2 February 1985(1985-02-02) (aged 83) Ahrensburg, West Germany
Allegiance
German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Waffen-SS
Years of service
1919–31, 1934–45
Rank
SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of the Waffen-SS
Service number
NSDAP #1,472,296 SS #113,258[1]
Commands held
SS Division Totenkopf I SS Panzer Corps
Battles/wars
Estonian War of Independence
World War II
Invasion of Poland
Battle of France
Demyansk Pocket
Battle of Kursk
Battle of the Bulge
Operation Southwind
Operation Spring Awakening
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
War crimes
Criminal status
Deceased
Conviction(s)
War crimes
Trial
Malmedy massacre trial
Criminal penalty
20 years imprisonment
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 the SS Division Totenkopf ("Death's Head") following the death of Theodor Eicke in February 1943. On 30 October 1944 he was appointed commander of the I SS Panzer Corps and led it during the Battle of the Bulge.
After the war, Priess was convicted of war crimes for his involvement in the Malmedy massacre, and was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. He was released from the Landsberg Prison in 1954.
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...
Theodor Eicke was killed when his spotter aircraft was shot down. HermannPriess succeeded Eicke as commander. The SS Panzer Corps, including the division...
SS-Obergruppenführer Georg Keppler (16 August 1944 – 30 October 1944) SS-Gruppenführer HermannPriess (30 October 1944 – 8 May 1945) 6 June 1944 (Invasion of Normandy) 101st...
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...
Dietrich ordered HermannPriess, commanding officer of the I SS Panzer Corps, to increase its efforts to back Peiper's battle group, but Priess was unable to...
the 6th Panzer Army, SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Krämer, SS-Gruppenführer HermannPriess, commander of the I SS Panzer Corps, and SS-Standartenführer Joachim...
Panzer Division Headquarters with increasing urgency.: 394–395 General HermannPriess, commander of the 1st SS Panzer Corps, ordered Obersturmbannführer Hugo...
6th SS Panzer Army); Fritz Krämer (Dietrich's chief of staff); and HermannPrieß (Cmdr. I SS Panzer Corps). The U.S. Army's war-crime bill of charges...
(Wachtmeister). In 1933, he joined the SS and met Wilhelm Bittrich and HermannPriess. In 1935, Becker was transferred to the SS Totenkopf Standarte "Oberbayern"...
Waffen SS Josef "Sepp" Dietrich I SS Panzer Corps (SS-Gruppenführer HermannPriess) II SS Panzer Corps (SS-Obergruppenführer Willi Bittrich) LXVII Corps...
Erich Neve, Gustav Ochmann, Paul Hermann Joachim Peiper – sentenced to death Pletz, Hans Preuss, Georg HermannPriess – sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment...
resistance against Adolf Hitler, in Darmstadt, Germany (d. 1942, executed) HermannPriess, German army officer, convicted of the Malmedy massacre during World...
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...
16 August 1944 – 24 October 1944 Succeeded by SS-Obergruppenführer HermannPriess Preceded by SS-Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner Commander of III.(germanische)...
and 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich 257146 1 October 1935 1691488 HermannPrieß Commander of 3rd SS Division Totenkopf following the death of Theodor...
On 15 December Knittel was further briefed at the headquarters of HermannPrieß, the commanding officer of the 1st SS-Panzerkorps. During this briefing...
Since January 2019, it is part of the new municipality Ruhner Berge. HermannPrieß was born there in 1901. "World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals...
der Gebirgstruppe Hans Kreysing) I. SS Panzerkorps (SS-Gruppenführer HermannPriess) 1. SS-Panzer-Division “Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler” (SS-Brigadeführer...
north of the Danube River near Regen.[citation needed] SS-Gruppenführer HermannPriess[citation needed] SS-Gruppenführer Max Simon 17th SS Panzergrenadier...
Knobelsdorff XIII SS Army Corps was commanded by Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS HermannPrieß LXXXIX Corps, General der infanterie Gustav Höhne (took command 7 September...
This army was made up of the I SS Panzer Corps, commanded by General HermannPriess; this corps included the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf...
Ernst Hermann August Theodor Busse (15 December 1897 – 21 October 1986) was a German officer during World War I and World War II. Busse, a native of Frankfurt...
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German Empire (to 1918)
Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany
Waffen-SS