Debes, Lothar

Date of birth:: June 21st, 1890 (Eichstätt/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:: July 14th, 1960 (Bergisch Gladbach/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Service number:: 240.110 (NSDAP Nr.)/278.953(SS Nr.)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Promotions:
November 9th, 1941: SS-Oberführer der Waffen-SS;
June 21st, 1942: SS-Brigadeführer / Generalmajor der Waffen-SS;
January 29th, 1944: SS-Gruppenführer / Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS.

Career:
1910: Armee;
April 1st, 1920: Civil;
1930: NSDAP;
1937: SS;
March 1st, 1937 - December 31st, 1941: Taktiklehrer;
January 1st, 1940: Kommandeur SS-Junkerschule Braunschweig;
August 10th, 1942 - February 15th, 1943: Kommandeur SS-Junkerschule Tölz;
February 15th, 1943 - November 12th, 1943: Kommandeur 10. SS-Panzer-Division "Frundsberg";
November 15th, 1943 - May 20th, 1944: Kommandeur 6. SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord";
June 15th, 1944 - June 21st, 1944: Befehlshaber der Waffen-SS beim Höheren SS-Polizeiführer Ost;
June 22nd, 1944 - May 2nd, 1945: Befehlshaber der Waffen-SS beim Höheren SS- und Polizeiführer in Italien.

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Ehrendegen des Reichsführers-SS

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: September 23rd, 1937

Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:: 1942

Deutsches Kreuz in Silber

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: SS-Gruppenführer / Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS (Lieutenant General)
Unit:: Befehlshaber der Waffen-SS Italien, Waffen-SS
Awarded on:: February 7th, 1945