Wilhelm Weber (SS officer)

Wilhelm Weber
Born19 March 1918
Pivitsheide, German Empire
Died2 March 1980(1980-03-02) (aged 61)
Bensheim, West Germany
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service / branchArmy
Years of service1937–45
RankObersturmführer
UnitSS Division Charlemagne
Battles / warsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Wilhelm Weber (19 March 1918 – 2 March 1980) was a mid-level commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a member of the SS Division Charlemagne and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

In April 1945, about 350 men of the division volunteered to go to fight in the Battle of Berlin in a unit which became known as Sturmbataillon Charlemagne.[1][2] Weber went with the group to Berlin as a group commander. During the fighting on 29 April, Weber was wounded and evacuated to the make-shift field hospital in the basement of the Reich Chancellery. It was his sixth combat wound of the war.[3] While there he briefed area commander, SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke as to the situation along front lines of the government district.[4] He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross by Mohnke on 29 April.[4]

Awards and decorations

References

Citations

  1. ^ Forbes 2010, p. 394.
  2. ^ Littlejohn 1987, p. 173.
  3. ^ Forbes 2010, pp. 394, 439, 440.
  4. ^ a b Forbes 2010, p. 440.
  5. ^ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 355.

Bibliography

  • Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
  • Forbes, Robert (2010) [2006]. For Europe: The French Volunteers of the Waffen-SS. Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-3581-0.
  • Littlejohn, David (1987). Foreign Legions of the Third Reich Vol. 1 Norway, Denmark, France. Bender Publishing. ISBN 978-0912138176.