Waffen-SS Commanders

Waffen-SS Division Commanders

1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Oberstgruppenführer	Sepp Dietrich	15 August 1938 – 7 April 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Theodor Wisch	7 April 1943 – 20 August 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Wilhelm Mohnke	20 August 1944 – 6 February 1945
SS-Brigadeführer	Otto Kumm	6 February 1945 – 8 May 1945

2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Oberstgruppenführer	Paul Hausser	19 October 1939 – 14 October 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Wilhelm Bittrich	14 October 1941 – 31 December 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Matthias Kleinheisterkamp	31 December 1941 – 19 April 1942
SS-Obergruppenführer	Georg Keppler	19 April 1942 – 10 February 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Herbert-Ernst Vahl	10 February 1943 – 18 March 1943
SS-Oberführer	Kurt Brasack	18 March 1943 – 29 March 1943
SS-Obergruppenführer	Walter Krüger	29 March 1943 – 23 October 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Heinz Lammerding	23 October 1943 – 24 July 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Christian Tychsen	24 July 1944 – 28 July 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Otto Baum	28 July 1944 – 23 October 1944
SS-Gruppenführer	Heinz Lammerding	23 October 1944 – 20 January 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Karl Kreutz	20 January 1945 – 29 January 1945
SS-Gruppenführer	Werner Ostendorff	20 January 1945 – 9 March 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Rudolf Lehmann	9 March 1945 – 13 April 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Karl Kreutz	13 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

3rd SS Division Totenkopf

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Obergruppenführer	Theodor Eicke	1 November 1939 – 7 July 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Matthias Kleinheisterkamp	7 July 1941 – 18 July 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Georg Keppler	18 July 1941 – 19 September 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Theodor Eicke	19 September 1941 – 26 February 1943
SS-Obergruppenführer	Hermann Priess	26 February 1943 – 27 April 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Heinz Lammerding	27 April 1943 – 15 May 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Max Simon	15 May 1943 – 22 October 1943
SS-Obergruppenführer	Hermann Priess	22 October 1943 – 21 June 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Hellmuth Becker	21 June 1944 – 8 May 1945

4th SS Polizei Division

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Gruppenführer	Konrad Hitschler	1 September 1940 – 8 September 1940
SS-Gruppenführer	Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch	8 September 1940 – 10 November 1940
SS-Gruppenführer	Arthur Mülverstadt	10 November 1940 – 10 August 1941
SS-Gruppenführer	Emil Höring	16 August 1941 – 18 August 1941
SS-Brigadeführer	Walter Krüger	18 August 1941 – 15 December 1941
SS-Standartenführer	Alfred Wünnenberg	15 December 1941 – 14 May 1942
SS-Oberführer	Alfred Borchert	15 May 1942 – 18 July 1942
SS-Brigadeführer	Alfred Wünnenberg	19 July 1942 – 10 June 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Schmedes	10 June 1943 – 5 July 1943
SS-Standartenführer	Otto Binge	5 July 1943 – 18 August 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Freitag	18 August 1943 – 20 October 1943
SS-Oberführer	Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock	20 October 1943 – 19 April 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Jürgen Wagner	19 April 1944 – ? May 1944
SS-Oberführer	Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock	? May 1944 – 7 May 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Hebert Ernst Vahl	7 May 1944 – 22 July 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Karl Schümers	22 July 1944 – 16 August 1944
SS-Oberführer	Helmut Dörner	16 August 1944 – 22 August 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Schmedes	22 August 1944 – 27 November 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Walter Harzer	27 November 1944 – 1 March 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Fritz Göhler	1 March 1945 – ? March 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Walter Harzer	? March 1945 – 8 May 1945

5th SS Panzer Division Wiking

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Obergruppenführer	Felix Steiner	1 December 1940 – 1 May 1943
SS-Obergruppenführer	Herbert Otto Gille	1 May 1943 – 6 August 1944
SS-Oberführer	Eduard Deisenhofer	20 July 1944 – 11 August 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Johannes Mühlenkamp	11 August 1944 – 9 October 1944
SS-Oberführer	Karl Ullrich	9 October 1944 – 5 May 1945

