14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/14th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_(1st_Galician)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activePeriod 1943–1945
gptkbp:allegation gptkb:Huta_Pieniacka_massacre
gptkb:Chłaniów_massacre
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:controversy accused of war crimes against civilians
accused of collaboration with Nazi Germany
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:fateAfterWWII surrendered to British forces
gptkbp:formed 1943
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Lemberg_(Lviv)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Galizien_Division
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Brody_(1944)
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Fritz_Freitag
gptkb:Pavlo_Shandruk
gptkbp:originalName gptkb:SS-Freiwilligen-Division_Galizien
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:postwarUse members interned in Italy
some members emigrated to UK, Canada, Australia
gptkbp:primaryRecruitment gptkb:Ukrainian_volunteers
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:14._Waffen-Grenadier-Division_der_SS_(galizische_Nr._1)
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Galician_lion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SS_Division_Galicia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6