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Zollhöfer, Emil

Date of birth:
September 20th, 1911 (Lindau/Bavaria, German Empire)
Date of death:
August 20th, 1984 (Reutlingen/Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 28.501 // NSDAP Nr.: 917.208
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
1938: SS-Hauptsturmführer
30.07.1942: SS-Sturmbannführer
09.11.1943: SS-Obersturmbannführer

Career:
08.01.1934-18.04.1935: SS-VT
18.04.1935-18.04.1936: SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz
20.04.1936-10.07.1937/ F.i. IV./ SS-T.V. Ostfriesland
10.07.1937- : Adjutant, VI./ 2.T.V. Brandenburg
00.04.1938-00.00.1939: Chef 6. Hundertschaft - SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 'Brandenburg'
05.-08.1940: Chef 9./ III./ SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 2 - SS-Totenkopf-Division
07.05.1942: Führer I./ Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 1
07.1943-30.06.1944: Kdr III./ Pz.Gren.Reg. 19 - 9. SS-Pz. Div. 'Hohenstaufen'
30.01.-01.07.1944: Kdr SS-Feld-Ersatz-Bataillon 9
23.07.1944-01.1945: Kdr of the SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment ‘H’ composed of survivors from the ‘Hohenstaufen Division’ that were pulled together to one single regiment after their retreat from Normandy
05.02.-08.05.1945: Kdr SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21 - 10 .SS-Division "Frundsberg"

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 1934
Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)
Unit:
Kommandeur, I. Bataillon, SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 1, SS-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
July 15th, 1942

1096th Award.
Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshabers des Heeres
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)
Unit:
I. Bataillon, SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 1, SS-Division "Totenkopf", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
July 30th, 1942
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Silber version.
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Bronze version.
Dienstauszeichnungen der NSDAP
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Bronze version.
SA-Sportabzeichen

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