Ernst Tiburzy

Infobox Military Person
name=Ernst Tiburzy
lived=26 December 1911 – 14 November 2004
placeofbirth=Drosdowen, East Prussia
placeofdeath=


caption=Ernst Tiburzy
nickname=
allegiance=flagicon|Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
branch=Volkssturm
serviceyears=
rank=Battalion Commander comparable to Major
commands=Volkssturm-Btl. 25/82 in fortress Königsberg
unit=
battles=World War II
awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
laterwork=

Ernst Tiburzy (26 December 1911 – 14 November 2004) was a German Volkssturm-Bataillonsführer [ [http://www.das-ritterkreuz.de/index_search_db.php4?modul=search_result_det&wert1=6550&searchword= Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 - 1945 ] ] who received the Knight's Cross to the Iron Cross for his performance fighting alone and the destruction of five [Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer: "Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945". Friedburg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas, 2000. ISBN 3-7909-0284-5.] or nine [ [http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/T/TiburzyE-R.htm Tiburzy ] ] T-34s with a Panzerfaust during the defense of Königsberg on February 10, 1945. He is one of only four Volkssturm members to have been awarded the Iron Cross.

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