This is a list of Waffen-SS division commanders.

1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"

RankNameService period
SS-Oberst-GruppenführerJosef Dietrich15 August 1938 – 7 April 1943
SS-BrigadeführerTheodor Wisch7 April 1943 – 20 August 1944
SS-BrigadeführerWilhelm Mohnke20 August 1944 – 6 February 1945
SS-BrigadeführerOtto Kumm6 February 1945 – 8 May 1945

2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich"

RankNameService period
SS-Oberst-GruppenführerPaul Hausser19 October 1939 – 14 October 1941
SS-ObergruppenführerWilhelm Bittrich14 October 1941 – 31 December 1941
SS-ObergruppenführerMatthias Kleinheisterkamp31 December 1941 – 19 April 1942
SS-ObergruppenführerGeorg Keppler19 April 1942 – 10 February 1943
SS-BrigadeführerHerbert-Ernst Vahl10 February 1943 – 18 March 1943
SS-OberführerKurt Brasack18 March 1943 – 29 March 1943
SS-ObergruppenführerWalter Krüger29 March 1943 – 23 October 1943
SS-GruppenführerHeinz Lammerding23 October 1943 – 24 July 1944
SS-StandartenführerChristian Tychsen24 July 1944 – 28 July 1944
SS-BrigadeführerOtto Baum28 July 1944 – 23 October 1944
SS-GruppenführerHeinz Lammerding23 October 1944 – 20 January 1945
SS-StandartenführerKarl Kreutz20 January 1945 – 29 January 1945
SS-GruppenführerWerner Ostendorff20 January 1945 – 9 March 1945
SS-StandartenführerRudolf Lehmann9 March 1945 – 13 April 1945
SS-StandartenführerKarl Kreutz13 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf"

RankNameService period
SS-ObergruppenführerTheodor Eicke1 November 1939 – 7 July 1941
SS-ObergruppenführerMatthias Kleinheisterkamp7 July 1941 – 18 July 1941
SS-ObergruppenführerGeorg Keppler18 July 1941 – 19 September 1941
SS-ObergruppenführerTheodor Eicke19 September 1941 – 26 February 1943
SS-ObergruppenführerHermann Priess26 February 1943 – 27 April 1943
SS-GruppenführerHeinz Lammerding27 April 1943 – 15 May 1943
SS-GruppenführerMax Simon15 May 1943 – 22 October 1943
SS-ObergruppenführerHermann Priess22 October 1943 – 21 June 1944
SS-BrigadeführerHellmuth Becker21 June 1944 – 8 May 1945

4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division

RankNameService period
SS-GruppenführerKonrad Hitschler1 September 1940 – 8 September 1940
SS-GruppenführerKarl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch8 September 1940 – 10 November 1940
SS-GruppenführerArthur Mülverstedt10 November 1940 – 10 August 1941
SS-GruppenführerEmil Höring16 August 1941 – 18 August 1941
SS-BrigadeführerWalter Krüger18 August 1941 – 15 December 1941
SS-StandartenführerAlfred Wünnenberg15 December 1941 – 14 May 1942
SS-OberführerAlfred Borchert15 May 1942 – 18 July 1942
SS-BrigadeführerAlfred Wünnenberg19 July 1942 – 10 June 1943
SS-BrigadeführerFritz Schmedes10 June 1943 – 5 July 1943
SS-StandartenführerOtto Binge5 July 1943 – 18 August 1943
SS-BrigadeführerFritz Freitag18 August 1943 – 20 October 1943
SS-OberführerFriedrich-Wilhelm Bock20 October 1943 – 19 April 1944
SS-BrigadeführerJürgen Wagner19 April 1944 – ? May 1944
SS-OberführerFriedrich-Wilhelm Bock ? May 1944 – 7 May 1944
SS-BrigadeführerHerbert-Ernst Vahl7 May 1944 – 22 July 1944
SS-StandartenführerKarl Schümers22 July 1944 – 16 August 1944
SS-OberführerHelmut Dörner16 August 1944 – 22 August 1944
SS-BrigadeführerFritz Schmedes22 August 1944 – 27 November 1944
SS-StandartenführerWalter Harzer27 November 1944 – 1 March 1945
SS-StandartenführerFritz Göhler1 March 1945 – ? March 1945
SS-StandartenführerWalter Harzer ? March 1945 – 8 May 1945