6th SS Mountain Division Nord

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Brigadeführer	Richard Herrmann	28 February 1941 – 25 May 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Karl-Maria Demelhuber	25 May 1941 – 21 September 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Georg Keppler	21 September 1941 - ?? October 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Karl-Maria Demelhuber	?? October 1941 - 21 April 1942
SS-Obergruppenführer	Matthias Kleinheisterkamp	21 April 1942 - ?? April 1942
SS-Oberführer	Hans Scheider	21 April 1942 – 15 June 1942
SS-Obergruppenführer	Matthias Kleinheisterkamp	15 June 1942 – 15 December 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Lothar Debes	15 December 1943 – 20 May 1944
SS-Obergruppenführer	Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger	20 May 1944 – 20 August 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Gustav Lombard	20 August 1944 – 1 September 1944
SS-Gruppenführer	Karl Brenner	1 September 1944 – 2 April 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Franz Schreiber	2 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Obergruppenführer	Arthur Phleps	30 January 1942 – 15 May 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Karl Reichsritter von Oberkamp	15 May 1943 – 30 January 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Otto Kumm	30 January 1944 – 20 January 1945
SS-Brigadeführer	August Schmidthuber	20 January 1945 – 8 May 1945

8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Brigadeführer	Gustav Lombard	?? March 1942 - ?? April 1942
SS-Gruppenführer	Hermann Fegelein	?? April 1942 - ?? August 1942
SS-Obergruppenführer	Wilhelm Bittrich	?? August 1942 - 15 February 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Freitag	15 February 1943 – 20 April 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Gustav Lombard	20 April 1943 – 14 May 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Hermann Fegelein	14 May 1943 – 13 September 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Bruno Streckenbach	13 September 1943 – 22 October 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Hermann Fegelein	22 October 1943 – 1 January 1944
SS-Gruppenführer	Bruno Streckenbach	1 January 1944 – 14 April 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Gustav Lombard	14 April 1944 – 1 July 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Joachim Rumohr	1 July 1944 – 11 February 1945

9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Obergruppenführer	Willi Bittrich	15 February 1943 – 29 June 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Thomas Müller	29 June 1944 – 10 July 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Sylvester Stadler	10 July 1944 – 31 July 1944
SS-Oberführer	Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock	31 July 1944 – 29 August 1944
SS-Oberführer	Walter Harzer	29 August 1944 – 10 October 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Sylvester Stadler	10 October 1944 – 8 May 1945

10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Standartenführer	Michael Lippert	?? March 1943 - 15 February 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Lothar Debes	15 February 1943 – 15 November 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld	15 November 1943 – 27 April 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Heinz Harmel	27 April 1944 – 28 April 1945
SS-Obersturmbannführer	Franz Roestel	28 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Brigadeführer	Franz Augsberger	22 March 1943 – 1 May 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Fritz von Scholz	1 May 1943 – 27 July 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Joachim Ziegler	27 July 1944 – 25 April 1945
SS-Brigadeführer	Gustav Krukenberg	25 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Witt	31 July 1943 – 14 June 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Kurt Meyer	14 June 1944 – 6 September 1944
SS-Obersturmbannführer	Hubert Meyer	6 September 1944 – 24 October 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Kraemer	24 October 1944 – 13 November 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Hugo Kraas	13 November 1944 – 8 May 1945

13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS	Arthur Phelps	13 February 1943–9 March 1943
SS-Standartenführer der Reserve	Herbert von Obwurzer	9 March 1943–1 August 1943
SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS	Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig	1 August 1943–1 June 1944
SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS	Desiderius Hampel	1 June 1944–12 May 1945

14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Galicia (1st Ukrainian)

