SS-Oberführer Fischer-Schweder

[chrish]

I am looking for bio data and photo of the Polizeipräsident of Memel, SS-Oberführer Fischer-Schweder

thanks in advance

chrish

[steve248]

Bernhard Fischer-Schweder
12 Jan 1904 born
1910-1912 Oberrealschule Berlin-Spandau
1912-1920 Pädagogium des Evang.Johannesstifte
1920-1924 volunteer, Deutschen Industriewerken; also attended the
Höhere Staatliche Maschinenbauschule, Berlin
1921 belonged to Freikorps "Fürstner"
1923 with Freikorps "Schwarzen Reichswehr"
29 Aug 1925 NSDAP (No. 17141); also member of SA
Jan 1929 left NSDAP
April 1929 rejoined the Party
1930 attended 6 week Lehrgang, Reichsführerschule der SA; afterwards
promoted SA-Stubaf
1931 promoted SA-Staf
1931-1932 Gauredner der NSDAP, Gau Brandenburg
Oct 1931 accepted as KK-Anwärter, Polizeipräsidium Berlin
May 1933-Apr 1934 KK-Lehrgang, Polizeiinstitut Berlin-Charlottenburg (the latter Sipo-Führerschule); at end of the Lehrgang appointed KK auf Probe and sent to Polizeipräsidium Breslau
30 June 1934 suspected of involvement in the "Röhm Putsch" and imprisoned in Breslau, then at Columbia-Haus, Berlin, and finally at the early KZ Lichtenberg (near Oranienburg)
21 Sept 1934 released from "Schutzhaft"
after his release, posted to Gestapo Breslau, Abt III (Spionageabwehr)
Christmas 1934 promoted SA-Oberführer
1936-1938 with Gestapo Liegnitz (Abt.Leiter Spionageabwehr)
early 1938 returned to Gestapo Breslau as Abt.Leiter Spionageabwehr)
1938 detached duty with Gestapo Vienna (Abt III)
Aug 1938 returned to duty with Gestapo Breslau; promoted KrimRat
Oct 1940 appointed komm.Führung, Staatl.Polizeidirektion Memel
Jan 1941 appointed "in die Planstelle des Polizeidirektion Memel"
Nov-Dec 1941 his "übernommen" into SS service was backdated to 15 Aug 1941
8 April 1942 added the name "Fischer" and became "Fischer-Schweder"
as agreed by Regierungspräsidenten Gumbinnen
22 Oct 1942 (with effect from 10 Oct 1942) posted to HSSPF Russland-Süd (Prützmann) in Kiew, who appointed him understudy to SSPF Rostow (Paul Hennicke)
8 Sept 1943 after being reported by Hennicke to Prützmann for "alcoholic excesses" and in turn to RfSS; Fischer-Schweder was volunteered to the Waffen-SS and his posting to HSSPF Russland-Süd cancelled
1 Nov 1943 "einberufen" to SS-Pz.Ausb.u.Ers. Nr 1
26 Oct 1944 promoted SS-Ustuf d.R.
16 Jan 1945 Komp.führer, 12.SS-Divn Hitlerjugend
11 April 1945 shot and wounded in Austria; came into US captivity and released after 6 weeks.
Postwar: adopted alias of Bernd Fischer (born 13.2.1902, Berlin) and denazified by Spruchkammer Bad Neustadt/Saale as "nothing proved"
1946-1949 worked on the land as labourer
1946-1949 employed by Fabrik Koch in Bad Neustadt as salesman
1950-1955 employed as salesman by various companies
2 May 1956 arrested on war crimes charges
29 Aug 1958 sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for complicity in murder in 526 cases in the Memel border areas.

[chrish]

Thank you very much for exellent info!

chrish

[Orlov]

Hello

Fischer-Schweder wasn't SS-Oberführer - rather SS-Obersturmführer, when finally he was Kompanieführer, 12. SS-Div. "Hitlerjugend"
bestreg
Orlov

[HM]

Orlov,

15.08.1941 Übertritt von der SA zur SS (Mitgliedsnr.401.232) als SS-Oberführer.
01.11.1943 als SS-Standartenoberjunker d.R. zur Waffen-SS einberufen,
05.11.1943 SS-Unterscharführer d.R. der Waffen-SS,
26.10.1944 SS-Untersturmführer d.R. der Waffen-SS.

HM.

[Shane A Beaver]

Does anyone with which units of the LSSAH and Hitlerjugend Division he served with?