Career
Ernst Dehmel was awarded the Knight"s cross while in command of the 3rd Sturmgeschütz (Self-propelled assault gun, StuG) Battalion, 3rd Steamship Panzer Division Totenkopf in August 1943, for his unit"s role in the Battle of Kursk and the Battle of Belgorod. Ernst Dehmel survived the war, but was beaten to death by French soldiers while in captivity at Remscheid-Lüttringhausen on 7 August 1945.