Hermann Bracher

'''Dr. agrar. Hermann Julius Bracher''' (28 September 1895 – 29 October 1974) was a highly decorated Oberst in the German military during World War I and in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Hermann Bracher was captured by Soviet troops during Operation Bagration in 1944. He was a prisoner of war in the Soviet forced labour camp Vorkuta (Воркута) north of the Polar circle in Siberia. Unlike most of his fellow prisoners, he survived and returned home to his wife and four children to Tübingen on January 2, 1954.

Awards and decorations

 * Iron Cross (1914)
 * 2nd Class (16 October 1914)
 * 1st Class (20 October 1916)
 * Wound Badge (1914)
 * in Black
 * in Silver (23 June 1918)
 * House Order of Hohenzollern (Hausorden von Hohenzollern or Hohenzollernscher Hausorden)
 * Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (25 January 1935)
 * Iron Cross (1939)
 * 2nd Class (25 June 1940)
 * 1st Class (1 August 1941)
 * Wound Badge (1939)
 * in Gold (28 November 1942)
 * Eastern Front Medal (25 July 1942)
 * Infantry Assault Badge (1 December 1941)
 * German Cross in Gold on 22 November 1941 as Major in the II./Infanterie-Regiment 480
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 23 August 1943 as Oberst and commander of Grenadier-Regiment 460