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Deppner, Erich

    Date of birth:
    August 8th, 1910 (Neuhaldensleben, Germany)
    Date of death:
    December 13th, 2005 (Anzing, Germany)
    Service number:
    SS Nr. 144544/ NSDAP Nr. 1254844
    Nationality:
    German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

    Biography

    Erich Deppner was responsible for the mass executions of Soviet prisoners of war at Kamp Amersfoort and the 'Deppner executions'; the mass execution of 450 Dutch resistance members in 1944.

    Promotions:
    ?: Gefreiter
    30 January 1941: SS-Sturmbannführer

    Military career:
    1 August 1932: NSDAP
    1 November 1933: SS
    1935: I.R. 12, Heer
    1838: Heer
    1938: SD
    1939: Heer
    1940: Referat III C 1
    May 1940: Einsatzgruppe of the SiPo/SD in the Netherlands
    July 1940: Befehlshaber der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD (BdS)
    1941: Chef. Gegnerbekämpfung in the Netherlands
    July - August 1942: Commander, Kamp Westerbork

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    No. 130901
    SS-Zivilabzeichen
    Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer
    Bronzes SA-Sportabzeichen
    DRL Sportabzeichen in Bronze

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