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Schifferdecker, Hermann

    Date of birth:
    August 10th, 1921 (Zuzenhausen-Sinsheim/Baden, Germany)
    Date of death:
    January 26th, 2006
    Service number:
    SS- 359.733
    Nationality:
    German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

    Biography

    Career:
    Ocotber 19th, 1939 - March 14th, 1940: 4.(Ersatz) / SS-"Deutschland";
    March 25th, 1940 - August 22nd, 1940: 4. / Regiment-SS "Deutschland";
    August 23rd, 1940 - September 26th, 1940: 4.(Ersatz) / SS-"Deutschland";
    September 27th, 1940 - April 10th, 1941: Stabskompanie SS-"Deutschland";
    ? - August 9th, 1941: Zugführer 4. / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 "Deutschland";
    ?: 13. / SS-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 27;
    ?: Kommandeur I. / SS-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 27 / 13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division "Handschar".

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Unit:
    13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division "Handschar"
    Awarded on:
    March 30th, 1945
    Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    SS-Hauptsturmführer der Reserve (Captain of Reserves)
    Unit:
    Kommandeur I. / SS-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 27 / 13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division "Handschar"
    Awarded on:
    April 1945

    Awarding is not listed in Thomas/Wegmann, Patzwall or Scheibert. In George Lepre’s "Himmler’s Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division, 1943-1945", he is footnoted as: “Letters to the author from Karl Wambsganss [division adjutant] and Hermann Schifferdecker dated 16 April and 20 June 1992.”.
    Deathnotice also mentiones the DKiG.
    Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

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