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Karl Lampart (* May 20th, 1908 in Petershofen - † November 7th, 1998 or 1991 in Neusäß) was a German Grenadier in the Wehrmacht during World War II. Karl Lampart was born on the 20.05.1908 in provided/Hultschin and became local Chairman of the Nazi party until he was drafted in November 1944 the Wehrmacht. He arrived in the 5th company of the Grenadier Regiment 587 of the 320 Infantry Division. This comes in March 1945, only as a battle group in the Beskids to the usage. There, his company had the contract to keep an important amount against any attack of the enemy. When attacking enemy infantry, in addition to support of a tank, Lampart shot down those tanks using Bazooka and struck the attacking soldiers to flee. For the defense of this attack, he receives the Knight's cross on the 14.04.1945. In May 1945 he was Brod in German captivity and went into hiding under false, Czech names first. When he overheard the he in the camp in Mährisch weißkirchen (Hranice na Morave) searched was that he gave his awards to a woman in the town of Karviná. Later succeeded in escaping from the camp. After many detours, he moved to Austria and later to Germany, where he settled in Munich and started a family. Lamparts son came then in 1968 in the town of Karviná, found the woman and inquired after the awards and a painted portrait of his father, which in 1945 had been given this woman. The woman took out the picture and there was the son. The awards, in particular the Knight's cross, be well hidden to their statement after. When husband overheard that german was spoken, he threw out the son however. Only in 1990, it came to a second visit of the son in the village, but had gone home and wife. Karl Lampart died on the 07.11.1991 in Neusäss.

Awards

 * Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse


 * Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse


 * Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on April 14th, 1945 as Grenadier in the 5. / Grenadier-Regiment 587