General Maximilian de Angelis.^[33] The Order Commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed Hampel's case in 1980 and Fellgiebel decided: Knight's Cross yes, 3 May 1945. In his book he noted: "A justification for the presentation was not given". Hampel was member of the AKCR.^[34][35]
30. According to Scherzer as radio/wireless operator in the Stab III./Nachtjagdgeschwader 1.^[32]
31. According to Scherzer as pilot in the II./Kampfgeschwader 2.^[32]
32. According to Scherzer as pilot in the II./Kampfgeschwader 76.^[32]
33. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. Hans Hanke, according to Ernst-Günther Krätschmer, was informed of the award by SS-Brigadeführer Desiderius Hampel and SS-Obersturmbannführer Karl Liecke. Both Hampel and Liecke supposedly received the Knight's Cross the same day—Letter from Krätschmer to Von Seemen dated 7 August 1980. Mr Meentz of the German Federal Archives stated on 20 July 2004 that it cannot be verified that Hanke received the Knight's Cross. According to Von Seemen the Knight's Cross was awarded by General Maximilian de Angelis. The order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed the case in 1980 and Fellgiebel decided: "Knight's Cross yes, 3 May 1945". Nevertheless Fellgiebel noted: No justification for the award.^[34][35]
34. According to Scherzer as pilot in the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 1.^[36]
35. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 54.^[36]
36. According to Scherzer as Hauptmann.^[36]
37. According to Scherzer as rifle leader in the 6./Grenadier-Regiment 317.^[36]
38. According to Scherzer as commander of the II./1. SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler".^[36]
39. According to Scherzer as Oberleutnant and Staffelführer in the III./Jagdgeschwader 53.^[39]
40. According to Scherzer as commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Deutschland".^[39]
41. According to Scherzer on 19 June 1940 as chief of the 8./Flak-Regiment 18.^[41]
42. According to Scherzer as Hauptmann of the Reserves.^[41]
43. According to Scherzer as pilot in the pilot in the 7./Jagdgeschwader 52.^[42]
44. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. According to Ernst-Günther Krätschmer—letter dated on 7 August 1980 to Gerhard von Seemen— the presentation was made in conjunction to the Oak Leaves presentation to Matthias Kleinheisterkamp and was announced via radio transmission on 28 April 1945 from the Führer Headquarters in Berlin to the 9. Armee (9th Army) in the Halbe pocket. The radio transmissions received by the AOK 9 (Armeeoberkommando 9 — high command of the 9th Army) in April 1945 were not retained. All communication to the Führerbunker in Berlin were out of order as of 5AM on 28 April. The order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed Kurt Hartrampf's case in 1980 and decided solely relying on the letter from Krätschmer: "Knight's Cross yes, 28 April 1945", Hartrampf was a member of the AKCR.^[20]
45. Paul Harttrumpf's nomination by his unit was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) on 18 April 1945. There is no file card. Major Joachim Domaschk approved on 19 April. A teleprinter message was sent to Wilhelm Burgdorf on 26 April for presentation to the Führer. The nomination was never finalized and was left unfinished by the end of the war. According to the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) the award was presented in accordance with the Dönitz-decree. This is illegal according to the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) and lacks legal justification. The presentation date was assigned by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel.^[45]
46. Johann Harzenetter's nomination by his unit was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) on 13 April 1945 and approved by Major Joachim Domaschk on 14 April. A Heerespersonalamt-Verleihungsvorschlag (HPA-VV—Army Staff Office Nomination Recommendation) Nr. 5089 was created and forwarded on 21 April. There is no evidence that the nomination was approved or further processed. According to the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) the award was presented in accordance with the Dönitz-decree. This is illegal according to the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) and lacks legal justification. The presentation date was assigned by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel.^[45]
47. According to Scherzer as Major im Generalstab (in the General Staff) and Ia (operations officer)/commander of the fortress Schneidemühl.^[44]
48. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. According to Walther-Peer Fellgiebel the presentation was made by Feldmarschall Ferdinand Schörner, who at the time was not authorized to do so. Von Seemen references the history of the division. Also mentioned are exceptional actions and deeds which led to the presentation of the Knight's Cross (e.g. Knight's Cross for Hans Schönebeck on 23 March 1945). Rudolf Hasenputsch is mentioned twice in the history of the division. The chapter "Auseinanderfall der Division-The falling apart of the division" states that "the bridge company (Leutnant Hasenputsch), as a small pocket, returned to the German lines, and secondly in the section listing the Knight's recipients with a vague presentation date of April 1945. The history of the division does not describe the actions nor the presentation. A member of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR), who could not find any evidence in the German Federal Archives regarding the presentation to Hasenputsch, wrote to Fellgiebel asking "Do you happen to have details and documents?". Fellgiebel responded on 6 May 1986 stating that "Hasenputsch, 27 April 1945, is noted under the recipients of Army Group Centre before 3 May 1945, therefore without authorization." Fellgiebel knew that the presentation, even if it occurred, was illegal. The question why Fellgiebel accepted and listed Hasenputsch as a Knight's Cross recipient is answered by the statement "Hasenputsch has been a member of the AKCR since the early beginnings".^[46]
49. According to Scherzer as commander of the II./Fallschirmjäger-Sturm-Regiment (12).^[47]
50. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 9./Zerstörergeschwader 26.^[47]
51. According to Scherzer as pilot in the Stab./Zerstörergeschwader 76.^[47]
52. According to Scherzer name is spelled Edgar Hauckelt and no evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. According to Krätschmer—letter dated on 7 August 1980 to Von Seemen— the presentation was made in conjunction to the Oak Leaves presentation to Matthias Kleinheisterkamp and was announced via radio transmission on 28 April 1945 from the Führer Headquarters in Berlin to the 9. Armee (9th Army) in the Halbe pocket. The radio transmissions received by the AOK 9 (Armeeoberkommando 9 — high command of the 9th Army) in April 1945 were not retained. All communication to the Führerbunker in Berlin were out of order as of 5AM on 28 April. The order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) processed Hauckelt's case in 1980 and decided solely relying on the letter from Krätschmer: "Knight's Cross yes, 28 April 1945".^[49]
53. According to Scherzer as adjutant in the Infanterie-Regiment 77.^[47]
54. No evidence of the award can be found in the German Federal Archives. The award was unlawfully presented by SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich. The date is taken from the announcement made by the 6. SS-Panzerarmee. Hauser was a member of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR).^[49]
55. The nomination by his unit was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) via teleprinter on 6 April 1945. This can be verified in the book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" (Awarded Knight Crosses) and file card. A HPA nomination was never created or was not retained and according to the file card the nomination was numbered Nr. 5023 and forwarded for further processing. The file card indicates no further information. The presentation date according to Ernst-Günther Krätschmer was the 6 May 1945. Mr Meentz of the German Federal Archives stated on 20 July 2004 that it cannot be verified that Hans Havik (Johann Havik according to Scherzer) received the Knight's Cross. The presentation date 9 May 1945 was assigned by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel.^[53]
56. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 5./Jagdgeschwader 3 "Udet".^[54]
57. According to Scherzer as leader of SS-Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 5.^[54]
58. According to Scherzer as leader of the I./Artillerie-Regiment 178.^[55]
59. According to Scherzer as commander of Panzer-Abteilung 2106.^[55]
60. According to Scherzer on 27 July 1943.^[55]
61. According to Scherzer on 11 April 1945.^[55]
62. According to Scherzer as leader of Divisions-Füsilier-Bataillon 129.^[55]
63. According to Scherzer as observer in the Aufklärungsstaffel 1.(F)/120.^[57]
64. According to Scherzer as leader of the 5./gem. Flak-Abteilung 314 (deployable).^[57]
65. According to Scherzer as pilot in the I./Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann".^[57]
66. Hans Heiland's nomination by his unit was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) on 12 April 1945 via teleprinter message. There is no file card in the archives. The book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" (Awarded Knight Crosses) states an entry date of 12 April 1945. In the comment field is a short entry "follow-up on 10 May". Scherzer speculates that the approvals of the command chain were missing and had to be requested just like in many similar cases. The nomination was to be presented again to Major Joachim Domaschk on 10 May. The nomination was never finalized and was left unfinished by the end of the war. According to the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) the award was presented in accordance with the Dönitz-decree. This is illegal according to the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) and lacks legal justification. The presentation date was assigned by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel. Heiland was a member of the AKCR.^[59]
67. According to Scherzer as Hauptmann of the Reserves.^[57]
