serviceyears branch commands death_date death_place birth_place allegiance awards image_size battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1925-1945 waffen-ss '' '' 2 . ss-division das reich '' 17 . ss-panzergrenadier division götz von berlichingen '' 1 may 1945 bad bad aussee , styria , austria aussee , reichsgau steiermark , nazi germany now königsberg prussia , german empire now kaliningrad , kaliningrad oblast , , russian federation province of east prussia , kingdom of -lrb- to 1933 -rrb- knight 's cross of the iron cross 250 world war ii 15 august 1903 ss-gruppenführer und generalleutnant der waffen-ss bundesarchiv bild 101iii-zschaeckel-149-16 , werner ostendorf.jpg werner ostendorff
 werner ostendorff
werner ostendorff

werner ostendorff , -lrb- 15 august 1903 - 1 may 1945 -rrb- was an ss-gruppenführer -lrb- major general -rrb- and one of the youngest divisional commanders in the waffen-ss .
ostendorff was also a winner of the knight 's cross of the iron cross and german cross in gold .
