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Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des
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Baum was born on 15 November 1911 in
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Himmler's
Warriors: Joachim Peiper and the Waffen-SS during the War and Post-War Period
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Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges
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With Oak Leaves and Swords. The
Highest Decorated Soldiers of the Second World War
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Krieger: Joachim Peiper und die Waffen-SS in Krieg und Nachkriegszeit
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Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
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256:. After the war, Baum was interned by the British until December 1948.
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German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United
Kingdom
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Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II
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The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2
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SS-Das Reich: The History of the Second SS Division, 1944–45
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and commander of the III./SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 3
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169:2nd SS Division Das Reich
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316:Tank Destruction Badge
310:Infantry Assault Badge
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250:SS Division Das Reich
118:Years of service
236:Operation Barbarossa
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365:ObersturmbannfĂĽhrer
333:Eastern Front Medal
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339:Wound Badge
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384:References
304:Iron Cross
297:Iron Cross
272:Degen (SS)
245:OberfĂĽhrer
204:OberfĂĽhrer
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132:OberfĂĽhrer
83:Allegiance
46:1911-11-15
843:Biography
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208:Waffen-SS
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200:Otto Baum
112:Waffen-SS
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