Halim Malkoč

Halim Malkoč
Halim Malkoč
	Malkoč addressing members of the division
Born	12 August 1917; Bihać, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary
Died	8 February 1947 (aged 29); Bihać, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Allegiance	Kingdom of Yugoslavia (until 1941); Independent State of Croatia; Greater German Reich;
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1943–1945
Rank	Obersturmführer
Unit	Handschar
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Iron Cross

Halim Malkoč (12 August 1917 – 8 February 1947) was a Bosniak Imam and SS Obersturmführer in the Waffen-SS division Handschar, and the first Muslim awarded the German Iron Cross during World War II. He received the medal for his involvement in the suppression of the Villefranche-de-Rouergue mutiny of 1943. He was born to a Bosniak family in Bihać on 12 August 1917.

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