This is a list of Waffen-SS division commanders.
1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"
Rank | Name | Service period |
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SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer | Josef Dietrich | 15 August 1938 – 7 April 1943 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Theodor Wisch | 7 April 1943 – 20 August 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Wilhelm Mohnke | 20 August 1944 – 6 February 1945 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Otto Kumm | 6 February 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich"
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer | Paul Hausser | 19 October 1939 – 14 October 1941 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Wilhelm Bittrich | 14 October 1941 – 31 December 1941 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Matthias Kleinheisterkamp | 31 December 1941 – 19 April 1942 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Georg Keppler | 19 April 1942 – 10 February 1943 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Herbert-Ernst Vahl | 10 February 1943 – 18 March 1943 |
SS-Oberführer | Kurt Brasack | 18 March 1943 – 29 March 1943 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Walter Krüger | 29 March 1943 – 23 October 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Heinz Lammerding | 23 October 1943 – 24 July 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Christian Tychsen | 24 July 1944 – 28 July 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Otto Baum | 28 July 1944 – 23 October 1944 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Heinz Lammerding | 23 October 1944 – 20 January 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Karl Kreutz | 20 January 1945 – 29 January 1945 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Werner Ostendorff | 20 January 1945 – 9 March 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Rudolf Lehmann | 9 March 1945 – 13 April 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Karl Kreutz | 13 April 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf"
Rank | Name | Service period |
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SS-Obergruppenführer | Theodor Eicke | 1 November 1939 – 7 July 1941 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Matthias Kleinheisterkamp | 7 July 1941 – 18 July 1941 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Georg Keppler | 18 July 1941 – 19 September 1941 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Theodor Eicke | 19 September 1941 – 26 February 1943 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Hermann Priess | 26 February 1943 – 27 April 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Heinz Lammerding | 27 April 1943 – 15 May 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Max Simon | 15 May 1943 – 22 October 1943 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Hermann Priess | 22 October 1943 – 21 June 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Hellmuth Becker | 21 June 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Gruppenführer | Konrad Hitschler | 1 September 1940 – 8 September 1940 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch | 8 September 1940 – 10 November 1940 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Arthur Mülverstedt | 10 November 1940 – 10 August 1941 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Emil Höring | 16 August 1941 – 18 August 1941 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Walter Krüger | 18 August 1941 – 15 December 1941 |
SS-Standartenführer | Alfred Wünnenberg | 15 December 1941 – 14 May 1942 |
SS-Oberführer | Alfred Borchert | 15 May 1942 – 18 July 1942 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Alfred Wünnenberg | 19 July 1942 – 10 June 1943 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Schmedes | 10 June 1943 – 5 July 1943 |
SS-Standartenführer | Otto Binge | 5 July 1943 – 18 August 1943 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Freitag | 18 August 1943 – 20 October 1943 |
SS-Oberführer | Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock | 20 October 1943 – 19 April 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Jürgen Wagner | 19 April 1944 – ? May 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock | ? May 1944 – 7 May 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Herbert-Ernst Vahl | 7 May 1944 – 22 July 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Karl Schümers | 22 July 1944 – 16 August 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Helmut Dörner | 16 August 1944 – 22 August 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Schmedes | 22 August 1944 – 27 November 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Walter Harzer | 27 November 1944 – 1 March 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Fritz Göhler | 1 March 1945 – ? March 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Walter Harzer | ? March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking"
Rank | Name | Service period |
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SS-Obergruppenführer | Felix Steiner | 1 December 1940 – 1 May 1943 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Herbert Gille | 1 May 1943 – 6 August 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Eduard Deisenhofer | 20 July 1944 – 11 August 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Johannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp | 11 August 1944 – 9 October 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Karl Ullrich | 9 October 1944 – 5 May 1945 |
6th SS Mountain Division "Nord"
