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Schwaighofer, Thomas (Waffen SS)

Date of birth:
January 9th, 1913 (Kufstein/Tirol, Austria)
Service number:
SS-Nr.: 236.353 // NSDAP-Nr.: 4.821.013
Nationality:
Austrian (1938-1945, Reichsgau)

Biography

Also found as Thomas Schwaigofer

00.00.1932-00.00.1933: SA
00.04.1933: entered the SS and the NSDAP
00.00.1934: order to transfer to Germany the Austrian Legion in the Lechfeld camp 309
00.00.1934: SS-Hilfswerkslager Dachau
25.10.1934: SS-VT, SS-Regiment "Deutschland"
00.00.1938: SS-Regiment "Der Führer"
00.10.1939: SS-Division "Reich"
19.12.1944: DKiS
19.12.1944-30.01.1945: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer der Reserve

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptscharführer (Sergeant Major)
Unit:
IV. Abteilung, SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 2 "Das Reich", 2. SS Panzer-Division "Das Reich", Waffen-SS
Awarded on:
December 19th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber

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