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4 unusual facts about Egon Christophersen


Egon Christophersen

Egon Christophersen was born on 8 February 1919 in Strøby in Stevns, Denmark.

Christophersen survived the war and returned to live in Køge in Denmark.

He was the first of three Danes to be recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Christophersen and the 7th Company were dug in south of Narva and east of the Kreenholm beside the borough of Dolgaya Niva.



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