Bruno Sutkus, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Recipient of the Iron Cross
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Place of Birth: Chkalovsk Microdistrict, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia
About Bruno Sutkus
- Bruno Sutkus (Lithuanian: Bronius Sutkus, 14 May 1924 – 29 August 2003) was a Lithuanian-German sniper in the 68th Infantry Division of the German Army, on the Eastern Front of World War II, and was credited with 209 kills.
- Every kill was recorded in an individual "sniper's book" and had to be confirmed by at least one observer and authenticated by the battalion commander.
- Facsimile copies of various diary pages are reproduced in Sutkus' memoir.
- After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Sutkus held lectures for Lithuanian soldiers and presented his wartime records to Lithuanian officers.
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