Eduard Zorn Explained

Eduard Zorn
Birth Date:	8 August 1901
Birth Place:	Munich, Bavaria, German Empire
Death Place:	Colmar, Nazi Germany (present-day Grand Est, France)
Placeofburial:	Munich Waldfriedhof
Allegiance:	)
Branch:	Army
Serviceyears:	1921–45
Rank:	Generalmajor (Posthumously)
Commands:	189th Infantry Division
Battles:	World War II Colmar Pocket
Awards:	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
Relations:	Hans Zorn (brother)

Eduard Emil Karl Zorn (8 August 1901 – 4 February 1945) was a German officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves of Nazi Germany. Zorn was killed on 4 February 1945 in the Colmar Pocket. He was posthumously promoted to Generalmajor and awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross.

Awards and decorations

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (18 December 1939) & 1st Class (28 May 1940)^[1]

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
  • Knight's Cross on 25 December 1944 as Oberst i.G. and commander of 189.Infanterie-Division^[2]
  • 739th Oak Leaves on 16 February 1945 as Oberst i.G. and commander of 189.Infanterie-Division^[3]

References

Bibliography

• Book: Fellgiebel , Walther-Peer . Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

. Walther-Peer Fellgiebel . 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 . German . Friedberg, Germany . Podzun-Pallas . 978-3-7909-0284-6.

• Book: Thomas , Franz . 1998 . Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z . The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z . German . Osnabrück, Germany . Biblio-Verlag . 978-3-7648-2300-9.

Notes and References

1. Thomas 1998, p. 475.
2. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 371.
3. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 80.