This is a list of Waffen-SS division commanders.
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Theodor Eicke | 1 November 1939 – 7 July 1941 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Matthias Kleinheisterkamp | 7 July 1941 – 18 July 1941 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Georg Keppler | 18 July 1941 – 19 September 1941 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Theodor Eicke | 19 September 1941 – 26 February 1943 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Hermann Priess | 26 February 1943 – 27 April 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Heinz Lammerding | 27 April 1943 – 15 May 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Max Simon | 15 May 1943 – 22 October 1943 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Hermann Priess | 22 October 1943 – 21 June 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Hellmuth Becker | 21 June 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Gruppenführer | Konrad Hitschler | 1 September 1940 – 8 September 1940 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch | 8 September 1940 – 10 November 1940 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Arthur Mülverstedt | 10 November 1940 – 10 August 1941 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Emil Höring | 16 August 1941 – 18 August 1941 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Walter Krüger | 18 August 1941 – 15 December 1941 |
SS-Standartenführer | Alfred Wünnenberg | 15 December 1941 – 14 May 1942 |
SS-Oberführer | Alfred Borchert | 15 May 1942 – 18 July 1942 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Alfred Wünnenberg | 19 July 1942 – 10 June 1943 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Schmedes | 10 June 1943 – 5 July 1943 |
SS-Standartenführer | Otto Binge | 5 July 1943 – 18 August 1943 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Freitag | 18 August 1943 – 20 October 1943 |
SS-Oberführer | Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock | 20 October 1943 – 19 April 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Jürgen Wagner | 19 April 1944 – ? May 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock | ? May 1944 – 7 May 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Herbert-Ernst Vahl | 7 May 1944 – 22 July 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Karl Schümers | 22 July 1944 – 16 August 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Helmut Dörner | 16 August 1944 – 22 August 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Schmedes | 22 August 1944 – 27 November 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Walter Harzer | 27 November 1944 – 1 March 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Fritz Göhler | 1 March 1945 – ? March 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Walter Harzer | ? March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Brigadeführer | Richard Herrmann | 28 February 1941 – 25 May 1941 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Karl Maria Demelhuber | 25 May 1941 – 21 September 1941 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Georg Keppler | 21 September 1941 – ? October 1941 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Karl Maria Demelhuber | ? October 1941 – 21 April 1942 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Matthias Kleinheisterkamp | 21 April 1942 – ? April 1942 |
SS-Oberführer | Hans Scheider | 21 April 1942 – 15 June 1942 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Matthias Kleinheisterkamp | 15 June 1942 – 15 December 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Lothar Debes | 15 December 1943 – 20 May 1944 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger | 20 May 1944 – 20 August 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Gustav Lombard | 20 August 1944 – 1 September 1944 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Karl-Heinrich Brenner | 1 September 1944 – 2 April 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Franz Schreiber | 2 April 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Brigadeführer | Gustav Lombard | ? March 1942 – ? April 1942 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Hermann Fegelein | ? April 1942 – ? August 1942 |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Wilhelm Bittrich | ? August 1942 – 15 February 1943 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Freitag | 15 February 1943 – 20 April 1943 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Gustav Lombard | 20 April 1943 – 14 May 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Hermann Fegelein | 14 May 1943 – 13 September 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Bruno Streckenbach | 13 September 1943 – 22 October 1943 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Hermann Fegelein | 22 October 1943 – 1 January 1944 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Bruno Streckenbach | 1 January 1944 – 14 April 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Gustav Lombard | 14 April 1944 – 1 July 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Joachim Rumohr | 1 July 1944 – 11 February 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Obergruppenführer | Wilhelm Bittrich | 15 February 1943 – 29 June 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Thomas Müller | 29 June 1944 – 10 July 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Sylvester Stadler | 10 July 1944 – 31 July 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock | 31 July 1944 – 29 August 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Walter Harzer | 29 August 1944 – 10 October 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Sylvester Stadler | 10 October 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Witt | 31 July 1943 – 14 June 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Kurt Meyer | 14 June 1944 – 6 September 1944 |
