Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny

Infobox Military Person
name=Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny
born=birth date|1912|9|5|df=y
died=death date and age|1985|8|25|1912|9|5|df=y


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placeofbirth=Angerburg
placeofdeath=Hannover
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allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
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branch=
rank=Sturmbannführer
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unit=SS-PzGrenRgt 3 "Deutschland"
battles=World War II
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Close Combat Clasp in Gold
laterwork=

Günther-Eberhardt Wisliceny (5 September, 1912 in Angerburg - 25 August, 1985 in Hannover) was a highly decorated German Waffen-SS officer.

Wiscliceny enlisted in the SS-Stabswache Berlin in 1933, he was posted in 1938 to the "Der Führer" Regiment, seeing his first action as a company commander in the Balkans in spring 1941. He spent 1941 to 1943 on the Eastern front and 1944 in France, fighting in all the battles of the senior SS divisions, and being wounded four times. He was awarded the Knight's Cross for leadership of a battalion during the battles for the Kursk salient in July 1943. He received the Oak Leaves on 27 December 1944, at the Normandy invasion front. The Swords were awarded for his actions in the Ardennes, Hungary and Austria. In 1945 he was handed over by the US Army to the French during investigations into his divisions's war crimes at Tulle and Oradour-sur-Glane, but was released in 1951.

Awards

* Wound Badge in Gold
* Infantry Assault Badge in Silver
* 2 Tank Destruction Badges for Individual Combatants
* Iron Cross
** 2nd Class (27 July 1941)
** 1st Class (1 November 1941)
* German Cross in Gold (25 April 1943)
* Close Combat Clasp in Gold
** Bronze (1943)
** Silver (1 April 1944)
** Gold (31 March 1945)
* Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
** Knight's Cross (30 July 1943)
** 687. Oak Leaves (27 December 1944)
** 151. Swords (6 May 1945)

References

* Berger, Florian, "Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges". Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2006. ISBN 3-9501307-0-5.
* Berger, Florian. "Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold". Selbstverlag Florian Berger, 2004. ISBN 3-9501307-3-X.
* Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
* Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit. "Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II". Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.