Infos about SS-Standartenführer Ernst Kemper

[Major-Lindner]

Hello Everbody!

Has somebody more Infos about:

SS-Standartenführer Ernst Kemper

born 14.1.02

SS-Nr. 262 690

Maybe from the DAL 1944?

Regards
Major Lindner

[Jérôme]

Hello Everbody!

Has somebody more Infos about:

SS-Standartenführer Ernst Kemper

born 14.1.02

SS-Nr. 262 690

Maybe from the DAL 1944?

Regards
Major Lindner

Hi,
Party ° 772 137
Obf 30/01/1945
Staf 21/06/1943 N° 1164 DAL january 44
Ostubaf 30/01/1942 N°703 DAL October 42
Stubaf 01/05/1940
Hstuf 09/11/1937 N°2864 DAL December 38
Ostuf 15/09/1935 N°2445 DAL December 36
Ustuf 01/04/1935 N° 3572 DAL July 35
Best Regards
Jérôme

[Major-Lindner]

Hello Jérôme!

Do you also have some Infos about his Units?

Regards
Major-Lindner

[Jérôme]

Hello Jérôme!

Do you also have some Infos about his Units?

Regards
Major-Lindner

Hi,
He's dead 14 /03/1982 in Höchst
Kdr.SS-Nachr.Schule der W-SS 02/45
Kdr.Nachr.Abt.5 10/42
Kdr. SS-Art.E.Abt 05/40
Chef 3(NA) E.Art.Abt 01/40
2./Nachr.Abt. SS-VT 04/35
Regards
Jérôme

[John P. Moore]

I have a number of letters from Ernst Kemper in the papers of the former Sturmbannführer Herbert Schmeißer, who served with Kemper in "Wiking" and remained a close friend after the wae. Here is a letterhead thatthat was on the back of a letter from Kemper in 1976. Kemper was president of the Reichsverband der Soldaten.

[John P. Moore]

Here is the letterhead closer to the original size.

[John P. Moore]

Here is the text of the letter from the other side. Kemper uses Schmeißer's nickname of "Katta" and "Bobby" is Fritz Schütter. They are planning the outline of the book to be authored by Schütter, "Männer der Waffen-SS".

[Georges JEROME]

Hi,

Kemper was a former NCO of the Signal corps of the Reichswehr
(1919 - 1931). left army as Wachtmeister.
Join SA on 1.11.31. he became Nachrichtenführer der SA Gruppe Thuringen then Hochland until 1.6.34
then join AW
On 1934 he led the Nachrichtenschule Steinhoring in AW landesführung VII as SA Stubaf
On 1.5.34 he join SS as Kdr Funkkp of the Nach sturmbann SS VT
He serve with Signals of the Deutschland, Junkerschule Bad Tolz then SS Nach stuba SS VT.
He serve with Nach Ersatz Artillerie Abteilung befor to join the newly created Wiking Division as kdr SS Nach abteilung.
then he join on 42 SS Pz Korps as Kdr der Korps Nach Abteilung.
On 15.12. 42 he created the SS Nachrichtenschule der Waffen SS at Metz (Lothringen/Lorraine).
He was appointed stadtkommandant Metz in august 44.
During the fight of Metz, 4 kp of the Signal school serve with 17 SS Gotz von Berlichingen in south area of Metz.
In October 1944, the remnants of the school left Metz for Germany then Sudetenland to set up a new Nach schule.
Kemper was promoted SS Oberführer der Waffen SS on 30.1.45

[Georges JEROME]

On 2 september 1944, Metz became Festung Metz.
Kemper and his school were incorporated as "reserve of the Fortress Metz"

Kemper took over the south area with a group including :
- 2 bataillons of instruction of the 462 ID including 282 inf bat (bataillon Vogt)
- 1 bataillon of 4 compagnies of Nach Schule der Waffen SS known as Bataillon "Berg"

on 8 september 44, the area came under XIII SS AK of Hermann Priess and Kemper went under authority of the 17 SS Gotz with 37e SS Pz Gr Rgt until he left Metz.

[John P. Moore]

Ernst Kemper was the best man at the wedding of Herbert Schmeißer in this September 1943 photo.

[Major-Lindner]

Thanks for the Infos that I have searched for.
It was more, that I have thinking about.

Regard
Major-Lindner

[Georg_S]

John Do you know why Ernst Kemper was / Is listed as MIA? According to DRK he was MIA in march 1944. Become he a POW or? I know that many who went missing later returned home after that Adenauer had been to Moscow 1955 and made a treaty that their soldiers would get a amnestie and return home to Germany. Was Kemper one of them?

Best regards
Georg

[John P. Moore]

Much of the DRK information is NOT correct. In March 1944 Ernst Kemper was commanding the SS signal school at Metz, France and in Leitmeritz, Czecho in 1945. After the war he was an American POW and lived many years in retirement in Germany. I know this to be true from his personnel file, his wartime comrades and two of his sons that I am in contact with.

[Georg_S]

Thanks John, I suspected something like that. I know that the DRK has its fault but I still think it some nice source to look at. And I know that before they valued the DRK listen very much at different meetings for the SS-Veterans

Best regards
Georg