Totenkopf (German: [ˈtoːtn̩ˌkɔpf], i.e. skull, literally "dead person's head") is the German word for skull. The word is often used to denote a figurative...
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The 3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf" (German: 3. SS-Panzerdivision "Totenkopf") was an elite division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World...
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SS-Totenkopfverbände (redirect from SS-Totenkopf-Verbände)
organisation to the SS-Wachverbände (guard units) formed in 1933. While the Totenkopf was the universal cap badge of the SS, the SS-TV also wore this insignia...
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Look up Totenkopf in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The totenkopf (German for death's head or skull) is a military symbol. Totenkopf may also refer to:...
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SS-Ehrenring (redirect from Totenkopf Ring)
ring reflects Himmler's interest in Germanic mysticism and includes the Totenkopf symbol and Armanen runes. The ring was designed by Karl Maria Wiligut...
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Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (redirect from SS Totenkopf)
soon renamed the Stoßtrupp (shock troop), also adopted in May 1923 the Totenkopf (death's head) and oak leaf as a means of insignia, both of which were...
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Theodor Eicke (section SS Division Totenkopf)
Concentration Camps Inspector. In 1939, Eicke became commander of the SS Division Totenkopf of the Waffen-SS, leading the division during the Second World War on...
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the Totenkopf Panzerjäger platoon saved the Deutschland Regiment from being destroyed and their bridgehead lost. That same day, as the SS Totenkopf Division...
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The Totenkopf is a hill 502.6 m above sea level (NHN), on the Brilon Heights in the counties of Hochsauerlandkreis and Paderborn, in the German state...
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Division and SS-Totenkopf. The Germans then trapped the British and French troops in a huge pocket at Dunkirk. On 27 May, 4 Company, SS-Totenkopf perpetrated...
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Standarten, comprising camp guards of the SS-Totenkopfverbände. The SS-Totenkopf Division was initially formed from concentration camp guards of the Standarten...
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The Totenkopf is a hill in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, forming the highest point in the Kaiserstuhl region. The hill is topped by an observation tower...
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Reich, and Totenkopf were 77, 95, and 122 tanks and assault guns respectively. Ten of the Tigers were to the north of the Psel River with Totenkopf, four were...
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Totenkopf's image. As the group attempts to enter Dr. Totenkopf's lair, one scientist is electrocuted by the defense system. A hologram of Totenkopf appears...
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Death in June (section Totenkopf-6)
and is often used either in place of the Totenkopf or with it. This symbol was used later than the Totenkopf and is usually secondary to it. Although...
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outfitting of the SS Totenkopf Division, 1939-1940." In 1940, he assumed command of an armoured unit within the SS Division Totenkopf and during the French...
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World War II. After the war he authored an account of the SS Division Totenkopf. Born December 1, 1910 in Saargemünd Germany, although it would become...
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War II war crime committed by members of the 14th Company, SS Division Totenkopf, under the command of Hauptsturmführer Fritz Knöchlein. It took place...
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Totenkopfverbände units SS Totenkopf Verbande Sachsen and SS Totenkopf Standarte Thuringen. At the outbreak of war Deisenhofer served in the SS Totenkopf Standarte, which...
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commander during the Nazi era. In World War II, he led the SS Division Totenkopf and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves...
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Division "Das Reich") 3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf" (previously SS Panzergrenadier Division "Totenkopf") 4th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Polizei"...
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and a war criminal during World War II. He commanded the SS Division Totenkopf ("Death's Head") following the death of Theodor Eicke in February 1943...
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hibernating Nazi battalions from the bottom of nearby (fictitious) Lake Totenkopf. Accelerationism Apocalypticism Postmillennialism Premillennialism Inner-worldly...
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uhlans, wore green uniforms. The Black Brunswickers also wore silver totenkopf badges on their hats. Their title originated from the Duke, who claimed...
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during World War II. He commanded the SS Division Das Reich, SS Division Totenkopf, I SS Panzer Corps, III SS Panzer Corps and the XVIII SS Army Corps. Georg...
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the head of the personification of Death Skull and crossbones (symbol) Totenkopf (German; erroneously translated as "death's head"), German military insignia...
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massacre of Polish civilians. After this it became part of the 3rd SS Totenkopf Division and ceased to exist as an independent unit. Also known as Heimwehr...
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Kutuzov and Operation Rumyantsev. Wiking, together with the SS Divisions Totenkopf and Das Reich, was sent to the Mius-Bogodukhov sector. The Soviets took...
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Order of the Death's Head: The Story of Hitler's SS (Der Orden unter dem Totenkopf: Die Geschichte der SS). London: Penguin. ISBN 978-0141390123. Ingrao...
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written in Fraktur script. The image also shows the early SS brown shirt uniform and an early variant of the Nazi elite corps' skull symbol (Totenkopf)....
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