Date of birth:

August 18th, 1897 (Hausen am Albins, Switzerland)

Date of death:

February 19th, 1980 (Basel, Switzerland)

Service number:

SS-Nr.: 450.700

Nationality:

Suisse (1848-present, Federal Republic)

Corrodi was a major in the Swiss Grenzfüsilierbataillon. He deserted to Germany under de name "von Elfenau" in 1941 and joined the Waffen-SS, where he reached the rank of SS-Oberführer (senior colonel).

Promotions:
1941: SS-Sturmbannführer d.res.
30 januari 1945: SS-Oberführer d.res.

SS career:
November 1941 - April 1942: SS-Junkerschule Tölz
May 1942 - May 1943: 8. SS-Kavallerie-Division "Florian Geyer"
June - September 1943: Tank School Bitsch
September 1943 - June 1944: Milizia Armata (Waffen-Militia)
September - June 1944: 29. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS
July 1944 - May 1945: Waffen-SS in Italien

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• - Corrodi, Johann Eugen
  - "Les Waffen SS Italiens et allemands à la bataille d'Anzio Nettuno" published in issue 138 (dec 97) 39/45 MAGAZINE
  - Wisard, F., Un major biennois dans l'Ordre noir (1999)