| Theodor Eicke | |
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| October 17, 1892 - February 26, 1943 | |
 Theodor Eicke |
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| Nickname | Papa |
| Place of birth | Hudingen (Hampont), Alsace-Lorraine |
| Place of death | near Orelka, Soviet Union |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch | Waffen-SS |
| Years of service | 1909-1943 |
| Rank | Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS |
| Commands held | 3rd. SS-Division Totenkopf |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuz mit Eichenlaub |
Theodor Eicke (October 17, 1892 – February 26, 1943) was a Nazi official, SS-Obergruppenführer, commander of the SS-Division (mot) Totenkopf of the Waffen-SS and one of the key figures in the establishment of concentration camps in Nazi Germany. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hampont is a Village and commune in the Moselle département of north-eastern France. Alsace-Lorraine (Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen generally Elsass - Lothringen) was a territorial entity created by the German Empire in 1871 History While there are no historical records archaeological evidence proves that a fortress settlement existed between the Oka and Orlik Rivers as early as the 12th century The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification The term Weimar Republic ( ˈvaɪmarɐ repuˈbliːk is used by historians to signify the democratic and Republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933 Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The Waffen-SS ( German for "Armed SS" literally "Weapons SS" was the Combat arm of the Schutzstaffel ("Protective Squadron" Obergruppenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the SA and until 1942 it was the highest SS Division Totenkopf ("Death's Head" or "Skull" is also known as 3 World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ( German language: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, often simply Ritterkreuz) was a grade of the Iron Cross Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Obergruppenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the SA and until 1942 it was the highest SS Division Totenkopf ("Death's Head" or "Skull" is also known as 3 The Waffen-SS ( German for "Armed SS" literally "Weapons SS" was the Combat arm of the Schutzstaffel ("Protective Squadron" Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers His Nazi Party number was 114901 and his SS number was 2921. The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945 The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the He is most remembered for personally executing SA Chief Ernst Röhm following the Night of the Long Knives. The, abbreviated SA, ( German for "Assault detachment" or "Assault section" usually translated as " stormtroop(ers Ernst Julius Röhm, (Munich November 28, 1887 – July 2, 1934) was a German military officer and later the commander and co-founder The Night of the Long Knives (German) or " Operation Hummingbird " was a Purge that took place in Nazi Germany between June 30 and July
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Early Life - World War I
Eicke, the son of a station master, was born in Hudingen (Hampont), near Château-Salins (then in the German province of Alsace-Lorraine) into a lower middle-class family. Hampont is a Village and commune in the Moselle département of north-eastern France. Château-Salins (Salzburg from 1941-44 Salzburgen) is a commune of the Moselle département, in France. Alsace-Lorraine (Reichsland Elsaß-Lothringen generally Elsass - Lothringen) was a territorial entity created by the German Empire in 1871 The youngest of 11 children, he did not do well in school and dropped out at the age of 17 before matriculation. He joined the 23rd Bavarian Infantry Regiment as a volunteer; later on, in World War I, he took the office of paymaster for the 3rd - and, from 1916 on, the 22nd Bavarian Infantry Regiment. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All A paymaster is a civil servant appointed by a Government to dispense Wages or salaries within the Public sector, especially a Eicke won the Iron Cross, Second Class in 1914 for bravery. For other meanings please see Iron Cross (disambiguation The Iron Cross ( was a Military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia
Eicke resigned from the army in 1919, but did not have any prospect of finding work, and he began studying in his wife's hometown Ilmenau. Ilmenau is a town located in the district of Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany. He dropped out of school again in 1920 intending to pursue a police career, initially as an informer and later on as a regular policeman.
