Ernst Tiburzy

Ernst Tiburzy
File:Ernst Tiburzy.jpg Ernst Tiburzy
Born	26 December 1911 Drosdowen near Marggrabowa, East Prussia
Died	Papenburg
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Volkssturm
Rank	Battalion Commander comparable to Major
Commands held	Volkssturm-Btl. 25/82 in fortress Königsberg
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Ernst Tiburzy (26 December 1911 – 14 November 2004) was a German Volkssturm-Bataillonsführer who received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his performance fighting alone and the destruction of five or nine T-34s with Panzerfausts during the defense of Königsberg on February 10, 1945. He is one of only four Volkssturm members to have been awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He was mentioned in the addendum of the Wehrmachtbericht on 3 February 1945.

Wehrmachtbericht reference

Date	Original German Wehrmachtbericht wording	Direct English translation
3 February 1945 (Addendum)	In den harten Abwehrkämpfen um den äußeren Verteidigungsring von Königsberg vernichtete der Batterieführer im Volkssturm Ernst Tilbursy mit der Panzerfaust fünf sowjetische Panzer.	In the tough defensive battles around the outer defensive ring of Königsberg the battery commander in the Volkssturm Ernst Tilbursy destroyed five Soviet tanks with the Panzerfaust ("armor fist").