SS-Obersturmbannführer | Hubert Meyer | 6 September 1944 – 24 October 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Kraemer | 24 October 1944 – 13 November 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Hugo Kraas | 13 November 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Gruppenführer | Walter Schimana | 30 June 1943 – 20 November 1943 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Freitag | 20 November 1943 – 22 April 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Fritz Freitag | 5 September 1944 – 24 April 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Gruppenführer | Max Simon | 3 October 1943 – 24 October 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Otto Baum | 24 October 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Standartenführer | Otto Binge | 3 October 1943 – ? January 1944 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Werner Ostendorff | ? January 1944 – 15 June 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Otto Binge | 16 June 1944 – 18 June 1944 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Otto Baum | 18 June 1944 – 1 August 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Otto Binge | 1 August 1944 – 29 August 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Eduard Deisenhofer | 30 August 1944 – 30 September 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Thomas Müller | 30 September 1944 – ? September 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Gustav Mertsch | ? September 1944 – ? October 1944 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Werner Ostendorff | 21 October 1944 – 15 November 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Hans Lingner | 15 November 1944 – 9 January 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Gerhard Lindner | 9 January 1945 – 21 January 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Fritz Klingenberg | 21 January 1945 – 22 March 1945 |
SS-Obersturmbannführer | Vinzenz Kaiser | 22 March 1945 – 24 March 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Jacob Fick | 24 March 1945 – 27 March 1945 |
SS-Oberführer | Georg Bochmann | 27 March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Brigadeführer | Wilhelm Trabandt | 25 January 1944 – 3 January 1945 |
SS-Gruppenführer | Josef Fitzthum | 3 January 1945 – 10 January 1945 |
SS-Oberführer | Georg Bochmann | 10 January 1945 – ? March 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Heinrich Petersen | ? March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Brigadeführer | August Zehender | 21 April 1944 – 11 February 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Standartenführer | Helmuth Raithel | 1 July 1944 – 31 October 1944 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Obersturmbannführer | Karl Marx | 1 August 1944 – 5 December 1944 |
SS-Sturmbannführer | Werner Hahn | 5 December 1944 – 10 February 1945 |
SS-Oberführer | Adolf Wagner | 10 February 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Standartenführer | Thomas Müller | 2 November 1944 – 27 November 1944 |
SS-Gruppenführer | József Grassy | 27 November 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Standartenführer | Rolf Tiemann | ? November 1944 – ? November 1944 |
SS-Oberführer | Zoltan Pisky | ? November 1944 – 23 January 1945 |
SS-Oberführer | László Deák | 23 January 1945 – 29 January 1945 |
SS-Brigadeführer | Berthold Maack | 29 January 1945 – 21 March 1945 |
SS-Gruppenführer | József Grassy | 21 March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Standartenführer | Hans Siegling | 18 August 1944 – 31 December 1944 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Brigadeführer | Gustav Lombard | 1 October 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
SS-Commanders
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Standartenführer | Johannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp | 30 January 1945 – 5 February 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Joachim Richter | 5 February 1945 – 17 February 1945 |
SS-Oberführer | Adolf Ax | 17 February 1945 – 15 March 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Hans Kempin | 15 March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
Unknown | Unknown | ? December 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Oberführer | Viktor Knapp | 11 May 1943 – 1 April 1944 |
SS-Obersturmbannführer | Deurheit | 1 April 1944 – 5 November 1944 |
SS-Standartenführer | Martin Kohlroser | 5 November 1944 – 8 May 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Standartenführer | Ruediger Pipkorn | 18 March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
Rank | Name | Service period |
SS-Oberführer | Waldemar Fegelein | ? February 1945 – ? March 1945 |
SS-Standartenführer | Karl Gesele | ? March 1945 – 8 May 1945 |
- Waffen-SS Commanders by Mark C. Yerger
- Waffen-SS Divisions 1939-45 by Chris Bishop
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