After failing, not only due to his lack of a school degree, but also for his fervent hatred of the Weimar Republic and his repeated participation in violent political demonstrations which was not allowed to police officials, he finally managed to find work in 1923 at IG Farben in Ludwigshafen, soon rising to the rank of leader of the company's internal intelligence service. The term Weimar Republic ( ˈvaɪmarɐ repuˈbliːk is used by historians to signify the democratic and Republican period of Germany from 1919 to 1933 IG Farben (short for Interessen-Gemeinschaft Farbenindustrie AG, "syndicate of dyestuff corporations" and also called I Ludwigshafen am Rhein is a City in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Rise of the Nazi Party
Eicke's views on the Weimar Republic were very similar to the Nazi Party and so he joined the Nazis and Ernst Röhm's SA on December 1, 1928. The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945 Ernst Julius Röhm, (Munich November 28, 1887 – July 2, 1934) was a German military officer and later the commander and co-founder The, abbreviated SA, ( German for "Assault detachment" or "Assault section" usually translated as " stormtroop(ers Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He left the SA in August 1930 in favour of the SS, where he quickly rose in rank after recruiting new members and building up the SS organization in the Bavarian palatinate. The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the The Palatinate (Pfalz Pfälzer dialect Palz) historically also Rhenish Palatinate (palatinatum Renensis Rheinpfalz is a region in south-western Germany He had been promoted to SS-Standartenführer (roughly equivalent to Colonel) by Heinrich Himmler by the end of 1931. Standartenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in both the S Colonel ( RP ˈkɜnəl GA ˈkɜrnəl is a Military rank of a Commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS.
His political activities caught the attention of his employer and in early 1932 he was laid off by IG Farben. At the same time, he was caught preparing bomb attacks on political enemies in Bavaria for which he received a two year prison sentence in July 1932. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 However, due to protection received from Franz Gürtner, who would later become minister of justice under Adolf Hitler, he was able to escape the sentence and instead fled to Italy on an order from Heinrich Himmler, where he took over responsibility for a camp for exiled SS members. Franz Gürtner (26 August 1881 - 29 January 1941 was a German Minister of Justice in Adolf Hitler 's cabinet responsible for coordinating Jurisprudence Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS.
SS and concentration camps
Eicke then returned to Germany in March 1933 following Hitler's rise to power. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Hitler's rise to power began with Hitler's NSDAP as a fringe political party within the government of the Weimar Republic. Eicke had political quarrels with Gauleiter Joseph Bürckel, who had him arrested and he spent several months in a mental asylum. A Gauleiter was the party leader of a regional branch of the NSDAP (more commonly known as the Nazi Party) or the head of a Gau or of a Joseph Bürckel ( March 30, 1895, Lingenfeld, Germersheim &mdash September 28, 1944, Neustadt an der Weinstraße Himmler eventually had him released in June 1933 and he was made commander of the Dachau concentration camp on June 28 after complaints and criminal proceedings against former commander SS-Sturmbannführer Hilmar Wäckerle following the murder of several detainees. Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS. Dachau was a Nazi German Concentration camp, and the first one opened in Germany located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions Factory near the Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.
Promoted on January 30, 1934 to SS-Brigadeführer (equivalent to Major-general), Eicke took command of Dachau and immediately began new reforms. Events 1648 - Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster is signed ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brigadeführer was an SS rank that was used in Nazi Germany between the years of 1932 and 1945 Major General or Major-General is a Military rank used in many countries He reorganized the SS camp, establishing new guarding provisions, which included blind obedience to orders, and tightening disciplinary and punishment regulations for detainees, which were adopted by all concentration camps of the Third Reich during the following years. Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers
Eicke's radical anti-semitism and anti-bolshevism as well as his insistence on blind and unconditional obedience towards him as the camp's commander as well as the SS and Hitler made an impression on Himmler. Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility The Bolsheviks, originally also Bolshevists ( Большевик Большевист (singular, derived from bolshe, "more" were a faction Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS. And in May 1934, he was appointed "inspector of concentration camps", a position which he began working in on July 4, 1934. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Although technically responsible to the SS-Hauptamt, Eicke in fact reported directly to Heinrich Himmler. Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS.
