Günter Grass

Günter Grass

male, 82 years old
nobel prize in literature, author, The Tin Drum, Social Democratic Party of Germany, German, illustrator…SS personnel, waffen-ss
Günter Wilhelm Grass is a Nobel Prize-winning German author. He was born in the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland). Since 1945, he has li...
Sepp Dietrich

Sepp Dietrich

male, deceased (1966)
Hitler moustache, German Military, Recipient of the Knight's Cross, World War I, SS-Oberstgruppenführer, From Bavaria…SS general, waffen-ss
Josef "Sepp" Dietrich was a German Waffen-SS general, an SS-Oberstgruppenführer, and one of the closest men to Adolf Hitler. For his wartime s...
Felix Steiner

Felix Steiner

male, deceased (1966)
Army Group Vistula, Army Detachment Steiner, Battle for Berlin, Recipient of the Knight's Cross, III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps, German native of East Prussia…SS Division Wiking, III.(germanische) SS-Panzerkorps, German Eleventh SS Panzer Army, 11th SS Panzer-Army, SS-Division Wiking
Felix Martin Julius Steiner was a German Heer and Waffen-SS officer who served in both World War I and World War II. Steiner ranks as one of the...
Otto Skorzeny

Otto Skorzeny

male, deceased (1975)
Recipient of the Knight's Cross, Standartenführer, Francoist Spain, ALLIES, guerrilla warfare, franco…SS officer, waffen-ss
Otto Skorzeny (June 12 1908 – July 6 1975) was an Standartenführer in the German Waffen-SS during World War II. After fighting on the Eastern Fro...
Paul Hausser

Paul Hausser

male, deceased (1972)
Recipient of the Knight's Cross, Paul "Papa" Hausser, Reichswehr, HIAG, Recipient of the Iron Cross, waffen-ss…SS general, SS officer
Paul "Papa" Hausser was an officer in the German Army, achieving the high rank of lieutenant-general in the inter-war Reichswehr. After retirement...
Kurt Meyer

Kurt Meyer

male, deceased (1961)
Recipient of the Knight's Cross, convicted in the Nuremberg Trials, Kurt "Panzer" Meyer, Invasion of France, Abbey Ardennes, panzermeyer…waffen-ss, SS officer, SS general
Kurt "Panzer" Meyer (December 23,1910-December 23,1961) served as an officer in the Waffen-SS during the Second World War. He saw action in many...
Joachim Peiper

Joachim Peiper

male, deceased (1976)
World War II, Recipient of the Knight's Cross, convicted of war crimes, Standartenführer, Recipient of the German Cross, unsolved murder…SS officer, waffen-ss
Joachim Peiper more often known as "Jochen Peiper" from the common German nickname for Joachim, was a senior Waffen-SS officer in World War II and...
Theodor Eicke

Theodor Eicke

male, deceased (1943)
Dachau concentration camp personnel, Recipient of the Knight's Cross, From Lorraine, Obergruppenführer, waffen-ss, totenkopf…SS general, SS-Division (mot) Totenkopf, SS Division Totenkopf
Theodor Eicke was a Nazi official, "SS-Obergruppenführer", commander of the SS-Division (mot) "Totenkopf" of the Waffen-SS and one of the key f...
Kurt Gerstein

Kurt Gerstein

male, deceased (1945)
SS officer, German, Schutzstaffel, From Munster, Belzec extermination camp, Treblinka extermination camp…SS personnel, waffen-ss
Kurt Gerstein was a German SS officer and member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS. He witnessed mass murders in the Nazi extermination...
Karl Wolff

Karl Wolff

male, deceased (1984)
Holocaust perpetrator, The World at War, German Military, Nazi, convicted of war crimes, World War II…Reichsführer SS, Supreme SS and Police Leader, SS and Police Leader, waffen-ss
Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff was a high-ranking member of the Nazi SS. He held the rank of "SS-Obergruppenführer" and General of the Waffen-SS. Wolff w...