Hermann August Fredrich Priess (24 May 1901 – 2 February 1985) was a German general in the Waffen-SS and a war criminal during World War II. He commanded...
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Theodor Eicke was killed when his spotter aircraft was shot down. Hermann Priess succeeded Eicke as commander. The SS Panzer Corps, including the division...
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SS-Obergruppenführer Georg Keppler (16 August 1944 – 30 October 1944) SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Priess (30 October 1944 – 8 May 1945) 6 June 1944 (Invasion of Normandy) 101st...
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Dietrich ordered Hermann Priess, commanding officer of the I SS Panzer Corps, to increase its efforts to back Peiper's battle group, but Priess was unable to...
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(e.g. SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS und Polizei). Hermann Prieß as SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS Gorget patch until...
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Panzer Division Headquarters with increasing urgency.: 394–395 General Hermann Priess, commander of the 1st SS Panzer Corps, ordered Obersturmbannführer Hugo...
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whom he had two children: a daughter, Irma, on 5 April 1916 and a son, Hermann, on 4 May 1920. Following the end of the First World War, Eicke remained...
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the 6th Panzer Army, SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Krämer, SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Priess, commander of the I SS Panzer Corps, and SS-Standartenführer Joachim...
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Waffen SS Josef "Sepp" Dietrich I SS Panzer Corps (SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Priess) II SS Panzer Corps (SS-Obergruppenführer Willi Bittrich) LXVII Corps...
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Erich Neve, Gustav Ochmann, Paul Hermann Joachim Peiper – sentenced to death Pletz, Hans Preuss, Georg Hermann Priess – sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment...
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6th SS Panzer Army); Fritz Krämer (Dietrich's chief of staff); and Hermann Prieß (Cmdr. I SS Panzer Corps). The U.S. Army's war-crime bill of charges...
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16 August 1944 – 24 October 1944 Succeeded by SS-Obergruppenführer Hermann Priess Preceded by SS-Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner Commander of III.(germanische)...
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and 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich 257146 1 October 1935 1691488 Hermann Prieß Commander of 3rd SS Division Totenkopf following the death of Theodor...
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Chief Office division III 1876–1961 also: Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Hermann Priess Commanding general I SS Panzer Corps 1901–1985 also: Generalleutnant...
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Knobelsdorff XIII SS Army Corps was commanded by Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Hermann Prieß LXXXIX Corps, General der infanterie Gustav Höhne (took command 7 September...
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Since January 2019, it is part of the new municipality Ruhner Berge. Hermann Prieß was born there in 1901. "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals...
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Theodor Eicke 19 September 1941 – 26 February 1943 SS-Obergruppenführer Hermann Priess 26 February 1943 – 27 April 1943 SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Lammerding 27...
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der Gebirgstruppe Hans Kreysing) I. SS Panzerkorps (SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Priess) 1. SS-Panzer-Division “Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler” (SS-Brigadeführer...
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the war. During a Situation Conference on 7 January 1945, at which both Hermann Göring and Rundstedt were present, Hitler proposed his intention of pulling...
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On 15 December Knittel was further briefed at the headquarters of Hermann Prieß, the commanding officer of the 1st SS-Panzerkorps. During this briefing...
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Poepel Oswald Pohl Johannes Popitz Helmut Poppendick Ferdinand Porsche Hermann Prieß Karl-Heinz Priester Alfred Proksch (politician) Hans-Adolf Prützmann...
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award is still available in the German Federal Archives. One recipient, Hermann Fegelein, was court-martialed and executed on 29 April 1945. According...
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This army was made up of the I SS Panzer Corps, commanded by General Hermann Priess; this corps included the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf...
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(Wachtmeister). In 1933, he joined the SS and met Wilhelm Bittrich and Hermann Priess. In 1935, Becker was transferred to the SS Totenkopf Standarte "Oberbayern"...
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resistance against Adolf Hitler, in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1942, executed) Hermann Priess, German army officer, convicted of the Malmedy massacre during World...
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grade was awarded only once. The sole recipient was Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring, who at the same time was promoted to Reichsmarschall. The "Knight's...
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SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich, which would make it unlawful. Fellgiebel names Hermann Buch, the former IIa (personnel administration) of the 2. SS-Division "Das...
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north of the Danube River near Regen.[citation needed] SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Priess[citation needed] SS-Gruppenführer Max Simon 17th SS Panzergrenadier...
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the award is available in the German Federal Archives. One recipient, Hermann Fegelein, was court-martialed and executed on 29 April 1945. According...
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challenged the validity of 27 of these listings. With the exception of Hermann Fegelein, all of the disputed recipients had received the award in 1945...
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