SS-Totenkopf Division

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:activePeriod 1939–1945
gptkbp:awarded Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (to several members)
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded May 1945
gptkbp:firstCommander gptkb:Theodor_Eicke
gptkbp:formedBy concentration camp guards
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Dachau_(initially)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SS-Totenkopf Division
gptkbp:insignia Totenkopf (death's head) skull
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Death's_Head_Division
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Budapest
gptkb:Battle_of_Kharkov
gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Normandy
gptkb:Battle_of_Demyansk
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Theodor_Eicke
gptkb:Hermann_Priess
gptkb:Max_Simon
gptkbp:notableFor involvement in war crimes
elite Waffen-SS unit
heavy combat on Eastern Front
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Fritz_Klingenberg
gptkb:Hans_Becker
gptkb:Heinz_Lammerding
gptkb:Karl_Ullrich
gptkb:Otto_Weidinger
gptkb:Herbert_Otto_Gille
gptkb:Helmut_Becker
gptkb:Georg_Bochmann
gptkb:Otto_Baum
Erwin Meierdress
Friedrich Kussin
Hans Friedemann Götze
Johann Pauli
Karl-Heinz Milius
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Schutzstaffel_(SS)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:German_Army_Group_North
gptkb:German_Army_Group_Centre
gptkb:German_Army_Group_South
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:successor gptkb:3rd_SS_Panzer_Division_Totenkopf
gptkbp:type motorized infantry division
panzer division
gptkbp:warCrimes gptkb:Chasselay_massacre
gptkb:Le_Paradis_massacre
gptkb:Oradour-sur-Glane_massacre
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Totenkopfverbände
gptkb:Death's_Head_Division
gptkb:Soldiers_of_Destruction:_The_SS_Death's_Head_Division,_1933-1945
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7