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German Waffen-SS commander, SS-Gruppenführer
Josef Fitzthum
Josef Fitzthum in 1938
Birth name
Josef Fitzthum
Born
(1896-09-14)14 September 1896 Loimersdorf, Lower Austria, Austria-Hungary
Died
10 January 1945(1945-01-10) (aged 48) Wiener Neudorf, Reichsgau Niederdonau, Nazi Germany
Allegiance
Austria-Hungary Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Austro-Hungarian Army Waffen SS
Years of service
1916–1918 (Austria) 1936–1945 (Germany)
Rank
SS-Gruppenführer
Beauftragter des Reichsführer-SS Albanien
Commands held
SS Division Horst Wessel 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg SS-Totenkopfverbände
Battles/wars
World War I World War II
Awards
See Awards Section
Josef Fitzthum (14 September 1896 – 10 January 1945) was a high-ranking Austrian member of the SS and Special Representative of the Reichsführer-SS in Albania during World War II.
JosefFitzthum (14 September 1896 – 10 January 1945) was a high-ranking Austrian member of the SS and Special Representative of the Reichsführer-SS in...
Military offices Preceded by SS-Gruppenführer JosefFitzthum Commander of 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel 10 January 1945 – March...
Himmler, SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS und Polizei JosefFitzthum, were both based in the Albanian capital of Tirana. The Germans took...
Brigadeführer Wilhelm Trabandt (25 January 1944 – 3 January 1945) Gruppenführer JosefFitzthum (3 January 1945 – 10 January 1945) Standartenführer Georg Bochmann (10...
Dietrich Franz Xaver Dorsch Anton Drexler Hermann Esser Karl Fiehler JosefFitzthum Hans Frank Wilhelm Frick Albert Ganzenmüller Ernst Girzick Hermann Göring...
September 1944 September 1944 – January 1945 Albanien Albania Tirana JosefFitzthum August 1944 – December 1944 Slowakei Slovak Republic (1939–1945) Pressburg...
Succeeded by SS-Sturmbannführer Bernhard Dietsche Preceded by SS-Brigadeführer JosefFitzthum Commander of 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st...
elite within Albania grew wary of Dine and Frasheri. Martin Schliep and JosefFitzthum where enraged after discovering Dine's contact with the Allies, replaced...
Bushati Eqrem Libohova Adolf Hitler Theodor Geib Hermann Neubacher JosefFitzthum Mehdi Frashëri Rexhep Mitrovica Fiqri Dine Ibrahim Biçakçiu Xhafer Deva...
Commander of the 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer 66680 1931 1200158 JosefFitzthum SS-Gruppenführer, Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und Polizei, politician...
and received large caches of weapons and ammunition from SS General JosefFitzthum and Neubacher's special representative, Karl Gstottenbauer. For similar...
decided to remain in Tirana. In September 1944, SS Standartenführer JosefFitzthum (a fellow Austrian) directly appointed a three-man "control committee"...
Global Information
Austria-Hungary
Nazi Germany
Austro-Hungarian Army
Waffen SS