Erich Eberhardt

Erich Eberhardt
Born 1 October 1913
Died 1 July 1965(1965-07-01) (aged 51)
Allegiance  Nazi Germany
Service/branch Waffen SS
Years of service 1934–45
Rank Obersturmbannführer
Unit SS Division Wiking
SS Division Prinz Eugen
SS Division Totenkopf
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Erich Eberhardt (1 October 1913 – 1 July 1965) was a mid-ranking commander in the Waffen SS of Nazi Germany during World War II who served several SS divisions. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

After the war Eberhardt was active in HIAG, a lobby group and a revisionist veteran's organisation founded by former high-ranking Waffen-SS personnel in West Germany in 1951. After the death of the organisation's spokesman Kurt Meyer in 1961, Eberhardt assumed that role.[1] Eberhardt died at Lohrheim on the 1 July 1965.

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  • 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. 
  • Wegmann, Günter (2004). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Teil VIIIa: Panzertruppe Band 1: A–E [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the German Wehrmacht 1939–1945 Part VIIIa: Panzer Force Volume 1: A–E] (in German). Bissendorf, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2322-1. 
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