Bio of SS-Sturmbannführer d.R. Julius Riepe (1903-1983)

Julius Riepe

Date of Birth: 18.12.1903 - Warburg, Westfalen (German Empire)
Date of Death: 22.06.1983 - Aachen, Regierungsbezirk Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen (West Germany)
NSDAP Number: 383 823 (joined 01.12.1930)
SS Number: 8 396 (joined 04.05.1931)

Promotions:
04.05.1931 SS-Anwärter
00.00.1931 SS-Mann
20.04.1934 SS-Sturmführer
15.09.1935 SS-Obersturmführer
13.09.1936 SS-Hauptsturmführer
00.00.1936 Unterführer-Anwärter
01.04.1937 SS-Sturmbannführer
30.01.1939 SS-Obersturmbannführer
01.08.1940 SS-Untersturmführer der Reserve der Waffen-SS
30.01.1942 SS-Obersturmführer der Reserve der Waffen-SS
21.06.1943 SS-Hauptsturmführer der Reserve der Waffen-SS
09.11.1944 SS-Sturmbannführer der Reserve der Waffen-SS

Career:
01.04.1935 Hauptamlicher SS-Führer in Allgemeine-SS
00.00.1934 - 00.00.1935 Fûhrer 2.Sturm / I.Sturmbann / 24.SS-Standarte
00.00.1935 - 00.00.1937 Führer III.Sturmbann / 24.SS-Standarte
00.00.1937 - 00.00.1945 Führer 67. SS-Standarte
00.00.1936 Entered the Wehrmacht
00.00.1938 Received military training from the Wehrmacht
22.01.1940 Dismissed from the Wehrmacht
02.03.1940 - 25.08.1940 Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
00.03.1940 - 00.07.1940 3.Kriegslehrgang SS-Junkerschule Tölz
01.08.1940 - 25.08.1940 SS-Untersturmführer d.R. der Waffen-SS in LSSAH
00.08.1940 - 01.06.1941 uk gestellt, Polizeipräsident,
01.06.1941 - 31.12.1941 Ordonnanzoffizier in Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS
25.06.1941 - 01.01.1942 Leiter Abteilung Quartermeister 2 / Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS
00.01.1942 1. SS-Infanterie-Brigade
30.06.1943 Zugführer, ?, zunächst ab 1.42 Kdt.Stabsquartier 1.SS-Inf.Brig., dann erst Zugführer i. SS-IR 8 bis 7.42,
00.07.1942 - 00.09.1943 Kp.Fhr.b.SS-IR 8 und 10,
15.01.1943 Fhr.11./SS-IR 10
00.04.1943 Hstuf. (?) u.Chef 11./Inf.Rgt 10
01.07.1943 - 30.09.1943 KpFhr, ab 1./15.10.43 Fhr. I./SS-IR10 (mot) (lt.RK-Vorschl.) bis 23.11.43
00.10.1943 Hstuf.u. Kdr I/ Inf Rgt 10
24.11.1943 - 27.12.1943 Fhr.Kp. in KGr.1.SS-Inf.Brig.
28.12.1943 Fhr I./SS-Gren.Rgt
00.01.1944 Hstuf. (Stubaf.?) u.Kdr.I./Pz. GR.40

Awards and Decorations:
00.00.1931 Abzeichen des SA-Treffens Braunschweig 1931
00.02.1934 Ehrenwinkel für alte Kämpfer
01.07.1935 Totenkopfring der SS
01.12.1936 Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen in Silber
01.12.1936 SA-Sportabzeichen in Gold
00.00.19__ SS-Dienstauszeichnungen
00.00.19__ Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP in Bronze
15.06.1939 Ehrendegen des-Reichsführers-SS
00.00.194_ Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP in Silber
30.01.1942 Kriegsverdienstkreuz II.Klasse mit Schwertern
00.00.194_ Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz
01.08.1942 Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)
04.01.1943 Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse
13.05.1943 Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse
21.07.1943 Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Bronze
27.12.1943 Nahkampfspange in Silber
13.02.1944 Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
17.10.1944 Ehrenblattspange des Heeres und Waffen-SS
13.01.1945 Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht
13.01.1945 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, as SS-Sturmbannführer der Reserve and Kommandeur I.Bataillon / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 40 / 18.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Horst Wessel"

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* Riepe is wrongly mentionned as SS-Standartenführer der Allgemeine-SS in some Waffen-SS files therefore stammkarte, Dienstlaufbahn don't mention such promotion.

Source :
Martin "MaLUFix" photo collection
Michael D. Miller photo collection
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=269802&p=2458911#p2458911
https://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/index.php?thread/49957-riepe-julius-ss-sturmbannf%C3%BChrer/
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/13837/Riepe-Julius.htm

Ritterkreuz Action of Julius Riepe

 

Julius Riepe as an SS-Hauptsturmführer in the black Allgemeine-SS uniform.

 Julius Riepe (18 December 1903 - 22 June 1983) received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 13 January 1945 as SS-Sturmbannführer and Führer I.Bataillon / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 40 / 18.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Horst Wessel". Riepe’s Ritterkreuz recommendation reads as follows…

“On 10 December 1944 Sturmbannführer Riepe had the order to hold the village of Szeczeny against the Bolshevik onslaught. At his disposal were some hastily assembled alarm units and the II./Grenadier-Regiment 42. In the midst of enemy drumfire and bombing from Russian aircraft, Riepe was a shining example of prudence and fearlessness for his men as they defended against the ceaseless enemy attacks that were supported by tanks.

For a whole week (10-17 December 1944) the Russians stormed against the city, undeterred by their losses. Driven forwards by their commissars, all their attempts were in vain.

Sturmbannführer Riepe led the hodgepodge garrison of Szeczeny with iron energy and a firm hand. In the most trying of hours his inspiration was able to inspire his men to resist to the last. Whenever the Russians managed to achieve a penetration with the support of heavy artillery preparation, Sturmbannführer Riepe was able to restore the old frontline through counterattacks led with boldness and skill that also brought bloody losses to the enemy.

In the early morning of 16 December 1944 the Russians managed to penetrate through the heavily thinned German ranks along the southwest edge of Szeczeny with 300-400 men and 9 tanks. However this penetration was sealed off by the personal intervention of Sturmbannführer Riepe. Acting on his own initiative, Riepe ruthlessly stripped the not yet attacked sections of his security line of men. With these hastily thrown-together forces (strongly outnumbered by the Russians) he launched an energetic attack with a loud ‘Hurra’ that pushed the enemy out of the city once again. In the process he inflicted heavy losses on the enemy and destroyed 6 enemy tanks with his heavy weapons.

Through his prudence and determination, Sturmbannführer Riepe therefore played a decisive role in holding the key city of Szeczeny. In doing so he prevented our divisions positioned in the Matra mountains from being outflanked.”

 

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=29879&p=2330477&hilit=riepe#p2330477
https://www.tracesofwar.com/persons/13837/Riepe-Julius.htm