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Brigadeführer | Richard Herrmann | 28 February 1941 – 25 May 1941 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Karl Maria Demelhuber | 25 May 1941 – 21 September 1941 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Georg Keppler | 21 September 1941 – ? October 1941 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Karl Maria Demelhuber | ? October 1941 – 21 April 1942 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Matthias Kleinheisterkamp | 21 April 1942 – ? April 1942 |
SS-Oberführer | Hans Scheider | 21 April 1942 – 15 June 1942 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Matthias Kleinheisterkamp | 15 June 1942 – 15 December 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Lothar Debes | 15 December 1943 – 20 May 1944 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger | 20 May 1944 – 20 August 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Gustav Lombard | 20 August 1944 – 1 September 1944 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Karl-Heinrich Brenner | 1 September 1944 – 2 April 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Franz Schreiber | 2 April 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen"
Rank | Name | Service period |
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SS-Gruppenführer | Artur Phleps | 30 January 1942 – 15 May 1943 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Karl von Oberkamp | 15 May 1943 – 30 January 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Otto Kumm | 30 January 1944 – 20 January 1945 |
SS-Brigadeführer | August Schmidhuber | 20 January 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer"
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Brigadeführer | Gustav Lombard | ? March 1942 – ? April 1942 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Hermann Fegelein | ? April 1942 – ? August 1942 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Wilhelm Bittrich | ? August 1942 – 15 February 1943 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Freitag | 15 February 1943 – 20 April 1943 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Gustav Lombard | 20 April 1943 – 14 May 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Hermann Fegelein | 14 May 1943 – 13 September 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Bruno Streckenbach | 13 September 1943 – 22 October 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Hermann Fegelein | 22 October 1943 – 1 January 1944 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Bruno Streckenbach | 1 January 1944 – 14 April 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Gustav Lombard | 14 April 1944 – 1 July 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Joachim Rumohr | 1 July 1944 – 11 February 1945 |
9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen"
Rank | Name | Service period |
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SS-Obergruppenführer | Wilhelm Bittrich | 15 February 1943 – 29 June 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Thomas Müller | 29 June 1944 – 10 July 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Sylvester Stadler | 10 July 1944 – 31 July 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock | 31 July 1944 – 29 August 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Walter Harzer | 29 August 1944 – 10 October 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Sylvester Stadler | 10 October 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg"
Rank | Name | Service period |
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SS-Standartenführer | Michael Lippert | ? March 1943 – 15 February 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Lothar Debes | 15 February 1943 – 15 November 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld | 15 November 1943 – 27 April 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Heinz Harmel | 27 April 1944 – 28 April 1945 |
SS-Obersturmbannführer | Erwin Franz Roestel | 28 April 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland"
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Brigadeführer | Franz Augsberger | 22 March 1943 – 1 May 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Fritz von Scholz | 1 May 1943 – 27 July 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Joachim Ziegler | 27 July 1944 – 25 April 1945 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Gustav Krukenberg | 25 April 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend"
Rank | Name | Service period |
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SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Witt | 31 July 1943 – 14 June 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Kurt Meyer | 14 June 1944 – 6 September 1944 |
SS-Obersturmbannführer | Hubert Meyer | 6 September 1944 – 24 October 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Kraemer | 24 October 1944 – 13 November 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Hugo Kraas | 13 November 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Handschar" (1st Croatian)
Rank | Name | Service period |
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SS Gruppenführer | Artur Phleps | 13 February 1943 – 9 March 1943 |
SS-Standartenführer der Reserve | Herbert von Obwurzer | 9 March 1943 – 1 August 1943 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig | 1 August 1943 – 1 June 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Desiderius Hampel | 1 June 1944 – 12 May 1945 |
14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Galicia" (1st Ukrainian)
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Gruppenführer | Walter Schimana | 30 June 1943 – 20 November 1943 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Freitag | 20 November 1943 – 22 April 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Freitag | 5 September 1944 – 24 April 1945 |
