Hugo Primozic

Hugo Primozic
Hugo Primozic
Born	16 February 1914 Backnang, Germany
Died	18 March 1996 (aged 82) Fulda, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Rank	second lieutenant
Unit	667th Sturmgeschutz battalion
Commands held	assault gun commander
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Hugo Primozic (16 February 1914 – 18 March 1996) was a German soldier during World War II. In a five-month period of fighting he was a recipient of the two grades of the Iron Cross, the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, awarded by Nazi Germany for extreme battlefield bravery. On 25 January 1943, Primozic became the first noncommissioned officer in the German Army, and seventh in the Wehrmacht, to be awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.^[1]

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (18 August 1942)^[2]
  • 1st Class (16 September 1942)^[2]
• General Assault Badge (24 December 1942)^[3]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 19 September 1942 as platoon leader in the 2./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 667^[4]
  • 185th Oak Leaves on 25 January 1943 as platoon leader in the 2./Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 667^[4]

References

Citations

1. Stockert 1997, p. 344.
2. Thomas 1998, p. 174.
3. Thomas & Wegmann 1985, p. 221.
4. Scherzer 2007, p. 605.

Bibliography

• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die 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 Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Stockert, Peter (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2 [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2] (in German). Bad Friedrichshall, Germany: Friedrichshaller Rundblick. ISBN 978-3-9802222-9-7.
• Thomas, Franz; Wegmann, Günter (1985). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil I: Sturmartillerie [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part I: Assault Artillery] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-1447-2.
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.