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Stuckart, Wilhelm

Date of birth:
November 16th, 1902 (Wiesbaden, German Empire)
Date of death:
November 15th, 1953 (Hannover, West Germany)
Service number:
280042
Nationality:
German

Biography

SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Stuckart joined the NDSAP in 1922 and served as the Reichsamt des Innern during the Second World War. He participated in the notorious Wannersee conference and was put on trial after the war. Stuckart eventually died in a car accident.

Promotions:
September 1936: SS-Standartenführer;
January 1937: SS-Oberführer;
January 1938: SS-Brigadeführer;
January 1942: SS-Gruppenführer;
January 1944: SS-Obergruppenführer.

1 April 1938 – 23 May 1945: State Secretary of the Reich Ministry of the Interior
5 May 1945 – 23 May 1945: Reich Minister of the Interior

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obergruppenführer / General der Waffen-SS (General)
Awarded on:
July 28th, 1943
War Victory Cross Order Grand Cross
Ehrenwinkel der Alten Kämpfer
Goldenes Ehrenzeichen der NSDAP

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