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Gruppenführer	Walther Schimana	30 June 1943 – 20 November 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Freitag	20 November 1943 – 22 April 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Freitag	5 September 1944 – 24 April 1945
} 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) SS-Commanders Rank Name Service Period SS-Brigadeführer Peter Hansen 25 February 1943 – 1 May 1943 SS-Gruppenführer Carl Graf von Pückler-Burghauss 1 May 1943 – 17 February 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Nikolaus Heilmann 17 February 1944 – 21 July 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Herbert von Obwurzer 21 July 1944 – 26 January 1945 SS-Oberführer Dr. Eduard Deisenhofer 26 January 1945 - ??/??/???? SS-Oberführer Adolf Ax 26 January 1945 – 15 February 1945 SS-Brigadeführer Karl Burk 15 February 1945 – 2 May 1945 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS SS-Commanders Rank Name Service Period SS-Gruppenführer Max Simon 3 October 1943 – 24 October 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Otto Baum 24 October 1944 – 8 May 1945 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen SS-Commanders Rank Name Service Period SS-Standartenführer Otto Binge 3 October 1943 - ? January 1944 SS-Gruppenführer Werner Ostendorff ? January 1944 - 15 June 1944 SS-Standartenführer Otto Binge 16 June 1944 – 18 June 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Otto Baum 18 June 1944 – 1 August 1944 SS-Standartenführer Otto Binge 1 August 1944 – 29 August 1944 SS-Oberführer Dr. Eduard Deisenhofer 30 August 1944 – 30 September 1944 SS-Standartenführer Thomas Müller 30 September 1944 - ? September 1944 SS-Standartenführer Gustav Mertsch ? September 1944 - ? October 1944 SS-Gruppenführer Werner Ostendorff 21 October 1944 – 15 November 1944 SS-Standartenführer Hans Lingner 15 November 1944 – 9 January 1945 SS-Standartenführer Gerhard Lindner 9 January 1945 – 21 January 1945 SS-Standartenführer Fritz Klingenberg 21 January 1945 – 22 March 1945 SS-Obersturmbannführer Vinzenz Kaiser 22 March 1945 – 24 March 1945 SS-Standartenführer Jakob Fick 24 March 1945 – 27 March 1945 SS-Oberführer Georg Bochmann 27 March 1945 – 8 May 1945 18th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Horst Wessel SS-Commanders Rank Name Service Period SS-Brigadeführer August Wilhelm Trabant 25 January 1944 – 3 January 1945 SS-Gruppenführer Josef Fitzthum 3 January 1945 – 10 January 1945 SS-Oberführer Georg Bochmann 10 January 1945 – ?? March 1945 SS-Standartenführer Heinrich Petersen ?? March 1945 – 8 May 1945 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) SS-Commanders Rank Name Service Period SS-Oberführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock 15 March 1944 – 13 April 1944 SS-Gruppenführer Bruno Streckenbach 13 April 1944 – 8 May 1945 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Brigadeführer Franz Augsberger ?? January 1944 - 19 March 1945 SS-Brigadeführer Berthold Maack 20 March 1945 – 8 May 1945 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian) SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Brigadeführer August Schmidthuber 1 May 1944 – 20 January 1945 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Brigadeführer August Zehender 21 April 1944 – 11 February 1945 23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Standartenführer Helmuth Raithel 1 July 1944 – 31 October 1944 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Sturmbannführer Herbert Garthe ? November 1941 - ? February 1942 SS-Oberführer Otto Reich ? February 1942 - 1 April 1942 SS-Obersturmbannführer Arved Theuermann 1 April 1942 - ? July 1942 SS-Standartenführer Josef Fitzthum ? July 1942 - 20 April 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Wagner 20 April 1944 – 8 May 1945 24th Waffen Gebirgs Division der SS SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Obersturmbannführer Karl Marx 1 August 1944 – 5 December 1944 SS-Sturmbannführer Werner Hahn 5 December 1944 – 10 February 1945 SS-Oberführer Adolf Wagner 10 February 1945 – 8 May 1945 25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi (1st Hungarian) SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Standartenführer Thomas Müller 2 November 1944 - 27 November 1944 SS-Gruppenführer József Grassy 27 November 1944 – 8 May 1945 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian) SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Standartenführer Rolf Tiemann ? November 1944 ? November 1944 SS-Oberführer Zoltan Pisky ? November 1944 - 23 January 1945 SS-Oberführer Laszlo Deak 23 January 1945 – 29 January 1945 SS-Brigadeführer Berthold Maack 29 January 1945 – 21 March 1945 SS-Gruppenführer Jozsef Grassy 21 March 1945 – 8 May 1945 27th SS Volunteer Division Langemarck SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Sturmbannführer Michael Lippert 24 