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Brass, Otto

Date of birth:
July 8th, 1887 (Abentheuer)
Date of death:
December 31st, 1945
Service number:
SS Nr.: 2.597 // NSDAP-Nr.: 219.029
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

01.03.1930: entered the NSDAP
06.04.1930: entered the SS as SS-Anwärter, SS-Sturm 6
00.06.1930: SS-Mann
05.10.1930: SS-Scharführer
11.12.1930: SS-Truppführer
26.02.1931: SS-Sturmführer, chef, 3./I./6. SS-Standarte
15.10.1931: SS-Sturmbannführer, chef, I./6. SS-Standarte
25.08.1932: SS-Standartenführer, chef, 6. SS-Standarte
21.03.1934: SS-Oberführer, chef, SS-Abschnitt XXIII then SS-Oberabschnitt Nordost then SS-Abschnitt VII
01.02.1937: Leutnant d.R.
06.09.1939: in the Wehrmacht
18.06.1940: transferred to the Waffen SS as SS-Obersturmführer d.R., SS-Das Reich Division
19.12.1940: SS-Hauptsturmführer der Reserve
01.01.1941-01.01.1942: Chef, 6. Kompanie, SS-Regiment 'Nordland'
08.09.1941: WIA
00.12.1941-00.08.1942: SS-Erstaz-Abteilung 'Westland'
27.12.1942: dismissed from the Waffen SS
00.06.1943: Ehrenführer, Stab, SS-Oberabschnitt Ost
20.04.1944: proposed to be promoted to SS-Brigadeführer but refused by Himmler
00.05.1945: MIA
31.12.1945: officilally declared dead




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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Unteroffizier der Reserve (Corporal of Reserves)
Unit:
3. Kompanie, Hanseatisches Infanterie Regiment Nr. 162
Awarded on:
1914
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Unteroffizier der Reserve (Corporal of Reserves)
Unit:
3. Kompanie, Hanseatisches Infanterie Regiment Nr. 162
Awarded on:
1914
WIA 00.11.1914
Verwundetenabzeichen in Schwarz (1918)
DRL Sportabzeichen in Gold
Bronzes SA-Sportabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1942
Medaille

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