Identification LAH Officers - 28.05.43

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Identification LAH Officers - 28.05.43

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Post by Simon V. » 26 Aug 2003, 12:12

Hi all,
This picture was printed in Meyer's Grenadiere IIRC, date given was 28.05.43 birthday of Dietrich.
I could already identificate a few officers, but still many are missing. I hope anyone can help to update / correct the information.

1 Ewert, Walter
2 Walter Staudinger
3 Dr. Walter Besuden
4 Kurt Meyer
5 Sepp Dietrich
6 Hermann Weiser
7 ERROR from my side :s
8 Rudolf Sandig
9 Bludau, Alfred
10 Georg Schönberger
11 Bernhard Siebken
12 Hans Becker
13 ?
14 Teddy Wish
15 Hugo Kraas
16 Albert Frey
17 ?
18 ?
19 Erich Maas
20 Bernhard Krause
21 ?
22 ?
23 ?
24 Heinz von Westernhagen
25 ?
26 Alfred Günther
27 Rudolf Lehmann
28 ?
29 ?
30 ?
31 ?
32 ?
33 ?
34 ?
35 ?
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Post by Reader3000 » 26 Aug 2003, 12:45

Okay, here is how Hebert Walther identifies them in his book "Die Waffen-SS":
1.: Ewert
9.: Bludau
11.: Siebken
13.: not Mohnke
18.: Hubert Meyer
19.: Maaß
20.: Bernhard Krause
24.: Heinz von Westernhagen (Kommandeur of Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung and later of schwere SS-Panzerabteilung 101/501
26.: Günther (Sturmgeschütz Kommandant and later Tiger Kommandant)
27.: Rudolf Lehmann (--> if 16 is Albert Frey then he has two numbers: 16 and 27 directly on his face, so the 31 is the man behind/above Lehmann who stands behind Frey, next to Günther!)


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Post by Simon V. » 26 Aug 2003, 13:57

Hi Panzerass,
Thanks for the additional information.
24 can indeed be Heinz von Westernhagen, although I had the impression the head of v. Westernhagen was sharper.
I'm still not satisfied with 26. Why would Günther as a StuG.Kdr get invited on the birthday party of Dietrich keeping in mind that most of these officers on the picture were Btl.Kdrs or Stabofficers. Still think he looks like Peiper.
Thanks for the input!
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Post by Reader3000 » 26 Aug 2003, 16:28

Number 26 is Günther I guess. Here is another pic of him.
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Post by Simon V. » 26 Aug 2003, 17:21

Hi Panzerass,
Looked up a pic of Kuhlmann and Peiper. What do you think?

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Post by Doppelkopf » 26 Aug 2003, 17:39

That's Alfred Günther allright.
You can clearly see he's wearing a Hauptscharführer's collar patch plus I don't think there's any resemblance with Peiper or Kuhlmann (who BTW had to wait another year to receive the RK).

Günther was a RKT so I guess this was good enough reason for the invitation to Sepp's birthday party.

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Post by Tolga Alkan » 26 Aug 2003, 17:40

Dear Simon,
Do you have this photo without numbers?

Best Regards,
Tolga

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Post by Simon V. » 26 Aug 2003, 18:01

It could indeed be Alfred Günther, I'm convinced now.
Tolga check your PM
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Simon

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Post by Daniel L » 26 Aug 2003, 18:05

Does anyone know who this LSSAH officer is?

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Post by Reader3000 » 26 Aug 2003, 22:01

D.Löwenhamm: Ask Timo Worst about this unknown man. This pic appeared some time ago.

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Post by Daniel L » 26 Aug 2003, 22:10

Yes I've posted it before, however Timo haven't been able to identify the officer.

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Post by Reader3000 » 26 Aug 2003, 22:18

Hmm, well then I don't know who to ask....

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