15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian)
Rank | Name | Service period |
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SS-Brigadeführer | Peter Hansen | 25 February 1943 – 1 May 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Carl Graf von Pückler-Burghauss | 1 May 1943 – 17 February 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Nikolaus Heilmann | 17 February 1944 – 21 July 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Herbert von Obwurzer | 21 July 1944 – 26 January 1945 |
SS-Oberführer | Eduard Deisenhofer | 26 January 1945 – ??/??/???? |
SS-Oberführer | Adolf Ax | 26 January 1945 – 15 February 1945 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Karl Burk | 15 February 1945 – 2 May 1945 |
16th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Reichsführer-SS"
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Gruppenführer | Max Simon | 3 October 1943 – 24 October 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Otto Baum | 24 October 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
17th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen"
Rank | Name | Service period |
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SS-Standartenführer | Otto Binge | 3 October 1943 – ? January 1944 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Werner Ostendorff | ? January 1944 – 15 June 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Otto Binge | 16 June 1944 – 18 June 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Otto Baum | 18 June 1944 – 1 August 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Otto Binge | 1 August 1944 – 29 August 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Eduard Deisenhofer | 30 August 1944 – 30 September 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Thomas Müller | 30 September 1944 – ? September 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Gustav Mertsch | ? September 1944 – ? October 1944 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Werner Ostendorff | 21 October 1944 – 15 November 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Hans Lingner | 15 November 1944 – 9 January 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Gerhard Lindner | 9 January 1945 – 21 January 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Fritz Klingenberg | 21 January 1945 – 22 March 1945 |
SS-Obersturmbannführer | Vinzenz Kaiser | 22 March 1945 – 24 March 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Jacob Fick | 24 March 1945 – 27 March 1945 |
SS-Oberführer | Georg Bochmann | 27 March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Horst Wessel"
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Brigadeführer | Wilhelm Trabandt | 25 January 1944 – 3 January 1945 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Josef Fitzthum | 3 January 1945 – 10 January 1945 |
SS-Oberführer | Georg Bochmann | 10 January 1945 – ? March 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Heinrich Petersen | ? March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)
Rank | Name | Service period |
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SS-Oberführer | Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock | 15 March 1944 – 13 April 1944 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Bruno Streckenbach | 13 April 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian)
Rank | Name | Service period |
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SS-Brigadeführer | Franz Augsberger | ? January 1944 – 19 March 1945 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Berthold Maack | 20 March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Skanderbeg" (1st Albanian)
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Brigadeführer | August Schmidhuber | 1 May 1944 – 20 January 1945 |
22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division "Maria Theresia"
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Brigadeführer | August Zehender | 21 April 1944 – 11 February 1945 |
23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Kama" (2nd Croatian)
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Standartenführer | Helmuth Raithel | 1 July 1944 – 31 October 1944 |
23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nederland"
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Sturmbannführer | Herbert Garthe | ? November 1941 – ? February 1942 |
SS-Oberführer | Otto Reich | ? February 1942 – 1 April 1942 |
SS-Obersturmbannführer | Arved Theuermann | 1 April 1942 – ? July 1942 |
SS-Standartenführer | Josef Fitzthum | ? July 1942 – 20 April 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Jürgen Wagner | 20 April 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Karstjäger"
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Obersturmbannführer | Karl Marx | 1 August 1944 – 5 December 1944 |
SS-Sturmbannführer | Werner Hahn | 5 December 1944 – 10 February 1945 |
SS-Oberführer | Adolf Wagner | 10 February 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Hunyadi" (1st Hungarian)
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Standartenführer | Thomas Müller | 2 November 1944 – 27 November 1944 |
SS-Gruppenführer | József Grassy | 27 November 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian)
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Standartenführer | Rolf Tiemann | ? November 1944 – ? November 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Zoltan Pisky | ? November 1944 – 23 January 1945 |
SS-Oberführer | László Deák | 23 January 1945 – 29 January 1945 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Berthold Maack | 29 January 1945 – 21 March 1945 |
