Heinz Macher
Heinz Macher was an SSSturmbannfhrer and Nazi official during the Second World War. He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Macher was born in Chemnitz, Germany and joined the Nazi Party in the early 1940s. He served as the second personal assistant to ReichsfhrerSS Heinrich Himmler during the Second World War.
Macher was born in the town of Chemnitz in 1919. He joined the Schutzstaffel in 1940 and was attached to the 3rd SSPanzergrenadierRegiment Deutschland. He earned the Iron Cross First Class in March 1942. In 1943, he received the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross for valor in combat on the Eastern Front. In 1944, he was awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and promoted to Sturmbannfhrer .
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