Albert Hektor
Military Person
1919 – 1945
Who was Albert Hektor?
Albert Hektor was an Oberscharführer in the Waffen SS during World War II. He was awarded 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 War II.
Albert Hektor was born on the 23 October 1919, in Emmersweiler in the Saarland. He volunteered to join the SS-VT and took part in the Anschluss of Austria. During World War II he took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union and was awarded the Eastern Front Medal which was awarded to all who suffered through the first Russian winter of the war. By 194 he had been promoted to Oberscharführer and was a platoon commander in the 7th Company, 24th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment Danemark, 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland and was awarded the Knight's Cross in August 1944, for his bravery during the Battle for Narva Bridgehead together with Hauptsturmführer Martin Gürz. Hektor did not survive the war but was killed in action near Hartberg in Austria on the 9 April 1945.
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