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Sunday, July 7, 2024

Herbert Otto Gille Visiting Totenkopf Command Post


As part of his normal duties, SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Herbert Otto Gille (Kommandierender General IV. SS-Panzerkorps) made it a point to visit every division command post at least once a day. In this photograph, taken in early August 1944, Gille (left) is speaking to SS-Oberführer Helmuth Becker (center, Kommandeur 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf"). Behind Becker stands two of his key officers, SS-Obersturmbannführer Josef Swientek (Kommandeur SS-Artillerie-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf") and SS-Obersturmbannführer Erich Eberhardt (Ia Operations Officer 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf"). On the right, with map board slung over his shoulder, is SS-Untersturmführer Günther Lange, Gille’s new O5 Begleitoffizier.

Source :
"From the Realm of a Dying Sun (Volume 1): IV. SS-Panzerkorps and the Battles for Warsaw, July-November 1944" by Douglas E. Nash
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2015/02/foto-3-ss-panzer-division-totenkopf.html
https://wwii.space/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%86%D1%8B-%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C-1/3/

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Visit of V. SS-Gebirgskorps to SS-Panzergrenadierschule Kienschlag

The picture was taken in the summer of 1943 and it shows the visit of V. SS-Gebirgskorps staff - formed in Milovice - to SS-Panzergrenadierschule Kienschlag (now Prosečnice, about 60 km away from Milovice in Czech Republic). The Ritterkreuzträger facing the camera is SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Artur Phleps (Kommandierender General V. SS-Gebirgskorps). The officer standing next to Phleps is SS-Sturmbannführer Erich Eberhardt (Ia Erster Generalstabsoffizier SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen") and the one with his back turned is SS-Standartenführer Otto Kumm (Chef des Stabes V. SS-Gebirgskorps), who is facing SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Kempin (Kommandeur SS-Panzergrenadierschule Kienschlag). The vehicle parked with a Kübelwagen in its side is Opel Kapitän 1938.


The Ritterkreuzträger facing the camera is SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Artur Phleps (Kommandierender General V. SS-Gebirgskorps). The officer standing next to Phleps at left is SS-Sturmbannführer Erich Eberhardt (Ia Erster Generalstabsoffizier SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen")

Source :
Lohengrin photo collection
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2441048#p2441048
https://reibert.info/threads/geroji-vijsk-ss-helden-der-waffen-ss.117/page-32
https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/german-photographs-postcards/post-your-ss-photographs-122946-20/