{"id":1124,"date":"2025-07-14T03:53:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T03:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/?page_id=1124"},"modified":"2026-05-04T19:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:52:15","slug":"klaus-friedrich","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/?page_id=1124","title":{"rendered":"Klaus Friedrich"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/466151411_8115671268536656_6414794167476941299_n-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1126\" style=\"width:450px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/466151411_8115671268536656_6414794167476941299_n-edited.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/466151411_8115671268536656_6414794167476941299_n-edited-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/466151411_8115671268536656_6414794167476941299_n-edited-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/466151411_8115671268536656_6414794167476941299_n-edited-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/466151411_8115671268536656_6414794167476941299_n-edited-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/466151411_8115671268536656_6414794167476941299_n-edited-1200x1800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Name<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Klaus Friedrich<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Role<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>MG1 Machine Gunner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rank<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Obergrenadier<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in 1920 in K\u00f6ln, Germany, Klaus Friedrich worked as an engineer prior to entering military service. He was unmarried at the time of his enlistment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Service History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Friedrich was initially assigned to Grenadier-Regiment 855 before being reassigned in early April 1943 to Grenadier-Regiment 211.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He currently serves as an Obergrenadier and machine gunner (MG1) for 1. Gruppe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Friedrich is regarded as a capable and experienced soldier, bringing a well-developed impression and strong attention to detail to the unit. His role as machine gunner makes him a key member of 1. Gruppe during field operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name Klaus Friedrich Role MG1 Machine Gunner Rank Obergrenadier Background Born in 1920 in K\u00f6ln, Germany, Klaus Friedrich worked as an engineer prior to entering military service. He was unmarried &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/?page_id=1124\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Klaus Friedrich&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1124","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1124"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1286,"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1124\/revisions\/1286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/211thgrenadier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}