SS Division Totenkopf

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
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 gptkb:SS-Totenkopfverbände
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Dachau_(initially)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label SS Division Totenkopf
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Holocaust
gptkb:World_War_II
anti-partisan operations
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Death's_Head_Division
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Theodor_Eicke
gptkb:Hermann_Priess
gptkb:Max_Simon
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:Battle_of_Kharkov
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_France_(1940)
gptkb:Operation_Citadel
gptkb:Operation_Spring_Awakening
gptkb:Relief_of_Demyansk_Pocket
defense of Vienna
Battle of Berlin (elements only)
Retreat from Eastern Front
defense of Budapest
encirclement at Demyansk
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Battle_of_Budapest
gptkb:Battle_of_France
gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Demyansk
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkb:Third_Battle_of_Kharkov
war crimes
Eastern Front operations
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Fritz_Klingenberg
gptkb:Karl_Ullrich
gptkb:Herbert_Otto_Gille
gptkb:Helmut_Becker
gptkb:Otto_Baum
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Schutzstaffel
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:German_Army_Group_North
gptkb:German_Army_Group_Centre
gptkb:German_Army_Group_South
gptkbp:size gptkb:division
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Totenkopf_(skull)_insignia
gptkbp:warCrimes gptkb:Chasselay_massacre
gptkb:Le_Paradis_massacre
actions against civilians on Eastern Front
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Otto_Baum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5