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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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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range in Austria Totenkopf (hill), the highest point in the Kaiserstuhl region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Totenkopf (Sauerland), a hill in the Sauerland...
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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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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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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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still held Hill 252.2, but had been exhausted by the effort of turning back five Soviet tank brigades. To its left, Totenkopf had captured Hill 226.6 and...
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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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This list of mountain and hill ranges in Germany contains a selection of the main mountain and hill regions in Germany. In addition the list shows the...
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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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Altenberg (564.7 m), Schwäbisch Hall, Limpurg Hills Raitelberg (561.0 m), Heilbronn, Löwenstein Mountains Totenkopf (556.6 m), Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Kaiserstuhl...
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The highest point in the Province of Detmold is on the flank of the Totenkopf in the Sauerland near Bad Wünnenberg. The provincial boundary runs up...
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Kaiserstuhl (Baden-Württemberg) (category Hill ranges of Germany)
width is about 12.5 km. The hills of the Kaiserstuhl include the following (sorted by height in metres above sea level): Totenkopf (556.6 m), 1.9 km east of...
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point was still under SA control. Schreck resurrected the use of the Totenkopf ("death's head") as the unit's insignia, a symbol various elite forces...
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and uhlans) wore green uniforms. The Brunswickers wore silvered skull "totenkopf" badges on their hats. Their title originated from Duke Frederick William...
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the cap (≈2.5 cm). And in World War II, Nazi SS troops made use of the "Totenkopf" (German word for "dead man's head") as an insignia for another part of...
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volcanic hills to the northwest of Freiburg, within the Rhine Graben. The highest point of this small, isolated volcanic centre is the Totenkopf (557 metres)...
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the swastika and the Nazi salute. AR's logo features the Black Sun and Totenkopf (death's head) with an Akubra hat, a laurel wreath and a swastika. Antipodean...
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Guinea. When the skull appears in Nazi SS insignia, the death's-head (Totenkopf) represents loyalty unto death. Skulls and skeletons are the main symbol...
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Detmold, and Herford. The highest hill of Ostwestfalen-Lippe is the Totenkopf (498 m). The Teutoburg Forest and the Egge Hills stretch across the region and...
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Lindenhecke (447 m) Wartburgkreis, Eichsfeld-Hainich-Werratal Nature Park Totenkopf (444 m), Unstrut-Hainich district, Hainich National Park Rittergasserberg...
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colours of the Nazi German flag, and other Nazi symbolism, including the Totenkopf Death's Head insignia of the SS-Totenkopfverbände and concentration camp...
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(secondary coordinates) This list of mountains and hills in the Harz contains a selection of mountains, hills, high points and their outliers in the Harz Mountains...
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SS-Wachverbände. When Eicke became field commander of the SS Division Totenkopf during the summer of 1939, Glücks was promoted by Himmler on 15 November...
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cut off Rachabalizoda's ear had military patches including a far-right Totenkopf (dead person's head) previously worn by Nazi SS units. The knife he used...
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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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and the 1st SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, 2nd SS Das Reich, and 3rd SS Totenkopf Panzergrenadier Divisions at Kursk, had a Tiger company in their tank...
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increasingly became divided into the camp service proper and the military Totenkopf formation controlled by the SS-VT (forerunner of the Waffen-SS). As the...
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Inspector of the SS-VT, SS-Gruppenführer Paul Hausser; the SS-Division-Totenkopf commanded by the Inspector of Concentration Camps, SS-Gruppenführer Theodor...
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Kampfgeschwader 54 "Totenkopf" (German pronunciation: [kampfɡəʃvaːdɐ fiːɐ ʊntfʏnftsɪç], KG 54) was a Luftwaffe bomber wing during World War II. It served...
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