September 1941 – 2 April 1942 SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Albert von Lettow-Vorbeck 2 April 1942 - ? June 1942 SS-Hauptsturmführer Hallmann ? June 1942 - 20 June 1942 SS-Obersturmbannführer Josef Fitzthum 20 June 1942 – 11 July 1942 SS-Sturmbannführer Conrad Schellong 11 July 1942 – 27 November 1944 SS-Oberführer Thomas Müller 27 November 1944 – 8 May 1945 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period Captain-Commandant Georges Jacobs ?? August 1941 - ?? January 1942 SS-Hauptmann B.E.M. Pierre Pauly ?? January 1942 - ?? March 1942 SS-Hauptmann George Tchekhoff ?? March 1942 - ?? April 1942 SS-Sturmbannführer Lucien Lippert ?? April 1942 - 13 February 1944 SS-Oberführer Karl Burk 13 February 1944 – 30 January 1945 SS-Obersturmbannführer Léon Degrelle 30 January 1945 – 8 May 1945 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS RONA (1st Russian) SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period ??? ??? Konstantin Voskoboinik ? October 1941 - ? January 1942 SS-Brigadeführer Bronislav Kaminski 17 June 1944 – 19 August 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Christoph Diehm 19 August 1944 - ? August 1944 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian) SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Brigadeführer Peter Hansen 13 November 1943 – ?? March 1944 SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff ?? March 1944 – ?? September 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Pietro Mannelli ?? September 1944 – ?? September 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Christian Hansen ?? September 1944 – ?? October 1944 SS-Standartenführer Gustav Lombard ?? October 1944 – 9 November 1944 SS-Standartenführer Constantin Heldmann 9 November 1944 – ?? January 1945 SS-Oberführer Ernst Tzschoppe ?? January 1945 – 8 May 1945 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian) SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Standartenführer Hans Siegling 18 August 1944 – 31 December 1944 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarussian) SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period ??  ??  ?? Rasdastu Astrouski 28 June 1944 – 8 May 1945 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Batschka SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Lombard 1 October 1944 – 8 May 1945 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 January SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Standartenführer Rudolf Muhlenkamp 30 January 1945 – 5 February 1945 SS-Standartenführer Joachim Richter 5 February 1945 - 17 February 1945 SS-Oberführer Adolf Ax 17 February 1945 - 15 March 1945 SS-Standartenführer Hans Kempin 15 March 1945 – 8 May 1945 33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian) SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period ???? ???? ??? ?? December 1944 - 8 May 1945 33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French) SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period (LVF) Roger Labonne ?? August 1941 - 31 March 1942 Major's LaCroix/Demessine 1 April 1942 – 31 May 1943 SS-Oberführer Edgard Puaud 1 June 1943 - ?? August 1943 SS-Obersturmbannführer Paul Gamory-Dubourdeau ?? August 1943 - 31 July 1944 SS-Haupsturmführer Erich Kostenbader 1 August 1944 - ?? August 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Edgard Puaud ?? August 1944 - 28 February 1945 SS-Brigadeführer Dr.Gustav Krukenberg 28 February 1945 – 28 February 1945 SS-Standartenführer Walter Zimmermann 28 February 1945 – 8 May 1945 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Oberfüher Viktor Knapp 11 May 1943 – 1 April 1944 SS-Obersturmbannführer Deurheit 1 April 1944 – 5 November 1944 SS-Standartenführer Martin Kohlroser 5 November 1944 – 8 May 1945 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Standartenführer Ruediger Pipkorn 18 March 1945 – 8 May 1945 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Oberführer der Reserve Dr.Oskar Dirlewanger 15 June 1940 - ? April 1945 SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Schmedes ? April 1945 - 8 May 1945 37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Oberführer Waldemar Fegelein ?? February 1945 - ?? March 1945 SS-Standartenführer Karl Gesele ?? March 1945 - 8 May 1945 38th SS Division Nibelungen SS-Commanders Name Rank Service Period SS-Obersturmbannführer Richard Schulze-Kossens ?? March 1945 - 12 April 1945 SS-Standartenführer Martin Stange 12 April 1945 - 8 May 1945 SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Lammerding also assigned as commanders, but never took up the post SS-Obergruppenführer Karl von Oberkamp also assigned as commanders, but never took up the post References Waffen-SS Commanders by Mark C. Yerger Waffen-SS Divisions 1939-45 by Chris Bishop Wikipedia Feldgrau.com. Axis History Factbook Das Reich Homepage frontkjemper Forosegundamundial NationalMaster.com