Heinz-Rudolf Cranz (2 September 1918 – 22 June 1941) was a German alpine skier who competed in the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games (german: IV. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 ( bar, Garmasch-Partakurch 1936), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 ...

. He was born in

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and died in Różaniec,

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. He was the younger brother of Christl Cranz. In 1936 he finished sixth in the alpine skiing combined event. Only a few months after his last German National in 1941 Cruz was killed-in-action during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

on his first day of battle on the Russian campaign in Rosaniec (Poland), where he served as a corporal in an Alpine division.

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1918 births 1941 deaths Olympic alpine skiers for Germany Alpine skiers at the 1936 Winter Olympics German Army personnel killed in World War II German male alpine skiers 20th-century German people German Army soldiers of World War II People from Uccle {{Germany-alpine-skiing-bio-stub