specialty commands such as signals and engineer battalions. SS-Abschnitt ("SS-District"): The Abschnitt commands were formed in the early 1930s from the old SS-Brigades...

consultant) for the Nazi Party in 1929 and later held this same position for SS Abschnitt (Section) VIII, beginning in 1932. That same year he began working at...

commander of SS-Abschnitt XVIII in Halle, where he remained until 1 January 1939. There followed a brief period as leader of SS-Abschnitt IX in Nuremberg...

SS-Abschnitt (District) I in Munich, the headquarters of the Party. He would remain there until 15 March 1936 when he very briefly led SS-Abschnitt XXXII...

responsible for commanding a (region), which were subordinate to the SS-HA; SS-Abschnitt (SS-Sector) was the next lower level of command, responsible for administering...

SS-Abschnitt (District) XXI, headquartered in Görlitz, where he oversaw three SS-Standarten. This was followed by a transfer to head SS-Abschnitt XI in...

313,391) in September of that year. He was assigned to the staff of SS-Abschnitt (District) VII, based in Königsberg, and was commissioned an SS-Untersturmführer...

worked as a signals specialist in SS-Abschnitt (District) XI, based in Wiesbaden. Assigned to the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), the SS intelligence service, he...

7.2.1939; m.d.F. SS – Abschnitt IX: 1.3 – 1.7.1939; Stabsführer SS – Oberabschnitt Main: 1.7 – 1.9.1939; Führer SS – Abschnitt IX (Würzburg): 1.9.1939...

SA to the SS (membership number 337,769). He was given command of SS-Abschnitt (District) XVII, based in Münster, overseeing three SS-Standarten. He...