68. According to Scherzer as commander of the 15. Waffen-Grenadier-Division of the SS (lett. Nr. 1).^[60]
69. According to Scherzer as leader of Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 10.^[60]
70. According to Scherzer as commander of SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 1.^[60]
71. According to Scherzer as chief of the 2./SS-Panzer-Regiment 5.^[60]
72. According to Scherzer on 29 October 1942 as pilot and observer in the 3./Aufklärungs-Gruppe des OBdL.^[63]
73. According to Scherzer as pilot in the III./Kampfgeschwader 27 "Boelcke".^[63]
74. According to Fellgiebel his name is spelled Conrad-Oskar Heinrichs, while Scherzer spells his name Konrad-Oskar Heinrichs, firstname with a "K" and not "C".^[61][64]
75. According to Scherzer on 24 June 1941.^[64]
76. According to Scherzer as Geschützführer (gun layer) in the 3./Flak-Regiment (motorized) 33.^[64]
77. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 12./Infanterie-Regiment 42.^[64]
78. According to Scherzer as Gruppenkommandeur of the I./Kampfgeschwader 76.^[64]
79. Gustav Heistermann von Ziehlberg, in connection with the 20 July plot, a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, was sentenced to death by the Reichskriegsgericht on 21 November 1944 and executed on 2 February 1945. The dishonourable discharge deprived him of all honours, ranks and orders.^[59]
80. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 7./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 24 "Danmark".^[66]
81. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 1./Flieger-Ersatz-Bataillon Luftwaffen-Kommando Don.^[66]
82. According to Scherzer on 30 September 1944.^[67]
83. According to Scherzer as captain of MS "Osorno" (Blockadebrecher (blockade runner)).^[67]
84. According to Scherzer as chief of the 6./SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49 "De Ruiter".^[67]
85. According to Scherzer as pilot in the Aufklärungsstaffel 3.(F)/122.^[70]
86. According to Scherzer as chief of the 8./Flak-Lehr-Regiment (motorized).^[70]
87. According to Scherzer as leader battalion Hempel/Abschnitt Mitte in the fortress Kolberg.^[70]
88. Richard Hengstler's second version of the nomination by his unit was sent to the Oberkommando des Heeres/Heerespersonalamt P 5 (OKH/HPA P 5—Army Staff Office of the Supreme High Command of the German Army) on 6 April 1945 via the command chain of Heeresgruppe H and OB West. Major Joachim Domaschk received this nomination on 26 April 1945 and forwarded it on 30 April to the responsible Luftwaffepersonalamt (LPA—Air Force Staff Office). The first version of the nomination was sent by the Heeresgruppe H to the Fallschirm AOK 1 on 6 April, which arrived via the command chain at the LPA on 24 April. The LPA sent this nomination with a courier to the adjutancy of the Reichsmarschall on 25 April and requested "Please present to the Reichsmarschall". Göring had been under arrest by the SS on the Obersalzberg since 23 April, this was evidently unknown to the LPA. Therefore the courier couldn't reach him. General Rudolf Meister, who had been authorized to make presentations of Knight's Cross on 28 April, decided against Hengstler and rejected his nomination. The non-contemporary file card states: "rejected ... Meister, General der Flieger and chief of the Luftwaffe PA 28 April 1945 see German Cross in Gold file card". Scherzer assumes that Hengstler received the German Cross instead. The presentation date stated by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel is that of the rejection note.^[71]
89. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./SS-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 1.^[72]
90. According to Scherzer as commander of Pionier-Landungs-Regiment Stab (motorized) 770.^[72]
91. According to Scherzer as leader of the II./Werfer-Regiment 70 (for achievements as leader of the II./Grenadier-Regiment 99.^[72]
92. According to Scherzer as commander of Infanterie-Regiment 57.^[72]
93. According to Scherzer as adjutant in Panzergrenadier-Regiment 126.^[74]
94. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 8./Infanterie-Regiment 418.^[75]
95. According to Scherzer as Leutnant des Beurlaubtenstandes (of the reserve status).^[75]
96. According to Scherzer exact date is unknown, stated is sometime 1945.^[75]
97. According to Scherzer as commander of Kampfgruppe "von Herff" (Schützen-Regiment 115).^[78]
98. Otto Herfurth, in connection with the 20 July plot, a failed attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler, was deprived of all honours, ranks and orders and dishonourably discharged from the Heer on 14 August 1944. The civilian Herfurth was sentenced to death by the Volksgerichtshof on 29 September 1944 and executed the same day.^[79]
99. According to Scherzer as Hauptmann of the Reserves.^[78]
100. According to Scherzer as pilot in the III./Sturzkampfgeschwader 2 "Immelmann".^[78]
101. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 2./Schlachtgeschwader 2.^[78]
102. According to Scherzer as pilot in the II./Kampfgeschwader 76.^[82]
103. According to Scherzer as commander of Flak-Regiment 25 (deployable).^[82]