SS-Gruppenführer | József Grassy | 21 March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
27th SS Volunteer Division "Langemarck"
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Sturmbannführer | Michael Lippert | 24 September 1941 – 2 April 1942 |
SS-Obersturmbannführer | Hans Albert von Lettow-Vorbeck | 2 April 1942 – ? June 1942 |
SS-Hauptsturmführer | Hallmann | ? June 1942 – 20 June 1942 |
SS-Obersturmbannführer | Josef Fitzthum | 20 June 1942 – 11 July 1942 |
SS-Sturmbannführer | Conrad Schellong | 11 July 1942 – 27 November 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Thomas Müller | 27 November 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Wallonien"
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
Captain-Commandant | Georges Jacobs | ? August 1941 – ? January 1942 |
SS-Hauptmann | B.E.M. Pierre Pauly | ? January 1942 – ? March 1942 |
SS-Hauptmann | George Tchekhoff | ? March 1942 – ? April 1942 |
SS-Sturmbannführer | Lucien Lippert | ? April 1942 – 13 February 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Karl Burk | 13 February 1944 – 30 January 1945 |
SS-Obersturmbannführer | Léon Degrelle | 30 January 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "RONA" (1st Russian)
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
Unknown | Konstantin Voskoboinik | ? October 1941 – ? January 1942 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Bronislav Kaminski | 17 June 1944 – 19 August 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Christoph Diehm | 19 August 1944 – ? August 1944 |
29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian)
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Brigadeführer | Peter Hansen | 13 November 1943 – ? March 1944 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Karl Wolff | ? March 1944 – ? September 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Pietro Mannelli | ? September 1944 – ? September 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Peter Hansen | ? September 1944 – ? October 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Gustav Lombard | ? October 1944 – 9 November 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Constantin Heldmann | 9 November 1944 – ? January 1945 |
SS-Oberführer | Ernst Tzschoppe | ? January 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian)
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Standartenführer | Hans Siegling | 18 August 1944 – 31 December 1944 |
30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarussian)
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
Unknown | Rasdastu Astrouski | 28 June 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Batschka"
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Brigadeführer | Gustav Lombard | 1 October 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 January
SS-Commanders
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Standartenführer | Johannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp | 30 January 1945 – 5 February 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Joachim Richter | 5 February 1945 – 17 February 1945 |
SS-Oberführer | Adolf Ax | 17 February 1945 – 15 March 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Hans Kempin | 15 March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian)
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
Unknown | Unknown | ? December 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Charlemagne" (1st French)
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
(LVF) | Roger Labonne | ? August 1941 – 31 March 1942 |
Major | LaCroix/Demessine | 1 April 1942 – 31 May 1943 |
SS-Oberführer | Edgar Puaud | 1 June 1943 – ? August 1943 |
SS-Obersturmbannführer | Paul Gamory-Dubourdeau | ? August 1943 – 31 July 1944 |
SS-Hauptsturmführer | Erich Kostenbader | 1 August 1944 – ? August 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Edgar Puaud | September 1944 – 28 February 1945 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Gustav Krukenberg | 28 February 1945 – 25 April 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Walter Zimmermann | 25 April 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Landstorm Nederland"
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Oberführer | Viktor Knapp | 11 May 1943 – 1 April 1944 |
SS-Obersturmbannführer | Deurheit | 1 April 1944 – 5 November 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Martin Kohlroser | 5 November 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
35th SS-Police Grenadier Division
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Standartenführer | Ruediger Pipkorn | 18 March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Oberführer der Reserve | Oskar Dirlewanger | 15 June 1940 – ? April 1945 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Schmedes | ? April 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division "Lützow"
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Oberführer | Waldemar Fegelein | ? February 1945 – ? March 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Karl Gesele | ? March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
38th SS Grenadier Division "Nibelungen"
Rank | Name | Service period |
---|---|---|
SS-Obersturmbannführer | Richard Schulze-Kossens | ? March 1945 – 12 April 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Martin Stange | 12 April 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Heinz Lammerding | Also assigned as commander, but never took up the post |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Karl von Oberkamp | Also 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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