Rudolf von Ribbentrop

Rudolf von Ribbentrop
Rudolf von Ribbentrop
Born	(1921-05-11) 11 May 1921 Wiesbaden, Weimar Republic
Allegiance	Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1939–45
Rank	Hauptsturmführer
Unit	SS Division Leibstandarte SS Division Hitlerjugend
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Relations	Joachim von Ribbentrop (father)

Rudolf von Ribbentrop (born 11 May 1921) is a former German wine merchant and a former Waffen-SS commander who served in World War II. He is the son of Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi Germany's Foreign Minister.

In February 1943 Ribbentrop was assigned to a Panzer regiment in the SS Division Leibstandarte, with which he took part in the Third Battle of Kharkov. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 15 July 1943.^[1] On 1 August he was transferred to the newly formed SS Division Hitlerjugend as company commander. He took part in the battles following the Normandy landings, Falaise pocket and Battle of the Bulge. He surrendered with the division to the U.S. Army on 8 May 1945.

References

↑ 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: Scherzers. p. 626. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the SS Division Leibstandarte

Staff	Sepp Dietrich¹ (Oak Leaves, Swords & Diamonds) Theodor Wisch (Oak Leaves & Swords) Rudolf Lehmann² (Oak Leaves)

Units	Hans Becker Josef Diefenthal Albert Frey (Oak Leaves) Erich Göstl Erich Grätz Martin Groß Paul Guhl Alfred Günther Max Hansen (Oak Leaves) Frank Hasse Heinrich Heimann Fritz Henke Konrad Heubeck Georg Karck Hugo Kraas (Oak Leaves) Heinrich Kling Herbert Kuhlmann Gustav Knittel Kurt Meyer⁸ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Heinz Nowotnik Joachim Peiper (Oak Leaves & Swords) Gerhard Pleiß Werner Pötschke (Oak Leaves) Karl Rettlinger Rudolf von Ribbentrop Georg Preuß Rudolf Sandig Bernhard Siebken Heinrich Springer Hermann Weiser Fritz Witt⁶ (Oak Leaves) Michael Wittmann⁴ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Werner Wolff Max Wünsche⁵ (Oak Leaves)

¹Diamonds with the I SS Panzer Corps. ²Oak Leaves with the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich. ⁴Swords with 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion. ⁵Oak Leaves with the SS Division Hitlerjugend. ⁶Knight's with the SS Division Das Reich. ⁸Swords with the SS Division Hitlerjugend.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 49059977 ISNI: 0000 0000 5959 0376 SUDOC: 135460743 BNF: cb12882864d (data)

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