Claus Breger

Claus Breger
Born	25 December 1910 Pinnow
Died	17 December 1944(1944-12-17) (aged 33) Aachen
Allegiance	Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	1928–1944
Rank	Major (Posthumously)
Commands held	I./Füsilier-Regiment 27
Battles/wars	World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Siege of Leningrad Demyansk Pocket Battle of Aachen Battle of the Bulge
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Claus Breger (25 December 1910 – 17 December 1944) was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Claus Breger was wounded on 16 December 1944 and died the next day in Aachen, Germany. He was posthumously awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross on 14 January 1945 and was also promoted Major.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (31 October 1939)
  • 1st Class (27 May 1940)
• Infantry Assault Badge (1 July 1940)
• Demyansk Shield
• Eastern Front Medal (29 July 1942)
• German Cross in Gold (16 February 1942)
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
  • Knight's Cross on 4 September 1942 as Stabsfeldwebel and Zugführer 1. / Infanterie-Regiment 27^[1]
  • 700th Oak Leaves on 14 January 1945 as Hauptmann and commander of I./Füsilier-Regiment 27^[2]

References

Citations

1. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 122.
2. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 79.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Schaulen, Fritjof (2005). Eichenlaubträger 1940 - 1945 Zeitgeschichte in Farbe III Radusch - Zwernemann (in German). Selent, Germany: Pour le Mérite. ISBN 3-932381-22-X.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). 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 (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

• Lexikon der Wehrmacht
• Ritterkreuztraeger 1939-1945
• World War 2 Awards.com

Persondata
Name	Breger, Claus
Alternative names
Short description	German officer and Knight's Cross recipients
Date of birth	25 December 1910
Place of birth	Pinnow, Germany
Date of death	17 December 1944
Place of death	Aachen, Germany