104. According to Scherzer as Major of the Reserves.^[83]
105. According to Scherzer as commander of schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503.^[83]
106. According to Scherzer as leader of the 4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 192 (deployable).^[85]
107. The nomination by his unit—which had only been approved by the division and the corps—was received by the main office of the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) on 22 April 1945. It had been addressed to the liaison officer of the Reichsführer-SS with the HPA/P 5 and reached the department P 5 on 28 April. No file card was created. The book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" (Awarded Knight Crosses) states an entry date 28 April 1945. Additionally it contains the approval from Major Joachim Domaschk "Knight's Cross yes". There is no further information regarding its presentation. According to the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) the award was presented in accordance with the Dönitz-decree. This is illegal according to the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) and lacks legal justification. The presentation date was assigned by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel.^[79]
108. According to Scherzer as pilot in the Aufklärungsstaffel 2.(F)/123.^[85]
109. According to Walther-Peer Fellgiebel Hermann Hessler is delisted without reason.^[6]
110. According to Scherzer as radio operator in the Stab/Schlachtgeschwader 77.^[86]
111. A lawful presentation via the chain of command to the chief of the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) Wilhelm Burgdorf in Berlin submitted nomination is possible. Also possible is a direct presentation by Adolf Hitler. However no evidence of the award made to Heinz Heuer can be found in the German Federal Archives. The author Veit Scherzer argues that this is strange because Burgdorf had verifiably informed the HPA of direct presentations made in Berlin up to 26 April (including). Scherzer was denied access to files, which could help clarify the case, of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) on the grounds of the Bundesarchivgesetz (German Archive Law). The head of the order commission of the AKCR, Walther-Peer Fellgiebel, wrote in a letter to Heuer dated 24 November 1985: "evidently dubious, to put it mildly." Heuer was a member of the AKCR.^[79]
112. According to Scherzer as pilot in the Aufklärungsstaffel 4.(F)/14.^[86]
113. According to Scherzer as Richtschütze (gunner) in the 9./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 59.^[86]
114. According to Scherzer on 24 June 1944 as commander of Fallschirm-Panzer-Regiment "Hermann Göring".^[89]
115. According to Scherzer as chief of the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 377.^[89]
116. According to Scherzer on 6 April 1944.^[90]
117. According to Scherzer as chief of the 13./Infanterie-Regiment 422.^[90]
118. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 4./Grenadier-Regiment 190.^[93]
119. According to Scherzer on 29 August 1943.^[93]
120. According to Scherzer as Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 14./Infanterie-Regiment (motorized) "Großdeutschland".^[93]
121. According to Scherzer on 19 June 1940.^[93]
122. According to Scherzer as commander of a SPW in the 8./Panzergrenadier-Regiment 6.^[94]
123. According to Scherzer as commander of the I./Flak-Regiment (self motorized) 40.^[94]
124. According to Scherzer on 6 February 1945.^[94]
125. According to Scherzer as Staffelkapitän of the 3./Erprobungsgruppe 210.^[94]
126. According to Scherzer as pilot in Aufklärungsstaffel 1(H)./32.^[94]
127. According to Scherzer as pilot in the 6./Jagdgeschwader 300.^[96]
128. According to Scherzer as commander of Flak-Bataillon (motorized) 609.^[96]
129. Otto Hitzfeld's nomination was rejected by Major Joachim Domaschk on 30 April 1945 and commented: "This is not a nomination!" (Only leadership and organisational achievements, no personal bravery) he additionally noted: "missing in cauldron AOK 11". The nomination was thus assessed as insufficient as well as postponed according to AHA 44 Ziff. 572. The entry date noted on the nomination list for the higher grades of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross is 28 April 1945. The list indicates a note "deferred". The approval cannot be proven. The order commission of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients (AKCR) handled the case in 1981 and decided: Swords yes, 9 May 1945. The AKCR claims that the award was presented in accordance with the Dönitz-decree. This is illegal according to the Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) and lacks legal justification. The sequential number "158" and presentation date was assigned by the AKCR. Hitzfeld was member of the AKCR.^[98]

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External links

• "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes". Lexikon der Wehrmacht (in German). Retrieved 2 January 2011.
• "Das Bundesarchiv". Military Archive – Freiburg im Breisgau. Archived from the original on 29 December 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011.