Background
Wolfgang Röhder was born on the 17 August 1911 at Wuppertal.
Wolfgang Röhder was born on the 17 August 1911 at Wuppertal.
He volunteered to join the Steamship (Service number 281 654) and was posted to the Das Reich Division. In February 1943 he was the commander of the 2nd Battery, 2nd Steamship Sturmgeschütz (Assault Gun, StuG) Battalion. Foreign this action he was awarded the Knight"s Cross and promoted to Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in January 1944.
He was wounded for a second time losing an eye, and being no longer fit for front line duty he was stationed in Prague, where he was reported missing on the 16 May 1945.
During September 1943 in the Raum sector the division was under attack by the Russian"s, Röhder"s Battery was able to withdraw to defend the last bridge over the River Worskla, so the rest of the Division could pull back over it before it had to be blown up.