SS in pre-1944 Slovakia

[pavel michalek]

Can you put some names to these SS officers? They served in Slovakia as the instructors to the Hlinka Guard in Bojnice castle, where HG had its officer´s school. The photo was taken between the years of 1940 and 1943.

Vojtech Tuka greets SS officers in Bojnice castle (1940-1943).jpg

[pavel michalek]

When it´s not easy to recognize them in the photo, do you have names of SS officers serving in Slovakia before 1944?

[Igor Karpov]

They served in Slovakia as the instructors to the Hlinka Guard.

Pavel,

The advisor to the Hlinka Guard was SS-Obersturmbannführer Viktor Naegler.

Regards,
Igor

[Mikedc]

Hello Igor,
I think you mean Viktor Nageler.
SS-Sturmbannführer.
From 16-3-38 till ??-43 CO from 90. SS-Standarte.
SS-Obersturmbannführer.
From ??-43 till 8-5-45 CO from 38. SS-Standarte.
He was an adviser with the Hlinka Guard in Slovakia.
He was the SS-Hauptamt representative in Slovakia.
He received the Blood Order.

Does someone has his DoB/place of birth, party- and SS-number???

Greetings, Mike

[freddiefro]

Nageler, Viktor
Born: 14.03.1903 in Spittal / Kärnten
NSDAP Nr.: 116 301
SS Nr.: 293 073
SS-Ustuf.: 30.01.1937; SS-Ostuf.: 12.09.1937; SS-Hstuf.: 03.04.1938; SS-Stubaf.: 04.04.1938; SS-Ostubaf.: 09.11.1940; SS-Stubaf.d.R.(W-SS): 20.04.1941
Blutorden: Vorschlagsliste VII, 30.05.1939
Kriegsverdienstkreuz II.Klasse mit Schwertern
Ehrendegen des Reichsführer-SS

- Fred

[Igor Karpov]

Hello Igor,
I think you mean Viktor Nageler.
SS-Sturmbannführer.

Greetings, Mike

Hello, Mike,

Yep, thanks for the correction.

Regards,
Igor

[Mikedc]

Hello Freddie,
Thank you very much for the extra info on Nageler, that makes the picture even more complete.
And hopefully somebody also knows when he was adviser from the Hlinka Guard and representative from the SS-Hauptamt in Slovakia, because I do find enough references he hold these post, nowhere I can find a timeframe.

Greetings, Mike

[Sid Guttridge]

Were they instructing the Hlinka Guard, or only its POHG special unit?

[pavel michalek]

POHG didn´t exist before 1944.