Jörg Burg

Jörg Burg
Born	25 September 1919 Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Germany
Died	21 August 1944 (aged 24) field hospital near Šiauliai, Lithuania
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer
Years of service	–1944
Rank	Hauptmann of the Reserves (posthumously)
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves (posthumously)

Jörg Burg (25 September 1919 – 21 August 1944) was a German officer (Oberleutnant) in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a posthumously promoted to Hauptmann and posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (30 November 1941)^[1]
  • 1st Class (8 February 1942)^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 3 March 1943 as Leutnant of the Reserves and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 2./Panzer-Abteilung 18^[2]
  • 604th Oak Leaves on 9 September 1944 (posthumously) as Oberleutnant of the Reserves and leader of the 2./Panzer-Regiment "Großdeutschland"^[2][3]

References

Citations

1. Thomas 1997, p. 93.
2. Scherzer 2007, p. 254.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 89.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• 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.
• Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.