SS-Totenkopfverbände

[coburg22]

K.L. Flossenburg: (1938 SS DAL Listing)

SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Jakob Weiseborn / Kdt.
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Heinz Ritzheimer
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Hans Aumeier
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Kurt Hansen
SS-Obersturmfuhrer Otto Soeldner
SS-Obersturmfuhrer Max Schobert
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Otto Brenneis
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Xaver Strauss

Best,

James

[coburg22]

K.L. LIchtenburg: (1934 SS DAL Listing)

SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Bernhard Schmidt / Kdt.
SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Edgar Entsberger


K.L. Lichtenburg: (1935 SS DAL LIsting)

SS-Standartenfuhrer Otto Reich / Kdt.
SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Heinrich Remmert
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Adam Gruenewald
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Arthur Liebehenschel
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Markus Habben
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Wilhelm Breimaier
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Egon Zill
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Fritz Kraus
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Dr. Otto Schroeder


K.L. Lichtenburg: (1937 SS DAL Listing)

There were no SS Officers listed for K.L. Lichtenburg in the 1937 SS DAL.


K.L. LIchtenburg: (1938 SS DAL LIsting)

SS-Standartenfuhrer Guenther Tamaschke / Kdt.
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Max Koegel
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Egon Zill
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Herbert Lauer
SS-Obersturmfuhrer Kurt Seitz

Best,

James

[coburg22]

K.L. Mauthausen: (1938 SS DAL LIsting)

SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Albert Sauer / Kdt.
SS-Obersturmfuhrer Otto Barnewald
SS-Obersturmfuhrer Alfons Bentele
SS-Obersturmfuhrer Herbert Sperling
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Josef Kramer

Best,

James

[coburg22]

Correction:

I know that I listed K.L. Neuengamme as a pre-war K.L. but it actually was not established until 1940 and will be listed later in this thread under war-time K.L.

Best,

James

[coburg22]

K.L. Papenburg: (1934 SS DAL Listing)

SS-Standartenfuhrer Hans Loritz / Kdt.
SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Heinrich Remmert
SS-Sturmfuhrer Georg Koerber

Best,

James

[coburg22]

K.L. Ravensbrueck:

Even though K.L. Ravensbrueck was establised in 1938, there is no listing of SS Officers assigned to that camp in the 1938 SS DAL.

Best,

James

[coburg22]

SS Sonderkommando Sachsen: (1934 SS DAL LIsting)

SS-Sturmhauptfuhrer karl Koch / Fuhrer
SS-Sturmhauptfuhrer Adam Gruenewald
SS-Sturmfuhrer Otto Sulzbach
SS-Sturmfuhrer Kurt Launer
SS-Sturmfuhrer Gerhard Sack


K.L. Sachsenburg: (1935 SS DAL LIsting)

SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Bernhard Schmidt / Kdt.
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Max Simon
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Otto Sulzbach
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Hans Meyer
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Dr. Fritz Gebhardt
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Hans Kaltosen
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Kurt Weisse

Best,

James

[coburg22]

K.L. Sachsenhausen: (1937 SS DAL Listing)

SS-Oberfuhrer Hans Helwig / Kdt.
SS-Standartenfuhrer Bernhard Schmidt
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Franz Kraus
SS-Obersturmfuhrer Karl Merker
SS-Obersturmfuhrer Kurt Seitz
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Josef Kramer
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Carl Chmielewski
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Heinrich Krone


K.L. Sachsenhausen: (1938 SS DAL Listing)

SS-Oberfuhrer Hermann Baranowski / Kdt.
SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Franz Kraus
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Rudolf Hoess
SS-Obersturmfuhrer Carl Chmielewski
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Heinrich Forster
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Georg Bartenschlager
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Wilhelm Schitli
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Fritz Seidler
SS-Untersturmfuhrer Heinrich Klattenhoff

Best,

James

[coburg22]

Pre-War K.L. Kommandants:

K.L. Buchenwald:

SS-Standartenführer Karl Otto Koch

Columbia Haus:

