Johannes Barge

{{Short description|Nazi officer (1906–2000)}}

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|birth_date=23 March 1906

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|branch=Army

|serviceyears=1934–45

|rank=Oberst

|commands=Festungs-Grenadier-Regiment Kreta

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  • Cephalonia Massacre
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    Johannes Barge (23 March 1906 – 28 February 2000) was an officer in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who was responsible for German military operations causing the Cephalonia Massacre in September 1943.

    Awards and decorations

  • German Cross in Gold on 28 July 1943 as Major in Infanterie-Bataillon 550 z.b.V.Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 24.
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 10 May 1945 as Oberst and commander of Festungs-Grenadier-Regiment KretaFellgiebel 2000, p. 104.{{refn|Unlawful presentation of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross to Johannes Barge by the Dönitz Government after 8 May 1945. This can be verified by the radio communication dated on 21 May 1945. The presentation date was backdated by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel. Barge was a member of the Association of Knight's Cross Recipients.Scherzer 2007, p. 118.|group="Note"}}
  • Notes

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    References

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    • {{Cite book

    |last=Fellgiebel

    |first=Walther-Peer

    |authorlink=Walther-Peer Fellgiebel

    |year=2000

    |origyear=1986

    |title=Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile

    |trans-title=The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches

    |language=German

    |location=Friedberg, Germany

    |publisher=Podzun-Pallas

    |isbn=978-3-7909-0284-6

    }}

    • {{Cite book

    |last1=Patzwall

    |first1=Klaus D.

    |last2=Scherzer

    |first2=Veit

    |year=2001

    |title=Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II

    |trans-title=The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2

    |language=German

    |location=Norderstedt, Germany

    |publisher=Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall

    |isbn=978-3-931533-45-8

    }}

    • {{Cite book

    |last=Scherzer

    |first=Veit

    |year=2007

    |title=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

    |trans-title=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

    |language=German

    |location=Jena, Germany

    |publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag

    |isbn=978-3-938845-17-2

    }}

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    Category:1906 births

    Category:2000 deaths

    Category:Recipients of the Gold German Cross

    Category:Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

    Category:German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United Kingdom

    Category:People from Lippe

    Category:Military personnel from North Rhine-Westphalia