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Morten
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Fritz Klingenberg

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Post by Morten » 09 Mar 2009, 10:37

What was Fritz Klingenbergs final rank?
According to http://www.dasreich.ca, he was an SS-Oberführer.
According to http://www.ritterkreuztraeger-1939-45.de, his final rank was SS-Standartenführer.

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Re: Fritz Klingenberg

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Post by von Brackwede » 10 Mar 2009, 00:41

Confusing.

Fritz Klingenberg is referred to as SS-Oberführer - so to speak - all over the internet, amongst other places here:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 37&start=0

On this site he is referred to as SS-Standartenführer

http://www.frontkjemper.info/show_person.php?P_ID=260

Then, Wikipedia refers to him thus:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Klingenberg

The last rank on the list is SS-Standartenführer (appointed 21.12.1944). But in the text above he is referred to as SS-Oberführer.

Was he appointed SS-Oberführer at one point just because of his command of the Götz von Berlichingen-division?

Pictures would help; pictures I found was either (1) the known picture (signed) as RKT and Hauptsturmführer, or (2) with his collars hidden.

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v.Br.


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Re: Fritz Klingenberg

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Post by freddiefro » 10 Mar 2009, 15:11

Veit Scherzer ("Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945"), Fellgiebel ("Elite of the Reich"), Krätschmer ("Die Ritterkreuzträger der Waffen-SS"), and John P. Moore ("Führerliste der Waffen-SS") all have Klingenberg’s final rank as SS-Oberführer.

- Fred

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Re: Fritz Klingenberg

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Post by Ignacio » 11 Mar 2009, 18:24

The Kriegstagebuch of the 17.SS-Pz.Gren.Div. "Götz von Berlichingen" edited by M. Wind and H. Günther, includes a report sent on 26.03.45 by the divisional Ia to the Gen.Kdo. XIII.SS-A.K. with the details of the death of Divisional Commander SS-Standartenführer Klingenberg on 23.03.45. The Diary also contains the Divisions-Tagesbefehl issued on 26.03.45 and signed by the Ia too, notifying the divisional units the death of SS-Standartenführer Klingenberg.

So he held the rank of SS-Standartenführer when KIA. If he was ever promoted to SS-Oberführer it was a posthumous promotion.

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Ignacio

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