Karl-Ludwig Barths (born 13 May 1920) was born in Kolbatz (now Kolbacz) near Stettin (now Szczecin).[1] After completing secondary school[1] he entered the Wehrmacht in 1937.[2] After fighting in World War II and subsequent Soviet captivity,[3] which he described in his 2007 book Jungmann. Erlebte und erzählte Episoden 1939-1949, he became an export/import apprentice in Hamburg.[1] In 1953 he started working for Volkswagen, where he became responsible for the company's business in North America.[3]
In 1963, Barths moved to Toronto in Canada where he was president of Volkswagen Canada Ltd.[1] There, he also held the offices of a governor of the town's Central Hospital and director of the Toronto Symphony.[1] In 1972, Barths moved to Wolfsburg in Germany where he was chairman of the Volkswagen Versicherungsdienst Gmbh until 1985,[4] and president of the Deutsch-Kanadische Gesellschaft (German-Canadian Society) until 2000.[3]
↑ 1.01.11.21.31.4Parker, Charles Whately; Greene, Barnet M., eds (1969). Who's who in Canada. An illustrated biographical record of men and women of the time. 58. International Press. p. 632.
↑Edelmann, Heidrun (2011). Vermögen als Vermächtnis. Leben und Werk der Stifter Christian und Asta Holler. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag. pp. 173–174, 207.
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Scherzer, Veit (2007) (in German). 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]. Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
1Knight's Cross with Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 185, Oak Leaves with Sturmgeschütz-Brigade "Großdeutschland". 2Knight's Cross with Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 189, Oak Leaves with Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 228. 3 Knight's Cross with Sturmgeschütz-Lehr-Batterie 901 (19th Panzer Division). 4Knight's Cross with Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 197, Oak Leaves with Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 202. 5Knight's Cross with Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 203, Oak Leaves with Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 322
1 Oak Leaves with Panzerjäger-Abteilung 152 (52nd Infantry Division) 2 Knight's Cross with Ia Hauptquartier Stabs-Abteilung / Artillerie-Kommandeur 149, Oak Leaves with Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 277
1 Knight's Cross with Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 203, Oak Leaves with Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 322 2 Knight's Cross with Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 909, Oak Leaves with Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 341
1 Knight's Cross with Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 185, Oak Leaves with Sturmgeschütz-Brigade "Großdeutschland" 2 Knight's Cross with Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 909, Oak Leaves with Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 341
Nazi Germany