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WH officers in Waffen SS

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Post by Requin Marteau » 11 Jul 2012, 10:20

Bonjour,

Do you have info on these officers (decorations, assignments and pics) ?
These officers of the WH was transferred to the Waffen SS units and permitted brought the SS uniform (some were Member of the SS).

Rüdiger Pipkorn (II. SS-Panzerkorps, commander of the 35. SS-Polizei-Grenadier Division),
Peter Sommer (2. SS-Panzer Division, later VI. Waffen-Armeekorps),
Albert Stueckler (2. SS-Panzer Division, I. SS-Panzerkorps),
Otto Kleine (5. SS-Panzer Division, 4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier Division),
Wolf-Dietrich Heike (14. Waffen-Grenadier Division),
Erich Wulff (15. Waffen-Grenadier Division),
Lothar Wulf (16. SS-Panzergrenadier Division),
Jürgen von Bock (SS-Panzergrenadier Brigade/Division Nederland),
Helmut von Vollard-Bockelberg (Ia/11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier Division).


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Post by Michael Miller » 11 Jul 2012, 20:34

Here is some basic data on a few of them.
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Jürgen von Bock und Pollach
SS-Sturmbannführer der Waffen-SS

Born: 22.07.1914 in Düsseldorf.
Died: 02.03.1979.
NSDAP-Nr.: [Party membership status unknown. Probably not a member]
SS-Nr.: Unknown (Probably no SS-Nr. assigned; Heer officer transferred to the Waffen-SS in 1944)
Promotions:
01.04.1936 Leutnant
00.00.19__ Oberleutnant
00.00.194_ Hauptmann
01.03.1944 Major i. G.
01.09.1944 SS-Sturmbannführer der Waffen-SS (mit RDA v 01.03.1944)
Decorations & Awards:
14.11.1944 Kriegsorden des Deutschen Kreuzes in Gold as SS-Sturmbannführer and Ia SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Brigade “Nederland”, Eastern Front
30.06.1940 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
28.10.1939 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
07.09.1940 Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
04.05.1942 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Schwarz
29.09.1942 Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42”
00.00.19__ Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnungen


Rüdiger Pipkorn
SS-Standartenführer der Waffen-SS

Born: 19.11.1909 in Gera / Thüringen.
Killed in Action: 24.04.1945 near Baruth on the Neisse Front (as Kdr. 35.SS-Polizei-Division, during the attempted breakout from the Halbe Pocket).
NSDAP-Nr.: None (Not a member)
SS-Nr.: None (Transferred from the Heer to the Waffen-SS, 20.06.1943)
Promotions:
00.00.193_ Leutnant
[00.00.1938] Oberleutnant
01.01.1939 Hauptmann
01.01.1942 Major i. G.
01.05.1943 Oberstleutnant
22.11.1943 SS-Obersturmbannführer der Waffen-SS
01.07.1944 SS-Standartenführer der Waffen-SS
01.07.1944 Oberst
Decorations & Awards:
19.08.1944 Kriegsorden des Deutschen Kreuzes in Gold as SS-Standartenführer for service as Ia of 4.SS-Polizei-Panzer-Grenadier-Division and as Chef des Generalstabes II.SS-Panzer-Korps (Based on a recommendation dated 07.08.1944 and signed by Korps Kom. Gen. Wilhelm Bittrich)
01.10.1941 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
13.09.1939 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
18.10.1939 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Schwarz
00.00.19__ Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnungen


Peter Sommer
Oberst im Generalstab
(with the Uniform of an SS-Standartenführer der Waffen-SS)

Born: 25.02.1907 in Hildesheim.
Died:
NSDAP-Nr.: [Not a member]
SS-Nr.: [Not a member - Heer officer attached for temporary duty to the Waffen-SS from 20.06.1943]
Promotions:
01.02.1929 Leutnant
00.00.193_ Oberleutnant
00.00.19__ Hauptmann
00.00.19__ Major
01.06.1942 Oberstleutnant i. G.
01.02.1944 Oberst i. G. (with Uniform of an SS-Standartenführer der Waffen-SS)
Decorations & Awards:
[Note: Recommended for the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuz for service as Chef des Generalstabes / Generalkommando VI.SS-Freiwilligen-Armee-Korps in a proposal dated 06.08.1944 and signed by the Korps Kom. Gen., Walter Krüger. Krüger in turn received a letter dated 09.09.1944 in which General der Infanterie Wilhelm Burgdorf, Chef of the Heerespersonalamt, rejected the proposal.]
10.01.1943 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold as Oberstleutnant i. G. and Ia 98.Infanterie-Division, Eastern Front
19.05.1940 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
14.05.1940 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
11.07.1942 Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42”
00.00.19__ Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnungen


