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Griese, Bernhard (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
January 17th, 1887 (Ribnitz/Mecklenburg, Germany)
Date of death:
February 11th, 1964 (Kiel/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 499.313 // NSDAP-Nr.:
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

01.11.1919: Sicherheit Polizei
01.04.1936: promoted to Major der Schutzpolizei
06.11.1939: reactivated as Bataillonskommandeur
08.01.1941: Kdr, Polizei-Ausbildungs-Bataillon Tilsit II, then SS-Polizei-Bataillon 323 (renamed)
00.00.1941-00.00.1942: SS-Sturmbannführer und Major der Schupo, Kdr, SS-Polizei-Bataillon 323
09.07.1942-00.04.1943: Kdr, SS-Polizei-Regiment 19
00.09.1942: deployed in Stein in Krain / Kamnik, Slovenia then Trbovlje and Prebold
00.01.1943: deployed in Gorenjska / Oberkrain
04.12.1942: promoted to SS-Standartenführer und Oberst der Schutzpolizei - RDA 20.04.1943
00.02.1943-00.03.1943: Kdr, SS-Polizei Regiment 'Griese'
00.03.1943-15.06.1943: Kdr, SS-Polizei-Regiment 14 (renamed) - deployed in Marseille, France
00.07.1943-15.07.1944: Kdr, SS-Polizei-Regiment 14, Oberbefehlshaber Südost - deployed at the croatia-italian border - deployed in Delnice, Diabla Gora and Novo Mesto region

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Baltenkreuz 2. Klasse
Danziger Kreuz I.Klasse
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
January 1942

Received in January 1942
1939 Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz 2er Klasse 1914
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 15th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Sturmbannführer / Major der Schutzpolizei
Unit:
Kommandeur, Polizei-Schützen-Batallion 323, 442. Spezial Kommando, 4. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte
Awarded on:
May 3rd, 1942
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmbannführer / Oberstleutnant der Schutzpolizei
Unit:
Kdr, SS-Polizei-Bataillon 323
Awarded on:
July 9th, 1942
Medaille
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Standartenführer / Oberst der Schutzpolizei
Awarded on:
November 22nd, 1943
Red Zeljeni Trolist Second Class Cross with Oak Wreath

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