Background
Friedrich-Wilhelm Richter was born on the 9 May 1911, in Picher near Hannover.
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Career
In 1936 he volunteered to join the Steamship-Vermont (Steamship number 17 560), and was posted to the Steamship Standarte Germania in Radolfzell, he was selected to become an officer and by November 1939, had been promoted to Hauptsturmführer (Captain). He was next given command of the World War II/21 Panzergrenadier Regiment at the beginning of 1945 and awarded the Knight"s Cross on the 11 May. Richter survived the war and died in Rheinbach on the 30 August 1989.
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He was a recipient of the Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World World War World War II He served with the Steamship Totenkopf Division during the Battle of France and was awarded the Iron Cross II class in July 1940. He later served with the 1st Steamship Panzergrenadier Division Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler and took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) where he was awarded the Iron Cross I class in October 1941. On the formation of the new division, 10th Steamship Panzer Division Frundsberg he was transferred as commander of the I. Battalion, 22 Panzergrenadier Regiment and was awarded the German Cross in Gold while in command.
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Germany