Albert Stückler
SS-Obersturmbannführer der Waffen-SS

Born: 09.05.1913 in München / Bayern.
Died: 24.11.1996 in Freising.
NSDAP-Nr.: [Not a member]
SS-Nr.: [Not a member - Heer staff officer temporarily transferred for general staff duty to the Waffen-SS]
Promotions:
01.04.1935 Polizeileutnant (Landespolizei)
01.08.1935 Leutnant (Reichsheer; mit RDA vom 01.10.1934)
01.10.1937 Oberleutnant
01.10.1940 Hauptmann
01.11.1942 Major
01.08.1943 Major i. G. (per Christian Zweng, Dientstlaufbahn der Offiziere des Generalstabes des deutschen Heeres 1939-1945; Albert Stückler’s account gives 15.08.1943)
01.01.1944 SS-Sturmbannführer der Waffen-SS
01.11.1944 Oberstleutnant i. G.
01.12.1944 SS-Obersturmbannführer der Waffen-SS
Decorations & Awards:
14.10.1944 Kriegsorden des Deutschen Kreuzes in Gold as SS-Sturmbannführer and Ia 2.SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich”, Eastern and Western Fronts (Based on a recommendation dated 27.09.1944 and signed by Div. Fhr. Otto Baum; An earlier [00.03.1942] recommendation for the award, for his service as a Hauptmann and Chef of a Sturmgeschütz-Kompanie of Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Großdeutschland” in Russia, was denied by higher authority)
03.08.1941 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
20.04.1940 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
14.03.1942 Panzerkampfabzeichen in Bronze
20.03.1942 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Schwarz
13.08.1942 Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42”


Helmut von Vollard-Bockelberg
SS-Standartenführer der Waffen-SS

Born: 20.10.1911 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf.
Died: 00.00.199_.
NSDAP-Nr.: [Not a member]
SS-Nr.: [Not a member; Heer officer temporarily assigned for staff duty to the Waffen-SS]
Promotions:
00.00.193_ Leutnant
00.00.19__ Oberleutnant
00.00.19__ Hauptmann
00.00.194_ Major i. G.
01.05.1943 Oberstleutnant i. G.
00.00.194_ SS-Obersturmbannführer der Waffen-SS
30.01.1945 SS-Standartenführer der Waffen-SS (mit RDA vom 09.11.1944)
Decorations & Awards:
19.08.1944 Kriegsorden des Deutschen Kreuzes as SS-Obersturmbannführer and Ia 11.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Nordland”, Eastern Front (Based on a recommendation by Div. Kdr. Joachim Ziegler)
26.12.1944 Ehrenblatt-Spange des Heeres
07.02.1944 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
28.09.1941 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
20.04.1942 Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern
20.04.1942 Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
08.01.1942 Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit on War Ribbon (Hungary)
25.11.1942 Medal for Bravery 2nd Class (Slovakia)
18.11.1942 Medal for Bravery 3rd Class (Slovakia)


Erich Wulff
SS-Sturmbannführer der Waffen-SS

Born: 02.08.1910 in Schönkirchen / Kreis Plön / Holstein.
Killed in Action: 03.02.1945 in Flederborn bei Ratzebuhr / Niederstettin (as Ia and stellv. Div.Fhr. of 15.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS [lettische Nr. 1] while leading the breakout of the Division from Soviet encirclement near Flederborn).
NSDAP-Nr.: [Unknown if he held Party membership]
SS-Nr.: [Transferred from the Reichsheer to the Waffen-SS]
Promotions:
00.00.19__ Leutnant
[11.01.1942] Oberleutnant
00.00.194_ Hauptmann
00.00.194_ Major i. G.
00.00.1944 SS-Sturmbannführer der Waffen-SS
Decorations & Awards:
* 09.05.1945 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (posthumously) as SS-Sturmbannführer, Ia, and stellv. Fhr. of 15.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr. 1) (based on a recommendation submitted by former Div. Kdr. Adolf Ax
* Per Veit Scherzer, Ritterkreuzträger 1939-1945, according to the files of the Bundesarchiv, an original proposal was received by the Heerespersonalamt, and official processing began, but was unfinished by war’s end.
11.01.1942 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold as Oberleutnant and Chef 3.Kompanie / Infanterie-Regiment 26 / 30.Infanterie-Division, Eastern Front
00.00.19__ 1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
00.00.19__ 1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
00.00.194_ Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Silber
00.00.19__ Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Schwarz
00.00.1942 Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42"
ca. 1939 Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
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Re: WH officers in Waffen SS

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Post by Requin Marteau » 11 Jul 2012, 20:43

Bonjour,

Thank you very much Michael

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Post by Jan-Hendrik » 13 Jan 2017, 10:47

A little bit on

Major i.G. Otto Kleine

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Re: WH officers in Waffen SS

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Post by offizier1916 » 05 Jan 2018, 23:14

Hello,

From KTB 8. Armee (from jan hendrik)

Wöhler requested that Gruppenfürher Walter Krüger and his Ia Obersturmbannführer Sommer (transferred by the Heer to he Waffen-SS), should be used in other positions than commanding the Das Reich Division/Ia of the Das Reich. He accused them of being unsuitable.
Wöhler stated, that Krüger is way to "sluggish" and "spritless" for such a first-class/superb fighting force as the Waffen-SS. The Ia of the Division, Obersturmbannführer Sommer, is just a below-average Chief of Staff and not suitable for such a high-class division like the "Das Reich"


See this thread: https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic ... 3#p2044763
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