Officer of the 7. SS-Freiw.-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen"

[smetanin albert]

from SSO Koetzold

[FransN]

Hi Albert,
I recently tried to get hold of Koetzold's SSO file (Berlin), but unfortunately to no avail. I am especially interested in the units that he commanded (and from when to when). This should be indicated on the same page as you posted. So would you please be so kind to post that part of the page with the complete "Dienststellung" and "von bis" columns. Your help would be highly appreciated!
Best regards,
Frans

[smetanin albert]

add info
source - viewtopic.php?f=48&p=2228755#p2228755

[FransN]

Спасибо Алберт (Thanks Albert) !!! Much appreciated!
Frans

[steve248]

According to a British Foreign Office file about Austria, about 100 "Prinz Eugen" men were still held at Wolfsberg POW Camp as late as Sept. 1947.
At least I think Sept. 1947 as it is the only document with a date.

Among these were the following officers:

SS-Hstuf. Anton Binder
born 14 Nov. 1896
13 July 1942 joined Div.

SS-Ostuf. Dr. jur. Erich Ernst Hamann
born 12 Nov. 1913, Ljubljana
30 Jan. 1944 joined Div.

SS-Ostuf. Heinrich Pepa
born 8 Dec. 1918
April 1942 joined Div.

SS-Ustuf. Vitalus Sackl
born 9 Aug. 1915
April 1942 joined Div.
May 1943-May 1945 with SS-Div. "Handschar"

SS-Ustuf. Otto Vogenberger
born 9 Dec. 1900
April 1942 joined Div. (Div. Workshops)

SS-Ostuf. Arthur Hasenauer
born 1 July 1946 (sic - 1916?), Osijek
8 July 1943-8 May 1945, with SS Flak Abt. 509

Names are as quoted.

[Georg_S]

Hello

I follow Steve and can ad a little info on SS-Hstuf. August Binder, if anyone knows in wich city he was born in I would appriciate the info a lot.
Unfortuantely is his SSO a little thin.

Best regards
Georg

[smetanin albert]

from RG260

[WAR LORD]

Dose anyone have any photos or information on Olesch Fredrich - SS-Oberscharführer in the "Prinz Eugen" Division?

[Tamari]

Hello to all of you,

with the link below you can download over 30 pages of Heinz Köhler's SS files.

https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom ... Z_0003.pdf

He was a member of the HJ from February 1932 until March 1933. From May until December 1933 Köhler spend his Arbeitsdienst in Kaiserslautern/ Palatinate.

Heinz Köhler served with Totenkopfverband Elbe in the concentration camp Lichtenburg.

In 1939 he was awarded the Iron Cross Second Class.

On the 6th of July 1942 he was send to the AA of 7. SS-Division Prinz Eugen.

On the 9th of November 1943 Köhler was promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer.

Decades after the war the CIA had requested his SS files from the Berlin Document Center (BDC) because the CIA thought that Heinz Köhler was at that time probably employed by the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) which was named by the CIA internally as CATIDE.

More documents on Heinz Köhler and his interactions with the CIA and possibly the BND you can find here:
https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom ... te/Koehler

Happy New Year to all of you and with best regards

Robert

[Tamari]

Hello,

Rudolf Kaiser was born April 9, 1913 in Weisskirchen/ Serbia.

1934/35 Kaiser had served in the Yugoslavian army.

He joined the Waffen-SS on February 22, 1942.

He was declared Missing in Action in October 1944 => viewtopic.php?f=38&t=248436&p=2261299&h ... r#p2261299


Source:
https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/documen ... 098d515637

Best regards

Robert

[Ivan Ž.]

SS-Ustuf. Anton Wickl (SS-KB-Zug commander) and SS-Ustuf. Viktor Brack (division O2)

An interesting little detail about SS-Hstuf. Dr. Anton Wickl is that, after the war, he became part of a famous noble family: in February 1963, his daughter Maria Roswitha married Prince Georg Adam von Altenburg (see the Habsburg family tree), and later gave birth to Prince Georg-Aegidius, Princess Maria Katherine and Prince Stephan Georg.

Cheers,
Ivan

[Michal78]

Any idea who is this SS-Obersturmführer? (unknown source).
Michal

[Ivan Ž.]

Hello, Michal

That's a very good shot of the divisional Ic, Balthasar Kirchner. Too bad the source is unknown.

Cheers,
Ivan

[Michal78]

Thanks for his name, Ivan. I think this photo was sold in the auction.
Best,
Michal