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Schwab, Otto

    Date of birth:
    September 7th, 1889 (Geiß-Nidda/Hesse, Germany)
    Date of death:
    April 17th, 1959 (Gießen/Hesse, Germany)
    Nationality:
    German

    Biography

    Otto Schwab served as Stabsführer with the Reichshochschulamt der SA, was Vorsitzender der Deutschen Burschenschaft between 1933 and 1935, served as Kommandeur Geheime SS-Artillerie-Schule II and was Chef des Technischen Amtes der Waffen-SS from 1941 until 1945.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    SS-Brigadeführer / Generalmajor der Waffen-SS (Brigadier)
    Unit:
    Technisches Amt der Waffen-SS
    Awarded on:
    November 12th, 1944
    Deutsches Kreuz in Silber

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