SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS
Commands held
SS Division Prinz Eugen SS Division Leibstandarte
Battles/wars
World War II
Operation Spring Awakening
Awards
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
Other work
Founder of HIAG
Otto Kumm (1 October 1909 – 23 March 2004) commanded two Waffen-SS divisions in the latter stages of World War II and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. At the post-war Nuremberg trials, the Waffen-SS – of which Kumm was a senior officer – was declared to be a criminal organisation due to its major involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity. After the war, Kumm became one of the founders of HIAG, a lobby group and a revisionist organization of former Waffen-SS members.
OttoKumm (1 October 1909 – 23 March 2004) commanded two Waffen-SS divisions in the latter stages of World War II and was a recipient of the Knight's...
May 1943 – 30 Jan 1944) SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS OttoKumm (30 Jan 1944 – 20 Jan 1945) SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS...
the Waffen-SS. In the summer of 1951, HIAG was formally established by OttoKumm, a former SS-Brigadeführer. By October 1951, HIAG claimed to consist of...
April, after receiving news of Hitler's suicide from SS-Sturmbannführer Otto Günsche, Mohnke took part in a conference where prior orders were implemented...
economic and historical rehabilitation. Gille, alongside Felix Steiner, OttoKumm and Paul Hausser, became an early leading figure within HIAG. In 1951...
of Albania, on 21 January 1945 Schmidhuber replaced SS-Brigadeführer OttoKumm as commander of the 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen. The...
tank for West German rearmament. With Paul Hausser, Herbert Gille and OttoKumm, Steiner became a founding member of HIAG, the lobby group founded by...
of a Fourth Reich one of their goals. Certain Nazi refugees, most notably Otto Skorzeny and Hans-Ulrich Rudel, were deeply involved with neo-Nazi networks...
there. Mohnke was wounded in an air raid. In his place, SS-Brigadeführer OttoKumm was appointed the new Division Commander as of 15 February 1945. During...
Steyr, Austria c. 1,600 SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS OttoKumm May 9 May 9 Made up part of the I SS Panzer Corps Various 5th SS Panzer...
Authors Paul Carell Willi Fey OttoKumm Franz Kurowski Rudolf Lehmann Hubert Meyer Kurt Meyer Wilhelm Tieke [de] Otto Weidinger Publications Infantry...
(1894–1974), World War I flying ace Hans Furler (1904–1975), politician OttoKumm (1909–2004), senior officer of the Waffen SS Aenne Burda (1909–2005),...
Authors Paul Carell Willi Fey OttoKumm Franz Kurowski Rudolf Lehmann Hubert Meyer Kurt Meyer Wilhelm Tieke [de] Otto Weidinger Publications Infantry...
strongly apologetic history of the division which he later commanded, OttoKumm claims that the 7th SS Division captured Bihać and Bosanski Petrovac,...
Authors Paul Carell Willi Fey OttoKumm Franz Kurowski Rudolf Lehmann Hubert Meyer Kurt Meyer Wilhelm Tieke [de] Otto Weidinger Publications Infantry...
apologetic history of the 7th SS Division, which he commanded at the time, OttoKumm wrote that Kampfgruppe Skanderbeg reached Ljubovija on the Drina river...
Navratil Odilo Globocnik Hans Baur, 1943 Hans Henrici Ferdinand Jodl OttoKumm Helwig Luz Karl Wolfgang Redlich Eduard Bunić Ernst Hildebrandt Zakonska...
Prinz Eugen 15 May 1943 – 30 January 1944 Succeeded by SS-Brigadeführer OttoKumm Preceded by SS-Obergruppenführer Artur Phleps Commander of V.SS-Gebirgs-Korps...
studies confirm that his influence was at least on the same level as that of Otto Dietrich (Reichspressechef of Adolf Hitler) and of Hans Fritzsche (Pressechef...
Authors Paul Carell Willi Fey OttoKumm Franz Kurowski Rudolf Lehmann Hubert Meyer Kurt Meyer Wilhelm Tieke [de] Otto Weidinger Publications Infantry...
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Waffen-SS