Wives of SS officers

[jennifer garrity]

Does anybody know whether or not the SS officers on administrative duty (say, for instance, working in SS headquarters in larger cities and towns in occupied Poland) were allowed or encouraged to bring their wives and children along and house them there in the occupied city? It makes sense to me that they would have done this, but I don't want to assume...

[Ljunggren]

In Gitta Serenys book about Rudof Höss it is mentioned that his family at some point lived close him in Poland.

[Greyfinn]

In Gitta Serenys book about Rudof Höss it is mentioned that his family at some point lived close him in Poland

Rudolf Höss mentioned it in his diary

[jennifer garrity]

In Gitta Serenys book about Rudof Höss it is mentioned that his family at some point lived close him in Poland.

Thanks very much; I'll check out that source. With Hess being high up in the government, I'm wondering if he might have had special privileges that the average officer didn't - I'll look for Sereny's book as well as wait and see if any more replies come in.

[Ljunggren]

Now, Hess and Höss were two different persons. Hess was the deputy fuhrer of the NSDAP and, to my knowledge , not a member of the SS.
Höss, on the other hand, was the commandant of the Auschwitz KL and as such a member of the Allgemeinige SS.

[jennifer garrity]

Now, Hess and Höss were two different persons. Hess was the deputy fuhrer of the NSDAP and, to my knowledge , not a member of the SS.
Höss, on the other hand, was the commandant of the Auschwitz KL and as such a member of the Allgemeinige SS.

Thanks for pointing out my mistake. I'll definitely have to look for that biography.

[Helly Angel]

hello Ljunggren,

Rudolf Hess has a Honorary rank in the SS. I think he was Gruppenführer Ad Honorem, I remember I saw his name in a Dienstalterliste, I can`t remember which...let me see in home tonight.

Rudolf Franz Ferdinad Höss (or Hoess) was one of the AlterKämpfer since 1922, was closed friend of Martin Bormann

[Ljunggren]

hello Ljunggren,

Rudolf Hess has a Honorary rank in the SS. I think he was Gruppenführer Ad Honorem, I remember I saw his name in a Dienstalterliste, I can`t remember which...let me see in home tonight.

Thank you for your input. Now that you mention it, I believe that I´ve seen som photo of him in a SS uniform.

[Ljunggren]

Did some research to freshen up my memory and came up with this:

"Hess served for several years as Hitler's personal secretary in spite of having no official rank in the Nazi Party. In 1932, Hitler appointed him Chairman of the Central Political Commission of the Nazi Party and SS General as a reward for his loyal service. On April 21, 1933, he was made Deputy Führer, a figurehead position with mostly ceremonial duties. Hess was a shy, insecure man who displayed near religious devotion, fanatical loyalty and absolute blind obedience to Hitler. "

[Helly Angel]

In the Dienstaltersliste der Schuzstaffel 1934 and 1935, Rudolf Hess appear like the number 2 in the list just below Himmler and above the SS-Obergruppenführer list, without number in the SS, Nazi Party number 16, Reichsminister, Reichsleiter, Mitglied des Reichstags, Blutorder Recipient and SS Ring recipient.

All the best,

[Gott]

If one is a honourary member of the SS, he can not dictate anything within the organization. It is a name only.

[John W]

Now, Hess and Höss were two different persons. Hess was the deputy fuhrer of the NSDAP and, to my knowledge , not a member of the SS.
Höss, on the other hand, was the commandant of the Auschwitz KL and as such a member of the Allgemeinige SS.

Thank you very much! I thought both were the same and that some English translations of the name eliminated the umlaut!