Ernst Tiburzy
Military Person
1911 – 2004
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Who was Ernst Tiburzy?
Ernst Tiburzy was a German Volkssturm-Bataillonsführer who received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his performance fighting alone and the destruction of five or nine T-34s with Panzerfausts during the defense of Königsberg on February 10, 1945. He is one of only four Volkssturm members to have been awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He was mentioned in the addendum of the Wehrmachtbericht on 3 February 1945.
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- Born
- Dec 26, 1911
East Prussia - Lived in
- East Prussia
- Died
- Nov 14, 2004
Papenburg
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on July 23, 2013
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