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Schweiger, Ernst (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
February 12th, 1912 (Trofaiach)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 139.484 // NSDAP-Nr.: 1.455.884
Nationality:
Austrian

Biography

00.00.1930-00.00.1935: Hitlerjugend
00.00.1934: entered the NSDAP
01.01.1935: entered the SS-VT, SS-Regiment "Deutschland"
00.00.1938: SS-Regiment "Der Führer"
00.10.1939: SS-Division "Reich"
09.04.1943: DKiG
09.11.1944: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer der Reserve

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Unit:
8. Kompanie, SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment "Der Führer", 2. SS-Panzer-Division 'Das Reich'
Awarded on:
April 9th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Sources

  • Photo 1: Igor Poul
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht

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