5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking"

RankNameService period
SS-ObergruppenführerFelix Steiner1 December 1940 – 1 May 1943
SS-ObergruppenführerHerbert Gille1 May 1943 – 6 August 1944
SS-OberführerEduard Deisenhofer20 July 1944 – 11 August 1944
SS-StandartenführerJohannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp11 August 1944 – 9 October 1944
SS-OberführerKarl Ullrich9 October 1944 – 5 May 1945

6th SS Mountain Division "Nord"

RankNameService period
SS-BrigadeführerRichard Herrmann28 February 1941 – 25 May 1941
SS-ObergruppenführerKarl Maria Demelhuber25 May 1941 – 21 September 1941
SS-ObergruppenführerGeorg Keppler21 September 1941 – ? October 1941
SS-ObergruppenführerKarl Maria Demelhuber ? October 1941 – 21 April 1942
SS-ObergruppenführerMatthias Kleinheisterkamp21 April 1942 – ? April 1942
SS-OberführerHans Scheider21 April 1942 – 15 June 1942
SS-ObergruppenführerMatthias Kleinheisterkamp15 June 1942 – 15 December 1943
SS-GruppenführerLothar Debes15 December 1943 – 20 May 1944
SS-ObergruppenführerFriedrich-Wilhelm Krüger20 May 1944 – 20 August 1944
SS-BrigadeführerGustav Lombard20 August 1944 – 1 September 1944
SS-GruppenführerKarl-Heinrich Brenner1 September 1944 – 2 April 1945
SS-StandartenführerFranz Schreiber2 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen"

RankNameService period
SS-GruppenführerArtur Phleps30 January 1942 – 15 May 1943
SS-BrigadeführerKarl von Oberkamp15 May 1943 – 30 January 1944
SS-BrigadeführerOtto Kumm30 January 1944 – 20 January 1945
SS-BrigadeführerAugust Schmidhuber20 January 1945 – 8 May 1945

8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer"

RankNameService period
SS-BrigadeführerGustav Lombard ? March 1942 – ? April 1942
SS-GruppenführerHermann Fegelein ? April 1942 – ? August 1942
SS-ObergruppenführerWilhelm Bittrich ? August 1942 – 15 February 1943
SS-BrigadeführerFritz Freitag15 February 1943 – 20 April 1943
SS-BrigadeführerGustav Lombard20 April 1943 – 14 May 1943
SS-GruppenführerHermann Fegelein14 May 1943 – 13 September 1943
SS-GruppenführerBruno Streckenbach13 September 1943 – 22 October 1943
SS-GruppenführerHermann Fegelein22 October 1943 – 1 January 1944
SS-GruppenführerBruno Streckenbach1 January 1944 – 14 April 1944
SS-BrigadeführerGustav Lombard14 April 1944 – 1 July 1944
SS-BrigadeführerJoachim Rumohr1 July 1944 – 11 February 1945

9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen"

RankNameService period
SS-ObergruppenführerWilhelm Bittrich15 February 1943 – 29 June 1944
SS-StandartenführerThomas Müller29 June 1944 – 10 July 1944
SS-BrigadeführerSylvester Stadler10 July 1944 – 31 July 1944
SS-OberführerFriedrich-Wilhelm Bock31 July 1944 – 29 August 1944
SS-OberführerWalter Harzer29 August 1944 – 10 October 1944
SS-BrigadeführerSylvester Stadler10 October 1944 – 8 May 1945