Eicke also was involved in the Night of the Long Knives in summer 1934; together with hand-chosen members of the Dachau concentration camp guards, he helped out Sepp Dietrich's SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitlers to imprison SA commanders on June 30, and to show his obedience to Himmler and Hitler, he murdered Ernst Röhm together with his adjutant Michel Lippert on July 1, 1934, for which he was promoted again to SS-Gruppenführer. The Night of the Long Knives (German) or " Operation Hummingbird " was a Purge that took place in Nazi Germany between June 30 and July Dachau was a Nazi German Concentration camp, and the first one opened in Germany located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions Factory near the Josef "Sepp" Dietrich ( May 28, 1892 –April 21/22 1966 was a German Waffen-SS general an SS-Oberstgruppenführer Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper Ernst Julius Röhm, (Munich November 28, 1887 – July 2, 1934) was a German military officer and later the commander and co-founder "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gruppenführer (literally “Group Leader” was an early Paramilitary Rank of the Nazi Party, first created in 1925 as a senior He is also alleged to have had a personal role in the killing of Erich Mühsam. Erich Mühsam ( 6 April 1878 – 10 July 1934) was a German-Jewish anarchist, writer poet dramatist and cabaret performer
In his role as the "inspector of concentration camps", Eicke began a large reorganisation of the camps until 1939; this consisted of the dismantling of the smaller camps until August 1937 when only the Dachau concentration camp, Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald and Ravensbrück (near Lichtenburg) remained as well as the building of new camps in Austria (e. Dachau was a Nazi German Concentration camp, and the first one opened in Germany located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions Factory near the Sachsenhausen (zaksənˈhaʊzən was a Concentration camp in Germany, operating between 1936 and 1945 Buchenwald concentration camp (German Konzentrationslager or 'KZ' Buchenwald) was a Nazi concentration camp established on the Ettersberg (Etter Mountain near Ravensbrück (ʁaːvənsˈbʁʏk was a notorious women's Concentration camp during in World War II, located in northern Germany 90 km north of Berlin Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich g. Mauthausen in 1938) and the reformation of the camps' administrations to follow the Dachau concentration camp model. Mauthausen is a small Market town in Upper Austria, Austria. It is located at about 20 kilometers east of the city of Linz, and has a population Dachau was a Nazi German Concentration camp, and the first one opened in Germany located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions Factory near the
Eicke's reorganizations and the introduction of forced labour made the camps one of the SS's most powerful tools; this earned him the enmity of (among others) Reinhard Heydrich, who had already unsuccessfully attempted to take control of the Dachau concentration camp in his position as commander of the Bavarian political police. Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich ( 7 March 1904 &ndash 4 June 1942) was an SS - Obergruppenführer, chief Dachau was a Nazi German Concentration camp, and the first one opened in Germany located on the grounds of an abandoned munitions Factory near the Eicke, with support from Himmler, prevailed, though, asserting that the command structure he had introduced would not only stay until 1945, but also not be responsible to the Gestapo and SD when the office of the inspector of concentration camps was turned into the Amt D of the Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungshauptamt under Oswald Pohl in 1940. Heinrich Luitpold Himmler ( 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945 was a Nazi German politician and head of the Schutzstaffel (SS. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany The Sicherheitsdienst (SD Security Service was primarily the Intelligence service of the SS and the NSDAP. Oswald Pohl ( June 30 1892 - June 7 1951) was a Nazi official and member of the SS (with a rank of SS- Obergruppenführer
It was this and other things that earned Eicke a fearsome reputation even within the SS; he was described as brutal and evil, distrustful, cruel and ambitious, full of hatred for everyone who did not agree with the Nazi ideology. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German
