Johannes-Matthias Hönscheid, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johannes-Matthias Hönscheid

German paratrooper and Knight's Cross recipient

Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1922

Place of Birth: Eitorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 02-Mar-2001

Profession: military personnel, war correspondent, publisher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Johannes-Matthias Hönscheid (14 July 1922 – 2 March 2001) was a member of a propaganda company (Propagandakompanie) 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.