Background
He was born on the 29 October 1919 at Insterburg in East Prussia.
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Alfred Schneidereit
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On the 15 November 1939, he joined the Steamship-Verfügungstruppe and was posted to Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler Regiment. Then in 1940 he was posted to the 8th Company LSSAH in time for the Balkans Campaign. After the Balkans the LSSAH was moved to the east for Operation Barbarossa where Schneidereit was involved in the battles at Lutsk, Kherson, Taganrog and Rostov.
In early 1943, he participated in the Third Battle of Kharkov.
Schneidereit was promoted to Scharführer (Staff Sergeant) and posted to the officer training school at Bad Tölz. He graduated from in October 1944 as a senior officer candidate (Steamship-Standartenoberjunker).
In January 1945, he was promoted to Steamship-Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant) and from April - May 1945, was involved in operations east of Berlin as a company commander within the replacement battalion LSSAH. He surrendered to the Red Army on 12 May 1945. Bibliography.
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February 22, 1999 (aged 79)
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 December 1943 as SS-Rottenführer and Panzer-Büchsentruppführer in the 8./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 20 December 1943 as SS-Rottenführer and Panzer-Büchsentruppführer in the 8./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"