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Johannes-Matthias Hönscheid (14 July 1922 – 2 March 2001) was a member of a propaganda company () and officer in the Fallschirmjäger forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
He was nominated and awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his actions in Italy in the final days of the war. His last assignment at the end of the war was with the Flensburg Government (Dönitz Government) as a correspondent and spokesman in Plön and Flensburg. After the war, Hönscheid worked in publishing.
Awards and decorations
German Cross in Gold (16 March 1945)Scherzer 2007, p. 396. Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 16 March 1945 as Oberfeldwebel and as Kriegsberichter der Fallschirmtruppe.
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