Robert Frank (SS officer)

Robert Frank
Born	(1910-10-18)October 18, 1910
Died	13 April 1944(1944-04-13) (aged 33)
Place of birth	Erlangen, Bavaria
Place of death	Tarnopol, Ukraine
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1934–1944
Rank	Sturmbannführer
Unit	SS-VT SS Division Totenkopf 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross I Class Iron Cross II Class

Robert Frank (18 October 1910 – 13 April 1944) was a Sturmbannführer (Major) in the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. This was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II.

War Service

Robert 'Adolf' Frank was born on the 18 October 1910, in Erlangen, Germany. He volunteered to join the SS-VT and during World War II served with the SS Division Totenkopf during the early campaigns in command of the 6th Company. He was awarded the Iron Cross II class during the Battle of France in June 1940. He next took part in Operation Barbarossa the invasion of the Soviet Union and was awarded the Iron Cross I class in July 1941. On the formation of the 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen he took over command of the II./Battalion, 20th SS Panzergrenadier Regiment on the 4 April 1944.

Killed in Action

Robert Frank was killed in action on the 13 April 1944 near Tarnopol in the Ukraine and awarded a posthumous Knight's Cross.

Further reading

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945. Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.
• Mitcham, Jr.Samuel, Retreat to the Reich, Stackpole books 2007. ISBN 0-8117-3384-X
• Henschler Henri & Fay Will, Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS, 1943-45 Stackpole Books, 2003. ISBN 0-8117-2905-2
• Mitcham Samuel, The German Defeat in the East, 1944-45,Stackpole Books, 2007. ISBN 0-8117-3371-8