August Dieckmann

August Dieckmann
Born	(1912-05-29)29 May 1912 Cuxhaven
Died	10 October 1943(1943-10-10) (aged 31) at the Dnieper
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1934–43
Rank	SS-Standartenführer (posthumous)
Service number	NSDAP #4,455,713 SS #183,917
Unit	I./SS-Rgt "Germania" SS-PzGrenRgt 10 "Westland"
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

August Hinrich Dieckmann (29 May 1912 – 10 October 1943) was a commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.

Awards

• SS Degen (13 September 1936)
• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (28 September 1939) & 1st Class (3 June 1940)
• German Cross in Gold on 28 February 1942 as SS-Sturmbannführer in the I./SS-Regiment "Germania"
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Knight's Cross on 23 April 1942 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the I./SS-Regiment "Germania"
  • 233rd Oak Leaves on 16 April 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Germania"
  • 39th Swords on 10 October 1943 (posthumous) as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 "Westland"

References

Bibliography

• Ailsby, Christopher (1997). SS, Roll of Infamy. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International. ISBN 978-0-7603-0409-9.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger, 1940-1945. Osnabrück: Biblio. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.
• Thomas, Franz; Wegmann, Günter (1998). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil III: Infanterie Band 4: C–Dow [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part III: Infantry Volume 4: C–Dow] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2534-8.