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The German Order (German: Deutscher Orden) was the highest award that the Nazi Party could bestow on an individual for his services to the "state and party". It was designed by Benno von Arent. Adolf Hitler awarded the first such order posthumously to Reichsminister Fritz Todt during Todt's funeral in February 1942. A second posthumous award of the German Order was given to SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich at his funeral in June that year. Cynics called the award the "dead hero order" as it was almost always awarded posthumously. The only two recipients who received the German Order and survived the war were Konstantin Hierl and Artur Axmann.
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- Fritz Todt, 11 February 1942 (posthumous)
- Reinhard Heydrich, 9 June 1942 (posthumous)
- Adolf Hühnlein, 22 June 1942 (posthumous)
- Viktor Lutze, 7 May 1943 (posthumous)
- Adolf Wagner, 17 April 1944 (posthumous)
- Josef Bürckel, 3 October 1944 (posthumous)
- Rudolf Schmundt, 7 October 1944 (posthumous)
- Konstantin Hierl, 24 February 1945
- Karl Hanke, 12 April 1945 (killed during a POW escape attempt at a transport on 8 June 1945)
- Karl Holz, 19 April 1945 (killed in action on 20 April 1945)
- Artur Axmann, 28 April 1945