Schmidhuber, August
- Date of birth:
- May 8th, 1901 (Augsburg/Bavaria, Germany)
- Date of death:
- February 19th, 1947 (Belgrade, Yougoslavia)
- Service number:
- SS-Nr.: 266.450
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Career:
7. Geb. Div. "Prinz Eugen"
21. Geb. Div. "Skanderbeg"
Promotions:
01.10.1922: Gefreiter
01.11.1923: Unteroffizier
01.04.1926: Unterfeldwebel
01.11.1926: Oberfeldwebel
17.05.1935: SS-Obersturmführer
03.09.1936: SS-Hauptsturmführer
30.01.1939: SS-Sturmbannführer
21.06.1941: SS-Obersturmbannführer
20.04.1943: SS-Standartenführer
21.06.1944: SS-Oberführer
30.01.1945: SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS August Schmidhuber was executed (death by hanging) on February 27, 1947 in Belgrade by the Yugoslav government for his role in killing civilians of that country.
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Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Standartenführer (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, SS-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 2, SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen", Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- August 3rd, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 14th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 1st, 1937
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- November 9th, 1944
Red Zeljeni Trolist Second Class Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 8th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Standartenführer (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kdr - 7. SS-Div. 'Prinz Eugen'
- Awarded on:
- April 15th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Standartenführer (Colonel)
- Unit:
- Kdr - 7. SS-Div. 'Prinz Eugen'
- Awarded on:
- April 15th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 4th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo 1: Public Domain
- - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Dienstallterliste der SS
- axishistory.com
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