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Max Hansen (22 December 1897 – 12 November 1961), also known as 'The Little Caruso', [1] was a Danish singer, cabaret artist, actor, and comedian. [2] [3] Biography.
Feb 17, 2009 · Max Hansen a fantastic artist , popular in Sweden, Germany and of course also Denmark where he was citizen. He was born in 1897 in Mannaheim. His first recor...
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Max Hansen (31 July 1908 – 7 March 1990) was a Standartenführer (Colonel), in the Waffen-SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knights Cross was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II. The Oakleaves was a second award.
Hansen was born on the 31 July 1908 at Niebüll, Germany. Before joining the SS he was apprenticed to a locksmith.
In 1933 he joined the SS-Verfügungstruppe and by 1939 was the commander of the 12th Company in the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. In 1941, he was awarded the German Cross in Gold and promoted to Sturmbannführer (Major). He was given command of the II./1st Panzer Grenadier Regiment LSSAH.
It was whilst commanding this battalion during the Third Battle of Kharkov on 28 March 1943 that Hansen was awarded the Knight's Cross. His battalion broke through to Red Square in Kharkov, conducted house-to-house fighting and opened the way to the city centre, so that the northern part of Kharkov could be taken.
Hansen later went on to command the 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment LSSAH. With his regiment he took part in the Ardennes Offensive and the offensive in Hungary, Operation Spring Awakening in 1945 during which he was awarded the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross.
He ended the war as a Standartenführer.
Max Hansen died in the town of his birth on 7 March 1990.
•Agte, Patrick. •Berger, Florian (2004) (in German). Ritterkreuzträger mit Nahkampfspange in Gold [Knight's Cross Bearers with the Close Combat Clasp in Gold]. Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 978-3-9501307-3-7.
•Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) (in German). Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 – Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtsteile [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]. Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
•Max Hansen @ Lexikon der Wehrmacht
Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and Golden Close Combat Clasp
•Karl Auer
•Johann Baichl
•Gregor Baunach
•Rudolf Becker
Max Josef Hansen (* 22. Dezember 1897 in Mannheim; † 13. November 1961 in Kopenhagen) war ein dänischer Kabarettist, Filmschauspieler und Operettensänger (Tenor), der in Deutschland geboren wurde und aufwuchs. Er war im Berlin der Weimarer Republik ein großer Musik- und Schauspielstar.
Max Hansen was a German-born Danish singer and actor who starred in operettas, revues, cabaret and films. He was known for his roles in Sköna Helena, Bröder emellan, It Chapter Two and more.
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- Mannheim, Germany
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- Copenhagen, Denmark
Max Hansen was a German-born singer and actor who starred in operettas, revues and films. He moved to Denmark in 1933 and became a target of Nazi persecution for his satirical songs.
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Max Hansen sings Komm Zigan from the well known operetta Gräfin Mariza.
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