10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg"

RankNameService period
SS-StandartenführerMichael Lippert ? March 1943 – 15 February 1943
SS-GruppenführerLothar Debes15 February 1943 – 15 November 1943
SS-GruppenführerKarl Fischer von Treuenfeld15 November 1943 – 27 April 1944
SS-BrigadeführerHeinz Harmel27 April 1944 – 28 April 1945
SS-ObersturmbannführerErwin Franz Roestel28 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland"

RankNameService period
SS-BrigadeführerFranz Augsberger22 March 1943 – 1 May 1943
SS-GruppenführerFritz von Scholz1 May 1943 – 27 July 1944
SS-BrigadeführerJoachim Ziegler27 July 1944 – 25 April 1945
SS-BrigadeführerGustav Krukenberg25 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend"

RankNameService period
SS-BrigadeführerFritz Witt31 July 1943 – 14 June 1944
SS-StandartenführerKurt Meyer14 June 1944 – 6 September 1944
SS-ObersturmbannführerHubert Meyer6 September 1944 – 24 October 1944
SS-BrigadeführerFritz Kraemer24 October 1944 – 13 November 1944
SS-BrigadeführerHugo Kraas13 November 1944 – 8 May 1945

13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Handschar" (1st Croatian)

RankNameService period
SS GruppenführerArtur Phleps13 February 1943 – 9 March 1943
SS-Standartenführer der ReserveHerbert von Obwurzer9 March 1943 – 1 August 1943
SS-BrigadeführerKarl-Gustav Sauberzweig1 August 1943 – 1 June 1944
SS-BrigadeführerDesiderius Hampel1 June 1944 – 12 May 1945

14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Galicia" (1st Ukrainian)

RankNameService period
SS-GruppenführerWalter Schimana30 June 1943 – 20 November 1943
SS-BrigadeführerFritz Freitag20 November 1943 – 22 April 1944
SS-BrigadeführerFritz Freitag5 September 1944 – 24 April 1945

15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian)

RankNameService period
SS-BrigadeführerPeter Hansen25 February 1943 – 1 May 1943
SS-GruppenführerCarl Graf von Pückler-Burghauss1 May 1943 – 17 February 1944
SS-BrigadeführerNikolaus Heilmann17 February 1944 – 21 July 1944
SS-BrigadeführerHerbert von Obwurzer21 July 1944 – 26 January 1945
SS-OberführerEduard Deisenhofer26 January 1945 – ??/??/????
SS-OberführerAdolf Ax26 January 1945 – 15 February 1945
SS-BrigadeführerKarl Burk15 February 1945 – 2 May 1945

16th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Reichsführer-SS"

RankNameService period
SS-GruppenführerMax Simon3 October 1943 – 24 October 1944
SS-BrigadeführerOtto Baum24 October 1944 – 8 May 1945

17th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen"

RankNameService period
SS-StandartenführerOtto Binge3 October 1943 – ? January 1944
SS-GruppenführerWerner Ostendorff ? January 1944 – 15 June 1944
SS-StandartenführerOtto Binge16 June 1944 – 18 June 1944
SS-BrigadeführerOtto Baum18 June 1944 – 1 August 1944
SS-StandartenführerOtto Binge1 August 1944 – 29 August 1944
SS-OberführerEduard Deisenhofer30 August 1944 – 30 September 1944
SS-StandartenführerThomas Müller30 September 1944 – ? September 1944
SS-StandartenführerGustav Mertsch ? September 1944 – ? October 1944
SS-GruppenführerWerner Ostendorff21 October 1944 – 15 November 1944
SS-StandartenführerHans Lingner15 November 1944 – 9 January 1945
SS-StandartenführerGerhard Lindner9 January 1945 – 21 January 1945
SS-StandartenführerFritz Klingenberg21 January 1945 – 22 March 1945
SS-ObersturmbannführerVinzenz Kaiser22 March 1945 – 24 March 1945
SS-StandartenführerJacob Fick24 March 1945 – 27 March 1945
SS-OberführerGeorg Bochmann27 March 1945 – 8 May 1945

