Hermann Priess
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 39 years ago |
Date of birth | May 24,1901 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Marnitz |
Ruhner Berge | |
Germany | |
Date of died | February 2,1985 |
Died | Ahrensburg |
Germany | |
Service/branch | Waffen-SS |
Battles and wars | World War II |
Invasion of Poland | |
Commands helds | 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf |
I SS Panzer Corps | |
Servic number | NSDAP |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Convict | I SS Panzer Corps |
Founded | XIII SS Army Corps |
Crimin penalti | 20 years imprisonment |
Crimin status | Deceased |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1359419 |
Hermann Priess Life story
Hermann August Fredrich Priess was a German general in the Waffen-SS and a war criminal during World War II. He commanded the SS Division Totenkopf following the death of Theodor Eicke in February 1943. On 30 October 1944 he was appointed commander of the I SS Panzer Corps and led it during the Battle of the Bulge.