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Coudres, des, Hans-Peter, Dr.jur.

Date of birth:
September 27th, 1905 (Spandau, Berlin, Germany)
Date of death:
January 8th, 1977 (Hamburg, Germany)
Service number:
SS Nr.: 257.628 // NSDAP Nr.: 365.078
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Jean-Pierre (better known as Hans Peter) Julius Arthur Theodor Richard des Coudres was the son of Generalmajor Richard des Coudres.

15.04.1935-05.1939: head of the library at the SS-Schule Haus Wevelsburg
Served within the Staff from SS-Abschnitt VII
18.10.-18.12.1937: served with the Wehrmacht as Gefreiter d.R.
07.09.-21.10.1938: served with 1. SS-Artillerie-Regiment as SS-Unterführer
01.04.1938: director from the Landesbibliotheek in Kassel
10.10.1939: joined the Waffen-SS
10.10.1939-17.12.1941: served at the front with the SS-Artillerie-Regiment from 3.SS-Division ‘Totenkopf’ and worked within the Staf from the RF SS
01.04.1940-13.04.1940: Führerlehrgang at the Arilleryschool in Jüterborg
23.04.1940: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer d.R.
Chef, Artillerie-Vermessungstrupp, II. Abteilung, SS-Totenkopf-Artillerie-Regiment
20.12.1942: SS-Artillerie-Ersatz-Regiment
07.01.1943-22.01.1943: followed the 9. Batterieführer-Lehrgang at the Truppenschule in Celle
18.02.-15.11.1943: served with SS-Werfer-Abteilung 102
21.06.1943: promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer d.R.
21.06.1944: promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer d.R.
00.06.1944-00.10.1944: Commander - SS-Werfer-Abteilung 102
00.10.1944-00.05.1945: Kdr, SS-Werfer-Abteilung 505
Member of the Lebensborn-society
1950: head of the library within the Bundesgerichtshof
1952: worked within the library from the Max-Planck-Instituut in Tübingen
1953: head of the library at the Max-Planck-Instituut
07.1972: retired

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)
Unit:
Kommandeur, SS-Werfer-Abteilung 102, II. SS-Panzer-Korps
Awarded on:
September 23rd, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 10th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer der Reserve (2nd Lieutenant of Reserves)
Awarded on:
June 22nd, 1940
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1940
Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP 10 Jahre

Sources

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  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
    - Tieke, W., In the firestorm of the last years of the war – II SS.–Panzerkorps with the 9. and 10. SS–Divisions "Hohenstaufen" and "Frundsberg", J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc., Winnipeg, Canada, 1999
    - SS Hstuf. Dr Hans-Peter de Coudres - Axis History Forum

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