TracesOfWar needs your help! Every euro, pound or dollar you contribute greatly supports the continuation of this website. Go to stiwot.nl and donate!

Sorgo, Max (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
June 21st, 1910 (Sankt Martin, Kärnten, Austria)
Date of death:
October 10th, 1954 (Klagenfurt, Austria)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 496.512 // NSDAP-Nr.: 6.180.993
Nationality:
Austrian

Biography

00.09.1940: SS-Bewerber, Gestapo Innsbruck, detached at Stapo Kattowitz as Kriminalassistent
00.01.1941-00.02.1941: 1. Fachprüfung for Kriminalbeamter of the Gestapo
00.09.1942: "Ski-Kommando" (about 20 men), Sonderkommando 10a, Einsatzgruppe D, Caucasus, Krasnodar area and the Kuban
00.01.1943-00.02.1943: retreated across the Taman Straits into the Crimea
00.02.1943-00.05.1943: on anti-partisan fightings in the Pripjet area before SK 10a dissolved and transferred to Einsatzgruppe E in Croatia
17.05.1944: fightings at Starade, BdS Trieste, Italy
01.06.1944: SS-Hascha, Ski-Kommando der Sicherheitspolizei, BdS Trieste, BdS Italien
21.06.1944: promoted to SS-Sturmscharführer and to Kriminalsekretär, BdS Italien
01.09.1944: SS-Stuschaf when commissioned to SS-Untersturmführer, BdS Verona
00.11.1944: SS-Ustuf, Aussenpostenleiter Bassano, BdS Verona
00.04.1945: SS-Ustuf, Vittorio Veneto
SS-Ustuf, credited with 56 days of anti-partisans fightings with Ski-Kommando der BdS Italien, Aussenkommando Turin,Aussenposten Biella

Do you have more information about this person? Inform us!

Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Unit:
Ski-Kommando der Sicherheitspolizei, BdS Trieste
Awarded on:
June 1st, 1944
Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse mit Schwertern
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Unit:
BdS Italien, HöSSPF Italien
Awarded on:
July 29th, 1944
signed by SS-Stubaf Wenner
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Untersturmführer (2nd Lieutenant)
Unit:
Aussenposten Biella, Aussenkommando Turin, HöSSPF Italien
Awarded on:
October 25th, 1944
Vorschlagsliste Nr. C3
Bandenkampfabzeichen in Silber

Sources

Photo