18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Horst Wessel"

RankNameService period
SS-BrigadeführerWilhelm Trabandt25 January 1944 – 3 January 1945
SS-GruppenführerJosef Fitzthum3 January 1945 – 10 January 1945
SS-OberführerGeorg Bochmann10 January 1945 – ? March 1945
SS-StandartenführerHeinrich Petersen ? March 1945 – 8 May 1945

19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)

RankNameService period
SS-OberführerFriedrich-Wilhelm Bock15 March 1944 – 13 April 1944
SS-GruppenführerBruno Streckenbach13 April 1944 – 8 May 1945

20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian)

RankNameService period
SS-BrigadeführerFranz Augsberger ? January 1944 – 19 March 1945
SS-BrigadeführerBerthold Maack20 March 1945 – 8 May 1945

21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Skanderbeg" (1st Albanian)

RankNameService period
SS-BrigadeführerAugust Schmidhuber1 May 1944 – 20 January 1945

22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division "Maria Theresia"

RankNameService period
SS-BrigadeführerAugust Zehender21 April 1944 – 11 February 1945

23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Kama" (2nd Croatian)

RankNameService period
SS-StandartenführerHelmuth Raithel1 July 1944 – 31 October 1944

23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nederland"

RankNameService period
SS-SturmbannführerHerbert Garthe ? November 1941 – ? February 1942
SS-OberführerOtto Reich ? February 1942 – 1 April 1942
SS-ObersturmbannführerArved Theuermann1 April 1942 – ? July 1942
SS-StandartenführerJosef Fitzthum ? July 1942 – 20 April 1944
SS-BrigadeführerJürgen Wagner20 April 1944 – 8 May 1945

24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Karstjäger"

RankNameService period
SS-ObersturmbannführerKarl Marx1 August 1944 – 5 December 1944
SS-SturmbannführerWerner Hahn5 December 1944 – 10 February 1945
SS-OberführerAdolf Wagner10 February 1945 – 8 May 1945

25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Hunyadi" (1st Hungarian)

RankNameService period
SS-StandartenführerThomas Müller2 November 1944 – 27 November 1944
SS-GruppenführerJózsef Grassy27 November 1944 – 8 May 1945

26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian)

RankNameService period
SS-StandartenführerRolf Tiemann ? November 1944 – ? November 1944
SS-OberführerZoltan Pisky ? November 1944 – 23 January 1945
SS-OberführerLászló Deák23 January 1945 – 29 January 1945
SS-BrigadeführerBerthold Maack29 January 1945 – 21 March 1945
SS-GruppenführerJózsef Grassy21 March 1945 – 8 May 1945

27th SS Volunteer Division "Langemarck"

RankNameService period
SS-SturmbannführerMichael Lippert24 September 1941 – 2 April 1942
SS-ObersturmbannführerHans Albert von Lettow-Vorbeck2 April 1942 – ? June 1942
SS-HauptsturmführerHallmann ? June 1942 – 20 June 1942
SS-ObersturmbannführerJosef Fitzthum20 June 1942 – 11 July 1942
SS-SturmbannführerConrad Schellong11 July 1942 – 27 November 1944
SS-OberführerThomas Müller27 November 1944 – 8 May 1945

28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Wallonien"

RankNameService period
Captain-CommandantGeorges Jacobs ? August 1941 – ? January 1942
SS-HauptmannB.E.M. Pierre Pauly ? January 1942 – ? March 1942
SS-HauptmannGeorge Tchekhoff ? March 1942 – ? April 1942
SS-SturmbannführerLucien Lippert ? April 1942 – 13 February 1944
SS-OberführerKarl Burk13 February 1944 – 30 January 1945
SS-ObersturmbannführerLéon Degrelle30 January 1945 – 8 May 1945