Eicke's attitude of "inflexible harshness" also influenced the guards in the concentration camps; constant indoctrination removed any compassion for the detainees from the guards and created an atmosphere of controlled, disciplined cruelty that lived on even when Eicke was not involved with the concentration camps anymore. Among those who were influenced by Eicke this way were Rudolf Höß, Franz Ziereis, Karl Otto Koch and Max Kögel. Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höß (in English commonly Hoess or Höss; November 25 1900 - April 16 1947 was an SS- Obersturmbannführer and Franz Ziereis (1905-1945 was the commandant of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp at the time it was liberated Karl Otto Koch ( August 2, 1897 &ndash
Totenkopf Division
The success of the Totenkopf's sister formations the SS-Infanterie-Regiment (mot) Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and the three Standarten of the SS-Verfügungstruppe led to Hitler approving Himmler's recommendation for the creation of three Waffen SS-divisions in October 1939. The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler ( SS-LAH) founded in September 1933 was Adolf Hitler 's personal Bodyguard Regiment. The SS Division Das Reich (germ 2SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich) was one of the thirty-eight divisions fielded by the Waffen-SS during Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately The Waffen-SS ( German for "Armed SS" literally "Weapons SS" was the Combat arm of the Schutzstaffel ("Protective Squadron" Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Eicke's Totenkopf units were to form SS-Division Totenkopf and Eicke was given command. SS Division Totenkopf ("Death's Head" or "Skull" is also known as 3 Totenkopf was to become one of the most effective German fighting formations on the Eastern Front, often serving as "Hitler's firemen", rushed to the scene of Soviet breakthroughs. SS Division Totenkopf ("Death's Head" or "Skull" is also known as 3
Eicke's career now deviated from Concentration Camps and he was not involved with the camp service after 1940. His replacement as Inspector of Concentration Camps was Richard Glücks who answered to Oswald Pohl in the SS Office of Economics and Administration. Richard Glücks ( April 22, 1889 &ndash May 10, 1945) was a high-ranking Nazi official
During the course of the war, Eicke and his division distinguished themselves by an unmatched brutality and several war crimes, including the murder of British POWs in Le Paradis in 1940, the murder of Soviet officers and the plundering and pillaging of several Soviet villages. War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Le Paradis massacre was a War crime committed by members of the 14th Company SS Division Totenkopf, under the command of Hauptsturmführer The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
The Totenkopf continued to show an unmatched fanaticism and ferocity, during the advance in 1941 as well as the summer offensive in 1942, the conquest of Kharkov, the so-called Demyansk Pocket, and the defending of Warsaw and Budapest in early 1945. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kharkiv or Kharkov (Харків Харьков is the second largest city in Ukraine. Demyansk Pocket ( German: Festung Demjansk or Kessel von Demjansk; Демя́нский котёл is a name for the encirclement of German troops The Siege of Budapest was a siege of the Hungarian Capital city of Budapest, fought towards the end of World War II in Europe Eicke was a popular figure among his troops, gaining him the nickname "Papa Eicke".
Eicke himself was killed on February 26, 1943, shortly after being promoted to SS-Obergruppenführer (equivalent to full general). Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. While performing a battlefield reconnaissance during the opening stages of the Third Battle of Kharkov, his Fieseler Fi 156 Storch was shot down by Soviet troops near Oryol. The Third Battle of Kharkov was a series of offensive operations undertaken by the German Army Group South against the Red Army, around the city of Kharkov ( WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya History While there are no historical records archaeological evidence proves that a fortress settlement existed between the Oka and Orlik Rivers as early as the 12th century His division launched a ferocious attack to secure the crash site and recover their commander's body. Eicke was portrayed in the Axis press as a hero, and soon after his death one of the Totenkopf's Infantry regiments received the honorific cuff-title Theodor Eicke.
