Career
The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Günter Schwartzkopff was killed on 14 May 1940 after his Junkers Ju 87 was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. The Air Force School of the Bundeswehr (Federal Armed Forces) in Hamburg was named General Schwartzkopff barracks in April 1965.
The school was renamed in June 1994 to Lieutenant General Graf von Baudissin barracks.
A lecture hall was named after him instead. Iron Cross (1914) Bibliography.