SS-Oberführer Walter Gerlach
SS-Oberführer Dr. Alexander Reiner
SS-Standartenführer Karl Otto Koch

K.L. Dachau:

SS-Oberführer Theodor Eicke
SS-Sturmbannführer Hilmar Wackerle
SS-Oberführer Heinrich Deubel
SS-Oberführer Hans Loritz

K.L. Esterwegen:

SS-Oberführer Paul Brinkmann
SS-Oberführer Hans Loritz
SS-Standartenführer Karl Otto Koch

K.L. Flossenburg:

SS-Sturmbannführer Jakob Weiseborn

K.L. Lichtenburg:

SS-Obersturmbannführer Bernhard Schmidt
SS-Standartenführer Otto Reich
SS-Standartenführer Günther Tamaschke

K.L. Mauthausen:

SS-Sturmbannführer Albert Sauer

K.L. Papenburg:

SS-Standartenführer Hans Loritz

K.L. Sachsenburg:

SS-Oberführer Dr. Alexander Reiner
SS-Standartenführer Karl Otto Koch
SS-Standartenführer Bernhard Schmidt

K.L. Sachsenhausen:

SS-Oberführer Hans Helwig
SS-Oberführer Hermann Baranowski

Best,

James

[coburg22]

Inspektorate was established at Oranienburg.

SS-Totenkopf Guard Units reorganized in 1935 as follows:

Sturmbann I : Oberbayern

Sturmbann II : Elbe

Sturmbann III : Sachsen

Sturmbann IV : Ostfriesland

Sturmbann V : Brandenburg

Best,

James

[coburg22]

Note: The SS-T.V. was recognized as a Organization in the service of the state on April 1. 1936 and placed on the Police Budget in the Ministry of the Interior.

Source: The Waffen-SS by Georg Stein

Best,

James

[coburg22]

The SS-T.V. was reorganized again in 1937:

SS-T.V. Standarte I "Oberbayern" at KL Dachau.

SS-T.V. Standarte 2 "Brandenburg" at Oranienburg (KL Sachsenhausen).

SS-T.V. Standarte 3 "Thüringen" at Frankenberg but later went to KL Buchenwald in Weimar.

Note:

SS-T.V. Standarte 4 "Ostmark" formed in 1938 in Linz and was later stationed at KL Mauthausen.

Note:

Nex I will list Officers assigned to the above SS-T.V. Standarten from the 1937 and 1938 SS-DAL's as well as the SS-T.V. Sanitäts Abteilung.

Best,

James

[Phil Nix]

1 SS Totenkopfstandarte Oberbayern originated as SS Wachverbande and it became SS Totenkopf Verbande "Oberbayern" 29.3.1936 It was raised to Standarte status 1st July 1937. It was disbanded mid October 1939 becoming SS Totenkopf-Rekruten Standarte , however most of the manpower went to SS Totenkopf Division
Kdr Theodor Eicke 26.6.33 - 4.7.34
Ernst Schulze 4.7.34 - 20.4.36
Otto Augustini 20.4.36 - 16.4.37
Max Simon 16.4.37 - 10.1939
Phil Nix

[coburg22]

Hello Phil,

Thank you very much for the information regarding the Oberbayern Standarte. Do you by chance have the same information for the the other three standarten?

Best,

James

[Derek]

A question about the Hundertschaften system employed by the SS-TV in pre-war years.
Does anyone have any documentation that sheds some light on this structure?
In a Fuehrerprotokoll posted here for Peter Lotz in Wachtruppe Sachsen, (posted by George I think), there is a listing for the 23.Hundertschaft. Given that the strength of Sachsen at the time of the document, December 1935, was only 436 it would appear that each of the hundertschaften could only have comprised about 20 men.
Hopefully members might have documents that show hunderschaften listings for the other units that might allow me to make some informed conclusions.
The highest number seen on a collar patch seems to be 31, but it is unclear as to which unit the man belonged to.
Thanks for any help.
Derek.