Personal life
Eicke married Bertha Schwebel on December 26, 1914. Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year They had two children, Irma born on April 5, 1916 and Hermann, born on May 4, 1920. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Hermann Eicke was killed in action on December 2, 1941. Events 1409 - The University of Leipzig opens 1755 - The second Eddystone Lighthouse is destroyed by fire Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Summary of his military career
Dates of rank
- SS-Mann: July 29, 1930
- SS-Truppführer: August, 1930
- SS-Sturmführer: November 11, 1930
- SS-Sturmbannführer: January 30, 1931
- SS-Standartenführer: November 11, 1931
- SS-Oberführer: October 26, 1932
- SS-Brigadeführer: January 30, 1934
- SS-Gruppenführer: July 11, 1934 und Generaleutnant der Waffen-SS: September, 1941
- SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS: April 20, 1942
Notable decorations
- Eastern Front Medal (1942)
- Iron Cross Second and First (1940) Classes
- Clasp to the Iron Cross Second Class (1940)
- SS-Honour Ring
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (1941)
- Oak Leaves (1942)
- Wound Badge in Silver
- Cross of Honor (1934)
- Golden Party Badge (1940)
- Bavarian Military Merit Cross 2nd Class (?)[1]
- Braunschweig War Merit Cross Second Class
References
- Andrew, Mollo. Mann ( German for Man was a paramilitary rank used by several Nazi Party paramilitary organizations between 1925 and 1945 Truppführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in 1930 as a rank of the Sturmabteilung (SA or Nazi Stormtroopers Sturmführer was a paramilitary Rank of the Nazi Party which began as a title used by the Sturmabteilung in 1925 and became an actual SA Sturmbannführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party which was used by both the Sturmabteilung (SA and the Schutzstaffel Standartenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in both the S Oberführer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party dating back to 1921 Brigadeführer was an SS rank that was used in Nazi Germany between the years of 1932 and 1945 Gruppenführer (literally “Group Leader” was an early Paramilitary Rank of the Nazi Party, first created in 1925 as a senior Obergruppenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the SA and until 1942 it was the highest The Eastern Front Medal, ( Winterschlacht Im Osten) more commonly known as the Ostmedaille was instituted on May 26 1942 to mark service on the German Eastern For other meanings please see Iron Cross (disambiguation The Iron Cross ( was a Military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia For other meanings please see Iron Cross (disambiguation The Iron Cross ( was a Military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia The SS-Ehrenring ("SS Honour Ring" unofficially called Totenkopfring (English "Death's head ring" The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ( German language: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, often simply Ritterkreuz) was a grade of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross ( German language: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, often simply Ritterkreuz) was a grade of the Iron Cross Wound Badge (das Verwundetenabzeichen was a German military award for wounded or frost-bitten soldiers of Reichswehr, Wehrmacht, SS and the auxiliary service The Cross of Honour, also known as the Honour Cross or popularly the Hindenburg Cross, was a commemorative medal inaugurated on July 13, 1934 The Golden Party Badge was a special badge of the Nazi Party. The Bavarian Military Merit Cross ( Militär-Verdienstkreuz) was that kingdom's main decoration for bravery and military merit for enlisted soldiers A Pictorial History of the SS, 1923-1945. ISBN 0-8128-2174-2.
- Yerger, Mark C. . Allgemeine-SS. ISBN 0-7643-0145-4.
- Lumsden, Robin. The Allgemeine-SS, Vol. 266.
- Sydnor, Jr. , Charles W. . Soldiers of Destruction.
- ^ Eicke was an Unterzahlmeister, assistant paymaster in World War I; this is the class customary for his rank, but sources offer bad translations such as "Bayerische Order of Merit 2. Klasse (WW I) "
| Preceded by SS-Standartenführer Hilmar Wäckerle |
Commander of K.L. Dachau June 26, 1933 - July 04, 1934 |
Succeeded by SS-Oberführer Alexander Reiner |
| Preceded by none |
Commander of 3. SS-Panzer Division Totenkopf November 14, 1939 - July 6, 1941 |
Succeeded by SS-Obergruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp |
| Preceded by SS-Obergruppenführer Georg Keppler |
Commander of 3. SS-Panzer Division Totenkopf September 21, 1941 - February 26, 1943 |
Succeeded by SS-Obergruppenführer Hermann Prieß |
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