Gille and Schönfelder Chats with SS Wiking's New Ia from Army

In this picture, SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Herbert Otto Gille (right, Kommandierender General IV. SS-Panzerkorps) and his Chief of Staff, SS-Obersturmbannführer Manfred Schönfelder (center) speak with the new First General Staff Officer (Ia) of the 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking", German Army Major im Generalstab Otto Kleine. This photo was taken early August 1944 by SS-Untersturmführer Günther Lange, Gille’s new O5 Begleitoffizier.

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Dietrich von Saucken and Herbert Otto Gille

Generalleutnant Dietrich von Saucken (center, Kommandierender General XXXIX. Panzerkorps), confers with SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Herbert Otto Gille (left, Kommandierender General IV. SS-Panzerkorps) and his chief of staff, SS-Obersturmbannführer Manfred Schönfelder (right) during the opening stages of the tank battle at Praga, 31 July 1944. The picture is Courtesy of Günther Lange Archive and was taken from the book "From the Realm of a Dying Sun (Volume 1): IV. SS-Panzerkorps and the Battles for Warsaw, July-November 1944" by Douglas E. Nash.

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"From the Realm of a Dying Sun (Volume 1): IV. SS-Panzerkorps and the Battles for Warsaw, July-November 1944" by Douglas E. Nash.

Herbert Otto Gille Arrived at Lublin

SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Herbert Otto Gille (nearest to the camera, Kommandeur 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking") upon arrival at the airfield in Lublin, Poland, in May 1944 along with, from left to right: SS-Obersturmbannführer Manfred Schönfelder (Ia Operations Officer 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"), SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Scharff (Ib Quartiermeister 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"), SS-Hauptsturmführer Hermann Kaufmann (O5 Aide de Camp Kommandeur 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"), and SS-Sturmbannführer Karl-Willy Schulze (IIa Adjutant Kommandeur 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"). The picture was taken from the book "From the Realm of a Dying Sun (Volume 1): IV. SS-Panzerkorps and the Battles for Warsaw, July-November 1944" by Douglas E. Nash.

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Manfred Schönfelder and Herbert Gille at Modlin

 

This photo of (from L to R) SS-Obersturmbannführer Manfred Schönfelder (Chef des Stabes IV. SS-Panzerkorps), SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Herbert-Otto Gille (Kommandierender General IV. SS-Panzerkrosp), and SS-Obersturmführer Günter Jahnke (1. Ordonnansoffizier 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking") was taken in November or December 1944 outside of the Modlin Fortress, Poland. The forward command post of the IV. SS-Panzerkorps was located in the fortress from mid-October to late December 1944.

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"From the Realm of a Dying Sun" by Douglas E. Nash, Sr.
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Herbert-Otto Gille Opened the Modlin Soldatenfriedhof

On 9 November 1944, SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Herbert-Otto Gille (Kommandierender General IV. SS-Panzerkorps) dedicated the new Soldatenfriedhof (wartime cemetery) in Modlin, Poland. In addition to the ceremony itself, a reception was held shortly afterwards inside the Modlin Fortress. Here is a copy of the ceremony's program, which featured a speach by Gille, as well as various tunes played by the regimental band of SS Panzer Regiment 5 "Wiking." Besides Gille, in attendance were the commanders of the Totenkopf and Wiking Divisions, their staffs, and various local dignitaries from the German administration of occupied Poland.

SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Herbert-Otto Gille (Kommandierender General IV. SS-Panzerkorps) views the newly-dedicated ceremony. to the immediate right of Gille stands SS-Standartenführer Karl Ullrich, the commander of the Wiking Division.

After the ceremony's conclusion in the chapel of the Modlin Fortress, commanders and staff officers file out of the front door to their waiting staff cars. From left to right: SS-Obersturmbannführer Manfred Schönfelder (with his back to the camera, Chef des Generalstabes IV. SS-Panzerkorps), Major Otto Kleine (Ia Operations Officer 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"), SS-Sturmbannführer Herbert Jankuhn (Ic Intelligence Officer IV. SS-Panzerkorps), SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Helmuth Becker (Kommandeur 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf"), and SS-Untersturmführer Günther Lange (in black panzer uniform, O5 aide-de-camp Kommandierender General IV. SS-Panzerkorps).

At some point during the events of that day, Gille greets the commanders of the Wiking and Totenkopf Divisions, Karl Ullrich (left) and Helmuth Becker, right. In the background stands SS-Obersturmführer Johann "Hans" Velde, the O1 or assistant corps operations officer of the IV. SS-Panzerkorps.

The diagram of the German War Cemetery in Modlin, 1944.

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"From the Realm of a Dying Sun. Volume I: IV. SS-Panzerkorps and the Battles for Warsaw, July–November 1944" by Douglas E. Nash, Sr.
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