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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Paul Albert Kausch (3 March 1911 – 27 October 2001) was an Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.Kausch was one of the original members of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler which he joined in 1933, in 1935 he was selected for officer training and sent to the SS-Junkerschule at Braunschweig being promoted to Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant) upon graduation, 20 April 1936.He spent the next three years as a platoon and company commander in the Totenkopf Regiment as well as being a company commander in the army's 11th Infantry Regiment. On 20 April 1939, he was promoted to Hauptsturmführer (Captain) and in November 1939, given command of an artillery battery in SS Totenkopf.During the Battle of France Kausch was awarded the Iron Cross 1st class and in November 1940 he was transferred to the Wiking Division as the Divisional Adjutant. From August 1941 until January 1942, Kausch was the commander of an artillery battalion; he was promoted to Sturmbannführer (Major) in April 1942.In February 1943, his unit fought in the area of the Oranienbaum sector during the withdrawal to the Narva. Kausch was promoted to Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel). For his actions in July 1944 Kausch was decorated with the Knight's Cross on 23 August 1944.Kausch's unit participated in the last battles of Berlin. On 1 May 1945, he was taken prisoner by the Red Army. He was released in January 1956, and died in October 2001."@en }

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