Bach-Zelewski, von dem, Erich Julius Eberhard (SS)
- Date of birth:
- March 1st, 1899 (Lauenburg/Pommerania, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 8th, 1972 (Roth/Bavaria, Germany)
- Service number:
- SS-Nr.: 9.831 // NSDAP-Nr.: 489.101
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski was a SS-Obergruppenführer who held the comand of the police district of Silesia. He was arrested after war, but never faced trial for his war crimes. Von dem Bach-Zelewski was sentenced to 10 years of labor.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- August 5th, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- September 25th, 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1918
Kreuz für Verdienste im Kriege
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- July 17th, 1918
Schlesisches Bewährungsabzeichen
- Rank:
- I. Klasse and II. Klasse
- Awarded on:
- 1921
- Awarded on:
- 1931
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- October 15th, 1934
- Awarded on:
- September 15th, 1935
- Awarded on:
- December 1st, 1937
- Awarded on:
- January 30th, 1939
Danziger Kreuz I.Klasse
- Awarded on:
- October 24th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- August 31st, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- May 20th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obergruppenführer / General der Polizei (Lieutenant-General)
- Unit:
- Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer, Rußland Mitte, Weißruthenien
- Awarded on:
- February 23rd, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obergruppenführer / General der Polizei (Lieutenant-General)
- Unit:
- Kommandierender General, Korpsgruppe "von dem Bach"
- Awarded on:
- September 30th, 1944
“The Führer has awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross to:
SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei Erich von dem Bach, commander of a Korpsgruppe. He was born in Lauenburg on the 01.03.1899.
SS-Obergruppenführer von dem Bach distinguished himself during the fighting for Warsaw through his personal bravery and prudent yet successful leadership of his subordinated units. The swift encirclement and reduction of the insurgents in Warsaw decisively influenced the operational situation of the Armee that was fighting in this area.”
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obergruppenführer / General der Waffen-SS und Polizei (Lieutenant-General)
- Awarded on:
- October 1st, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Obergruppenführer / General der Waffen-SS und Polizei (Lieutenant-General)
- Unit:
- Chef, Bandenkampfverbände, Kampfgruppe, Korpsgruppe "von dem Bach"
- Awarded on:
- November 13th, 1944
Sources
- Photo 1: Public Domain
- Photo: Bundesarchiv Bild 101III-Alber-096-32, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski - Wikimedia Commons
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9
- Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X
- Yerger M.C., Allgemeine-SS: The commands, Units and Leaders of the general SS
- Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 3, 1. Januar 1944 bis 9. Mai 1945. München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2 - Photo with Bandenkampfabzeichen
- Picture with decorations
- Colored picture with decorations
- Soldaten im Einsatz: Danzig Kreuz
- Microfilm Publication A3343. US National Archives.
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