The First SS-Abschnitt (lit. 'First SS-Section') was a brigade formation of the Allgemeine-SS and the first such unit ever established in the SS. The First...

Schutzstaffel (SS) grew from eight members to over a quarter of a million Waffen-SS and over a million Allgemeine-SS members. Other members included the SS-Totenkopfverbände...

and engineer battalions. SS-Abschnitt ("SS-District"): The Abschnitt commands were formed in the early 1930s from the old SS-Brigades. The function and...

In 1932, the SS was reorganized and the SS-Gruppen were reformed into SS-Abschnitte. A Gruppenführer commanded an SS-Abschnitt while a new rank, that...

the SS-Brigade so numbered, which by the end of 1934 had become known as an SS-Abschnitt. For the even higher levels, such as Himmler or the senior SS-Gruppe...

were subordinate to the SS-HA; SS-Abschnitt (SS-Sector) was the next lower level of command, responsible for administering a (District); Standarten (regiment)...

First SS-Abschnitt (1st SS District) 1st-SS Standarte (1st SS Regiment) SS-Sturmführer Josef Dietrich (August 1, 1928 – September 18, 1929) SS-Oberführer...

SS-Abschnitt (SS District) XXII, with headquarters in Allenstein until 1 March 1937. On that date he was transferred to the command of SS-Abschnitt XII...

and SS-Abschnitt (sub districts) of the Allgemeine SS each had their own Stabsführer to head certain staff of the district. In the SS-Abschnitt they were...

followed a brief period as leader of SS-Abschnitt IX in Nuremberg until 1 March 1939 when he was made commander of the prestigious SS-Abschnitt I, with...

men Abschnitt A 3 companies - 364 men Abschnitt B 1 company - 152 men Anschnitt C 1 company - 160 men Abschnitt D 1 company - 130 men Abschnitt E 4 companies...

to May 1945. On 1 August 1939, Fiedler switched from the SA to the SS (membership number 337,769). He was given command of SS-Abschnitt (District) XVII...

prestigious SS-Abschnitt I, based in Munich, the headquarters of the Nazi Party. He would remain there until 1 March 1939. He was next assigned to a staff position...

According to Scherzer as Ia (operations officer)/commander fortress Abschnitt 44 (section 44). According to Scherzer as leader of Grenadier-Regiment...

successively, of SS-Abschnitt IV in Braunschweig (August 1933 to March 1934), SS-Abschnitt XXII in Allenstein (March 1934 to May 1935) and SS-Abschnitt XXIII in...

rejoined on 20 April 1937 with the rank of SS-Standartenführer. He served as a staff officer in SS-Abschnitt (District) XVI in Magdeburg until March 1939...

followed by a return to Hamburg as commander of SS-Standarte 28 on 2 April 1935. This was quickly followed by promotion to head SS-Abschnitt XV in Hamburg...

Kaltenbrunner was head of the illegal SS Abschnitt VIII in Linz and was considered a leader of the Austrian SS. To provide Heinrich Himmler, Reinhard...

was promoted to SS-Obersturmführer, on 16 June 1935 to SS-Hauptsturmführer and on 12 September 1937 to SS-Sturmbannführer in SS Abschnitt XXII, headquartered...

/Flak-Lehr-Regiment (motorized). According to Scherzer as leader battalion Hempel/Abschnitt Mitte in the fortress Kolberg. Richard Hengstler's second version of the...

the 18th SS-Standarte in Königsberg from 1 April 1936 until 1 March 1937. His next posting was again a district-wide command at SS-Abschnitt XXII, headquartered...

April 1945) was a Nazi Party official and a high-ranking member in the SS of Nazi Germany. During World War II, he served as the SS and Police Leader...

organization for Austrian SS refugees. On 18 November 1934, with the SS now banned in Austria, Taus was named commander of SS-Abschnitt (District) VIII of the...

and also the Waffen-SS as a Standartenführer of reserves. From that time to December 1940, he served on the staff of SS-Abschnitt (District) XXV, headquartered...

an SS-Sturmführer on 1 February 1931. After further promotions, on 11 August 1932 he advanced to the command of the prestigious First SS-Abschnitt in...

was followed by a stint as commander of SS-Abschnitt (District) X based in Stuttgart from July to November 1933. He was promoted to SS-Brigadeführer in...

data. This list of SS officers should be available to every “SS-Oberabschnitt” (SS Region), “SS-Abschnitt” (SS District), and every “SS-Stammabteilung” (Supplementay...

Kammerhofer became the first commander of SS-Abschnitt XXXI, based in Vienna, and would hold this posting until 1 October 1942. He applied for admission...

year. He was assigned to the staff of SS-Abschnitt (District) VII, based in Königsberg, and was commissioned an SS-Untersturmführer on 9 November 1933....

Scherzer as leader of a Kampfgruppe in Verteidigungs-Abschnitt "A" (defensive sector "A"). According to Scherzer as leader of the 7./SS-Panzer-Regiment 3...