Heinz Bertling

[Shane A Beaver]

I need to know more about the career of Heinz Bertling. Can someone add to, amend or correct the following information from my files, please?

1) Born 20/10/1898 (Kiel)
2) SS-NO: 60,258
3) NSDAP NO: 370,275
4) Ustuf: 11/3/34
5) Oberf: 9/11/43
6) 1/3/35 - 2/38: Instructor, SS-Führerschule "Braunschweig"
7) 2/38 - 23/3/38: Commander III./SS-TS "Thüringen"
8) 23/3/38 - 1939: Commander I./"Deutschland"
9) 26/8/39 - 8/11/39: Commander Ehren-Batn, "LSSAH"
10) 8/11/39 - 9/40: Commander SS-Totenkopf-Inf.Regt.2
11) 9/40 - ?: Political Section of Foreign Ministry
12) ? - 1943: Commander of SS-Inf.Regt.10, 1st SS-Inf.Bde
13) Dates unkown: SS-Hauptamt
14) 8/8/44 - 1945: Commander of Indianisches Legion

I would particularly like to know when he joined the SS and NSDAP, and also what was his post-war fate, please.

[Georg_S]

His full name was Karl-Heinz Bertling

//Georg

[Shane A Beaver]

Thanks Georg

[HM]

Hi,

Some info on Bertling,

01.11.1930 Eintritt in die NSDAP(Mitgliedsnr.370.275); 01.04.1931 Eintritt in die Allgemeine-SS(Mitgliedsnr.60.258)als SS-Mann beim Stab des SS-Abschnitts XXVI(bis 22.10.1934); 01.01.1932 SS-Scharführer; 16.04.1933 SS-Oberscharführer; 01.10.1933 Hauptmann der Landespolizei; 22.10.1934 Austritt aus der SS wegen Übertritts zur Landespolizei; 01.03.1935 Wiedereintritt in die SS(SS-verfügungstruppe); 01.03.1935 SS-Sturmbannführer; 01.03.1935 - 01.02.1938 Taktiklehrer an der SS-Junkerschule Braunschweig;

HM.

[Greyfinn]

Hello,
Have you seen Bertlig's bio posted by Phil Nix ?
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... t=bertling

...and photo

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... t=bertling

Regards
Greyfinn

[Shane A Beaver]

Thanks HM, much appreciated!

[Shane A Beaver]

Many thanks Greyfinn - I must have missed that somehow!

[fons]

14) 8/8/44 - 1945: Commander of Indianisches Legion

He was only in command for a very short time as i understood. (or as it was stated to me by a Indian Legion veteran; "hours")
Phil Nix writes in his biography "lack of interest" from Bertling's side, but the truth is that the Indians objected to losing their beloved commander Krappe
Bertling got word of this and thought something in the line of "fair is fair, if they don't want me...i'm off again"...and resigned.
Krappe stayed in command, Indians happy.

Regards,
fons

[Shane A Beaver]

Very interesting. I didn;t know that. Thanks!

[paolosilv]

http://germanmilitariacollectibles.com/ ... egion.html

The Legion Freies Indien / Indisches Infanterie Regiment 950
Photos of the Indian unit of the Waffen SS.

best, Paolo

[Ruslan M]

Interesting shot of Heinz Bertling, to compare with Bertling's photo posting by Max Williams some years ago.

source: Reibert

[Andrey]

Hello!

I found on the one well-respected russian website (http://www.ak-group.ru) an interesting photo (attached) with this russians comment: "A very rare photo - Standartenführer SS Dechtling on the interrogation. No tabs, but with the Danzig Cross 1st Class."
In addition, this "mythical" SS-Staf. is present again in the many lists of the holders of this really rare cross.
(See: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... g#p1170137 and http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... ng#p246627).
I don`t know any SS officers with such name and the rank.
I`m absolutely sure - on this photo is actually SS-Of. Heinz Bertling as a russian prisoner.
What is his fate at the end of the WWII?
Thanks,

Andrey.

[Andrey]

Hmm...
131 views and no any info or comments?

Andrey.

[harmel]

Nice=pic Andrey.
Harmel

[Michael Miller]

Andrey~

If that's not Bertling, it's his exact clone, as this image posted by Phil Nix some time ago shows.
Afraid I don't have any data on Bertling with me at this time, so I don't know what transpired for him after the fall of the Third Reich.

A remarkable photograph / thanks for sharing it.

Best wishes,
~ Mike