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    : 126  Wehrkreis IX was the home district of the IX Army Corps, which was formed in October 1934, initially disguised as "Heeresdienststelle Kassel". The...
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    destroyed Heinrich Hübsch's Kassel Synagogue. During World War II Kassel was the headquarters for Germany's Wehrkreis IX, and a local subcamp of Dachau...
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  • Friedrich Dollman in Kassel with the camouflage name of Kassel and redesignated IX Corps after the creation of the Wehrkreis IX recruitment and training...
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  • Fretter-Pico was appointed commander of military district IX, based in Kassel (German: Wehrkreis IX (Kassel)), this being his last command. There he was taken...
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    plant motor transport plant railway works Military HQs at Wehrkreis IX, and Bereich Hauptsitz Kassel Central Germany HQ, highway & railway construction Regional...
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    II, Weinrich was made a member of the Defense Committee for Wehrkreis (Military District) IX which included Gau Kurhessen. On 15 November 1940, he was made...
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    district. e.g. Stalag II-D was the fourth Stalag in Military District II (Wehrkreis II). Sub-camps had a suffix "/Z" (for Zweiglager - sub-camp). The main...
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  • three regiments hailed from Wehrkreis VI, Wehrkeis XVII, and Wehrkreis IX, respectively. Grenadier Regiment 451 from Wehrkreis IX was the only infantry regiment...
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    SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien Panzer Division Holstein HQ, Wehrkreis II as corps-level field command (stellv. II): Swinemünde Defensive Region...
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  • staff for reserve units in the ninth Wehrkreis (military district). This military district was headquartered in Kassel and included most of Hesse as well...
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    Commissioner (Reichsverteidigungskommissar) for Wehrkreis (Military District) IX headquartered in Kassel. This district comprised Gau Thuringia along with...
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  • office of the Inspector of the SiPo and SD in Wehrkreis (military district) IX, headquartered in Kassel. On 17 September 1940, Lange was assigned as the...
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    President) of a Prussian province. (The Commissioners of the two Austrian Wehrkreis would be elevated to the rank of Reichstatthalter in April 1940.) One...
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  • 8 May 1945 Higher SS and Police Leader at SS-Oberabschnitt Alpenland (Wehrkreis XVIII; HQ: Salzburg) 3575 1930 46771 Ernst Sachs Born 24 December 1880...
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    VII (Munich) (1919–1932) – Ingolstadt VIII (Breslau) (1919–1932) – ? IX (Kassel) (1919–1932) – ? X (Hamburg) (1919–1932) – ? XI (Hannover) (1919–1932)...
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    Roche Guyon). In December 1941, it added Kompanien 3. (FN 44363 aus WK IX: Kassel) and Kompanien 4. (FN 45651 aus WK VI: Münster) and in May 1943, designated...
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