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Buch, Walter (NSDAP)

Date of birth:
October 20th, 1883 (Bruchsal)
Date of death:
September 12th, 1949 (Schondorf am Ammersee, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 81.353 // NSDAP-Nr.: 7.733 (13.726)
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

German jurist and SS official - Martin Bormann's father in law.

9 December 1922 : enter the NSDAP : nr. 13726
1st January 1923 : enter the SA
November 1923 : took part in Hitlerputsch
15 June 1925 : renerolled in the NSDAP with the nr. 7733
1st January 1928 : organized the SA in Oberbayern-Schwaben
1st July 1933 : enter the SS (SS-Nr. 81.353) as an SS-Gruppenführer
09 November 1934 : promoted SS-Obergruppenführer
30 April 1945 : POW in US Camp Ashean in Bad Mondorf in Luwembourg
12 September 1949 : commited suicide six weeks after his liberation

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
NSDAP - Parteigenossen
Awarded on:
1929
Nürnberger Parteitagsabzeichen 1929
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Reichsleiter
Awarded on:
1931
Abzeichen des SA - Treffens Braunschweig 1931
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
NSDAP - Parteigenossen
Awarded on:
October 1932
Coburger Abzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
NSDAP - Parteigenossen
Awarded on:
February 1934
Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Gruppenführer
Awarded on:
December 25th, 1934
SS-Ehrenring
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Maschinengewehr-Scharfschützen-Abteilung (23.Maschine-Scharfschütze-Gewehrabteilung (Machine-Gun Sharpshooter Detachment) in 6. (badische) Infanterie-Regiment “Kaiser Friedrich III” Nr. 114))
Awarded on:
1934
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Reichsleiter
Awarded on:
1934
Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Obergruppenführer
Unit:
z.b.V. RFSS
Awarded on:
November 9th, 1935
Ehrendegen des Reichsführers-SS
Rank:
Reichsleiter
Unit:
Nr. 1496
Awarded on:
July 6th, 1936

Nr. 1496
Ehrenzeichen des 9. November 1923 (Blutorden)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Reichsleiter
Awarded on:
August 16th, 1936
Deutsches Olympia Ehrenzeichen Erster Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
NSDAP - Parteigenossen
Awarded on:
January 30th, 1940
Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP 10 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
NSDAP - Parteigenossen
Awarded on:
January 30th, 1940
Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP 15 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Obergruppenführer
Awarded on:
1941
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
NSDAP - Parteigenossen
Awarded on:
January 30th, 1942
Dienstauszeichnung der NSDAP 25 Jahre
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Reichsleiter
Awarded on:
January 30th, 1942
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1.Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS Gruppenführer
SS-Zivilabzeichen
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
23.Maschine-Scharfschütze-Gewehrabteilung (Machine-Gun Sharpshooter Detachment) in 6. (badische) Infanterie-Regiment “Kaiser Friedrich III” Nr. 114)
Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
23.Maschine-Scharfschütze-Gewehrabteilung (Machine-Gun Sharpshooter Detachment) in 6. (badische) Infanterie-Regiment “Kaiser Friedrich III” Nr. 114)
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)

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