Josef Dietrich
Josef Dietrich, SS-Oberstgruppenführer, born May 28, 1892 in Hawangen, wounded twice and winner Iron Cross 1st Class in World War I, member of the post-World War I Oberland Freikorps, key participant in the purge against the SA in 1934, commander of the 1st SS Division “Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler,” commander of the 1st SS Panzer Corps and the 6th SS Panzer Army, winner of the Nazi Party Blood Order and Nazi Golden Party Badge, winner of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 25 years imprisonment, released in 1959, died April 21, 1966 of a heart attack at Ludwigsburg, on the death of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich: “Thank God that sow’s gone to the butcher.” (2000 Quotations from Hitler’s Thousand Year Reich)
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Walter Model
Walter Model, Army Field Marshal, born January 21, 1891 in Genthin/Saxony, commander 3rd Panzer Division, commander XXXXIst Panzer Corps, commander 9th Army, commander of Army Group Center, Army Group North, Army Group North Ukraine and Army Group B, winner of the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, committed suicide by gunshot April 21, 1945 near Lintorf/Düsseldorf, buried at Hürtgenwald-Vossenack German War Cemetery, last words: “I would have never thought that I would ever be so disappointed. My only aim was to serve Germany.” (2000 Quotations from Hitler’s Thousand Year Reich)