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Maximilian von Herff
Herff (front right) during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Born
17 April 1893 Hanover, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died
6 September 1945(1945-09-06) (aged 52) Ulverston, England, United Kingdom
Buried
Cannock Chase German war cemetery
Allegiance
German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Army, Waffen-SS
Rank
Obergruppenführer
Unit
Schutzstaffel
Commands held
SS Personnel Main Office
Battles/wars
World War I
German Revolution of 1918–19
World War II
North African Campaign
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Maximilian Karl Otto von Herff (17 April 1893 – 6 September 1945) was a German senior SS commander during the Nazi era. He served as head of the SS Personnel Main Office from 1942 to 1945.
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Battleaxe. During the evening of 26 May, Kampfgruppe vonHerff under Oberst [Colonel] MaximilianvonHerff comprising three panzer battalions, assembled on...
his position was controversial. A letter from SS Personnel Manager MaximilianvonHerff to Karl Wolff (November 23, 1942) read: Around Hans Jüttner there...
177 999". www.dws-xip.pl. Kerstin Freudiger, Die juristische Aufarbeitung von NS-Verbrechen, Mohr Siebeck, 2002, p. 203 Albanese, David (2015). In search...
panzer regiment. Other elements of the 15th Panzer Division (Oberst MaximilianvonHerff) began to arrive in late April. On 19 February, the Afrikakorps (DAK)...
Expedition Hans Hahn, World War II German Luftwaffe flying ace. MaximilianvonHerff, World War II German SS-General. Heinrich Mathy, World War I German...
1886) 27 July – Alfred Dobbs, politician (born 1882) 6 September – MaximilianvonHerff, Waffen-SS officer and Knight's Cross recipient (born 1893 in Germany)...
Maximilian von Herff, SS General Otto Herzog, SA General and Stabsführer Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer Reinhard Heydrich, SS General Peter von Heydebreck, SA...
prisoners were rear-admiral Hans Voss, SS-general MaximilianvonHerff, General Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma and U-boat commander Werner Lott. The camp was...
Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron (4 September 1889 – 10 April 1941) was a general officer in the Heer (Army) branch of the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany...
Leaves & Swords) Hans Cramer Eduard Crasemann4 (Oak Leaves) MaximilianvonHerff Roland von Hößlin Gustav-Georg Knabe Johannes Kümmel (Oak Leaves) Erwin...
reverted to command of the 33rd Artillery Regiment as Generalmajor Heinz von Randow had arrived in Africa to take over the division. The regiment participated...
Stroop Report to Heinrich Himmler from May 1943. On the photograph MaximilianvonHerff questions two Jewish resistance fighters as Stroop (rear, center)...
Leaves & Swords) Hans Cramer Eduard Crasemann4 (Oak Leaves) MaximilianvonHerff Roland von Hößlin Gustav-Georg Knabe Johannes Kümmel (Oak Leaves) Erwin...
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