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Fritz Pliska
German officer and Knight's Cross recipient (1915–1995)
Fritz Pliska (20 December 1915 – 28 August 1995) was a German footballer and coach in the German Bundesliga and in the Dutch Eredivisie. During World War II, he served as an army soldier in the Wehrmacht and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
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| Born | 20 December 1915 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 August 1995(1995-08-28) (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- German Cross in Gold on 22 February 1942 as Oberfeldwebel in the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon[1]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 March 1944 as Oberfeldwebel and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19[2]
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Bibliography
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
- 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 Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
- "An die Friedhofsmauer". Der Spiegel (in German). Vol. 21. 1971. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- "Wie ein kleiner König". Der Spiegel (in German). Vol. 52. 1996. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
- "Bundesliga-Abstiegskampf: Bielefeld feuert Trainer Frontzeck". Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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