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Unit Cuff Title, reads Götz von Berlichingen

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WWII Combat History

WWII Unit Commanders

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Divisional Commanders

SS-Standartenführer Otto Binge

October 1943 - January 1944
June 16, 1944 - June 18, 1944
August 1, 1944 - August 29, 1944

SS-Oberführer Werner Ostendorff -- Died May 1, 1945

January 1944 - June 15, 1944
October 21, 1944 - November 15, 1944

(later promoted to SS Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS -- See Photo)

No Photo Available

SS-Standartenführer Otto Baum

June 18, 1944 - July 30, 1944

SS-Standartenführer Dr. Eduard Deisenhofer (missing)

August 30, 1944 - September 1944

SS-Standartenführer Thomas Müller (substitute)

September 1944

No Photo Available

SS-Standartenführer Gustav Mertsch (substitute)

September 1944

No Photo Available

SS-Standartenführer Hans Lingner (taken prisoner)

November 15, 1944 - January 9, 1945

No Photo Available

Oberst Lindner

January 9, 1945 - January 21, 1945

SS-Standartenführer Fritz Klingenberg (died March 22, 1945)

January 21, 1945 - March 22, 1945

(later promoted to SS-Oberführer)

No Photo Available

SS-Obersturmbannführer Vinzenz Kaiser (in temporary command)

circa March 24, 1945

SS-Standartenführer Jakob Fick

March 24, 1945 - March 26, 1945

SS-Oberführer Georg Bochmann

March 27, 1945 - May 9, 1945

(Photo shows Bochmann before promotion as SS-Obersturmbannführer)

Photos are from the collection of Jost Schneider Archives