SS Death's Head Division

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:memorial
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Theodor_Eicke
gptkbp:country gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:dissolved 1945
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Dachau
gptkbp:historical_significance role in military operations
symbol of Nazi terror
role in Nazi atrocities
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SS Death's Head Division
gptkbp:involved_units gptkb:1st_SS_Panzer_Division_Leibstandarte_SS_Adolf_Hitler
gptkb:2nd_SS_Panzer_Division_Das_Reich
gptkb:3rd_SS_Panzer_Division_Totenkopf
gptkbp:is_active_in 1933
1945
gptkbp:is_engaged_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:known_for concentration camp guards
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:CEO
gptkbp:military_rank gptkb:SS-Untersturmführer
gptkb:SS-Obergruppenführer
gptkb:SS-Standartenführer
gptkb:SS-Brigadeführer
SS-Hauptsturmführer
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkbp:notable_operations frontline combat
suppression of uprisings
anti-partisan operations
guarding concentration camps
collaboration with police forces
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:Eastern_Front
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkbp:recruitment foreign volunteers
SS personnel
German volunteers
gptkbp:reputation infamous
gptkbp:retirement_year gptkb:war
gptkb:dissolution_of_the_SS
legacy of violence
impact on European history
impact on post-war Germany
gptkbp:size approximately 20,000 personnel
gptkbp:type gptkb:SS_Division