SS Gen Feketehalmy-Czeydner

genstab · #1

Can anyone tell me which SS division he possibly commanded? Appreciate it.

Best,
Genstab in Oregon

Dieter Zinke · #2

Dear Bill

His only "command" was

01.07.1944 - 09.08.1944 Stellvertretender Kommandierender General des II. SS-Panzerkorps (ohne Kommandogewalt, lediglich zur “Beobachtung“)

He suffered on a larynx-cancer (vocal-chord)

Dieter Z.

Michael Miller · #3

I have the following information on his late-war employment (sources: Andreas Schulz, et al, Die Generale der Waffen-SS und Polizei, Band I and Bender/Taylor, Uniforms, Organization and History of the Waffen-SS, Vol. 5):

01.03.1944 SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
01.11.1944 SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS a.D.
01.12.1944 Vezérezredes (General)(with seniority from 01.01.1944)
18.01.1945 Waffen-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen- SS (mit Wirkung vom 01.01.1944)

01.03.1944 – 01.07.1944 Entered Waffen-SS at the request of Heinrich Himmler, assigned to Fuhrerreserve in the SS-Führungshauptamt.
15.03.1944 Degraded and sentenced to death in absentia, Budapest.
23.03.1944 – 26.05.1944 Hospitalized at the SS Lazarett Wien XIII/110.
26.05.1944 – 01.07.1944 Hospitalized in the Kurlazarett Semmering.
01.07.1944 – 09.08.1944 (Nominal) Stellvertretender Kommandierender General II.SS-Panzer-Korps. Under Willi Bittrich; during this period worked on a memoir of the Normandy fighting, for which he had been commissioned by the Oberkommando des Heeres.
09.08.1944 – 15.10.1944 Assigned to Führerreserve / SS-Führungshauptamt.
05.09.1944 – 22.09.1944 Attached as an observer to the following Main Offices:
05.09.1944 – 08.09.1944 Reichssicherheitshauptamt.
09.09.1944 – 13.09.1944 SS-Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt.
14.09.1944 – 18.09.1944 Hauptamt Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle.
19.09.1944 – 22.09.1944 Hauptamt Ordnungspolizei.

16.10.1944 Returned to Hungary and officially reactivated in Hungarian Army by the new National Leader, Count Ferenc Szalasi.
17.10.1944 – 01.05.1945 Deputy Honvéd (Defense) Minister; Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Hungarian Army; and Deputy Chief of the General Staff to Colonel-General Beregfy (in Budapest, later in Köszeg).
01.11.1944 Retired from Waffen-SS service.
22.12.1944 – 00.00.1945 Hospitalized.
00.01.1945 Diagnosed with throat cancer.

[Not confirmed by Die Generale der Waffen-SS und Polizei, Band 1-->> 00.03.1945 – 00.04.1945 Returned to Waffen-SS service, assigned as Kommandierender General of XVII.(ungarisch) SS-Korps (which existed only on paper).

18.03.1945 – 07.04.1945 Again hospitalized in SS Lazarett Wien XIII/110. He underwent an operation to remove a polyp from his vocal cords in 03.1945.

Best wishes,
~ Mike Miller

genstab · #4

Thanks a lot for that great background, Mike!

Best regards,
Genstab

Jack M. Singer · #5

The 17th SS Corps was assigned to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in early April of 1945. The British liberators noticed that the SS troops spoke Hungarian and wore Hungarian medals. There were about 250 to 300 of them left by April 20, 1945 to surrender to the British and Canadian forces. All most all of the 17th SS Corps was composed of 30,000 to 50,000 pro facist Hungarian refugees who were stranded in Austria at the end of the war. They had few weapons and very few were of military age and gender.

Jan-Hendrik · #6

May I ask for a reference concerning XVII.SS.Kps and Bergen-Belsen in 1945 ??

Jan-Hendrik

Rob - wssob2 · #7

As for the XVII SS Corps formation I have: An estimated 260 men, including a motorcycle, translation, signals and guards units. Few senior staff roles had been assigned, as this unit was never fully created.

Sources:

Die Waffen-SS und Polizei 1939-45 - Kurt Mehner - Patzwall - 1995

The Hungarian Army and Its Military Leadership in World War II - Andris Kursietis, Antonio Munoz - Axis Europa - 1999

AliasDavid · #8

Jack M. Singer wrote:The 17th SS Corps was assigned to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in early April of 1945. The British liberators noticed that the SS troops spoke Hungarian and wore Hungarian medals. There were about 250 to 300 of them left by April 20, 1945 to surrender to the British and Canadian forces. All most all of the 17th SS Corps was composed of 30,000 to 50,000 pro facist Hungarian refugees who were stranded in Austria at the end of the war. They had few weapons and very few were of military age and gender.

That reminds me of the thread on the Dachau guards, in which Rob pointed out that there is no evidence that the Totenkopf guards had been replaced with (Hungarian) Waffen-SS units immediately before the liberation:

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

Sounds like an analogy.

UlrichH

Jan-Hendrik · #9

Well , my problem is that I have a few hungarian war graves here , between Celle and Uelzen , but , as far it was possible to recheck this , none of this was a hungarian SS-Man ...

I have ung. BauBtl. , replacement unit the the Panzertruppenschule , "normal" training Btls. but still no evidence for SS ...

Thats why I am asking

Jan-Hendrik