29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "RONA" (1st Russian)

RankNameService period
UnknownKonstantin Voskoboinik ? October 1941 – ? January 1942
SS-BrigadeführerBronislav Kaminski17 June 1944 – 19 August 1944
SS-BrigadeführerChristoph Diehm19 August 1944 – ? August 1944

29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian)

RankNameService period
SS-BrigadeführerPeter Hansen13 November 1943 – ? March 1944
SS-ObergruppenführerKarl Wolff ? March 1944 – ? September 1944
SS-BrigadeführerPietro Mannelli ? September 1944 – ? September 1944
SS-BrigadeführerPeter Hansen ? September 1944 – ? October 1944
SS-StandartenführerGustav Lombard ? October 1944 – 9 November 1944
SS-StandartenführerConstantin Heldmann9 November 1944 – ? January 1945
SS-OberführerErnst Tzschoppe ? January 1945 – 8 May 1945

30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian)

RankNameService period
SS-StandartenführerHans Siegling18 August 1944 – 31 December 1944

30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarussian)

RankNameService period
UnknownRasdastu Astrouski28 June 1944 – 8 May 1945

31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Batschka"

RankNameService period
SS-BrigadeführerGustav Lombard1 October 1944 – 8 May 1945

32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 January

SS-Commanders

RankNameService period
SS-StandartenführerJohannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp30 January 1945 – 5 February 1945
SS-StandartenführerJoachim Richter5 February 1945 – 17 February 1945
SS-OberführerAdolf Ax17 February 1945 – 15 March 1945
SS-StandartenführerHans Kempin15 March 1945 – 8 May 1945

33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian)

RankNameService period
UnknownUnknown ? December 1944 – 8 May 1945

33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Charlemagne" (1st French)

RankNameService period
(LVF)Roger Labonne ? August 1941 – 31 March 1942
MajorLaCroix/Demessine1 April 1942 – 31 May 1943
SS-OberführerEdgar Puaud1 June 1943 – ? August 1943
SS-ObersturmbannführerPaul Gamory-Dubourdeau ? August 1943 – 31 July 1944
SS-HauptsturmführerErich Kostenbader1 August 1944 – ? August 1944
SS-BrigadeführerEdgar PuaudSeptember 1944 – 28 February 1945
SS-BrigadeführerGustav Krukenberg28 February 1945 – 25 April 1945
SS-StandartenführerWalter Zimmermann25 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Landstorm Nederland"

RankNameService period
SS-OberführerViktor Knapp11 May 1943 – 1 April 1944
SS-ObersturmbannführerDeurheit1 April 1944 – 5 November 1944
SS-StandartenführerMartin Kohlroser5 November 1944 – 8 May 1945

35th SS-Police Grenadier Division

RankNameService period
SS-StandartenführerRuediger Pipkorn18 March 1945 – 8 May 1945

36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS

RankNameService period
SS-Oberführer der ReserveOskar Dirlewanger15 June 1940 – ? April 1945
SS-BrigadeführerFritz Schmedes ? April 1945 – 8 May 1945

37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division "Lützow"

RankNameService period
SS-OberführerWaldemar Fegelein ? February 1945 – ? March 1945
SS-StandartenführerKarl Gesele ? March 1945 – 8 May 1945

38th SS Grenadier Division "Nibelungen"

RankNameService period
SS-ObersturmbannführerRichard Schulze-Kossens ? March 1945 – 12 April 1945
SS-StandartenführerMartin Stange12 April 1945 – 8 May 1945
SS-GruppenführerHeinz LammerdingAlso assigned as commander, but never took up the post
SS-ObergruppenführerKarl von OberkampAlso assigned as commander, but never took up the post

See also

References

    • Waffen-SS Commanders by Mark C. Yerger
    • Waffen-SS Divisions 1939-45 by Chris Bishop
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