Martin Kohlroser

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Martin Kohlroser
Martin Kohlroser III.jpg
Birth date 8 January 1905
Place of birth Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Death date 14 November 1967 (aged 62)
Place of death Munich, Bavaria, West Germany
Allegiance  Weimar Republic
 National Socialist Germany
Service/branch SA-Logo.png Sturmabteilung
War Ensign of the Reichswehr, 1919 - 1935.png Reichswehr
Schutzstaffel
Flag Schutzstaffel.png Waffen-SS
Years of service 1922–1923
1923–1924
1930–1940
1940–1945
Rank SS-Oberführer
Commands held 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Iron Cross
German Cross in Gold

Martin Kohlroser (8 January 1905 – 14 November 1967) was a German SS rune.png, later Waffen-SS officer and recipient of the German Cross in Gold in World War II.

Life

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After attending school, he joined the Reichswehr on 15 March 1923, where he was a member of the 1st Engineer Regiment until 30 September 1924. He had already joined the SA (6th Company/SA-Regiment München) in 1922 and participated in the Munich Putsch in 1923. He studied electrical and precision engineering at university and took over his father's business as an electrical engineer, which he ran until 1929. On 1 June 1930, je joined the Allgemeine SS (SS-Nr.: 3 149). He also became a member of the NSDAP (NSDAP-Nr.: 371 577) on 1 December 1930. He was one of the original 117 men selected by Josef Dietrich to form the Headquarters Guard (SS-Stabswache) in Berlin for Adolf Hitler on 17 March 1933. This unit, forerunner of the Leibstandarte, later became a part of the SS-Verfügungstruppe.

Chronology

Drinking banquet after the ceremonial handover of the position of commander of the SS Grenadier Regiment 1 “Landstorm Nederland” from Dörheit to Kohlroser; from left to right: SS-Standartenführer Adolf Ax (Chief of Staff, Commander of the Waffen-SS “Netherlands”), SS-Obersturmbannführer of the Reserve Albert Dörheit (Reserve Leader at the Waffen-SS Weapons Technical Training Institute), SS-Oberführer Dr. med. Wilhelm Berndt (Head of Office A II [senior doctor] in the SS-Hauptamt), SS-Sturmbannführer Erich Heinrich (IVa Supply Officer, Commander of the Waffen-SS “Netherlands”) and SS-Standartenführer Martin Kohlroser.
  • 1.6.1930 Joined the SS with the 1. Sturm/I. Sturmbann/1. SS-Standarte (Munich)
  • 12.2.1931 2. Sturm/I. Sturmbann/1. SS-Standarte
  • 19.1.1932 Leader of the 1. Sturm/III. Sturmbann/1. SS-Standarte
  • 9.11.1932 Leader (nominally) of the II. Sturmbann/52. SS-Standarte (Vienna)
  • 17.3.1933 Leader of the 1. Sturm/SS-Stabswache
  • April/May Leader of the 1. Sturm/SS-Sonderkommando Zossen, initial military training at the military training area of ​​the same name near Berlin
  • 2.8.1933 Leader of the 1. Sturm/SS-Sonderkommando Berlin
  • 1.10.1933 Leader of the I. Sturmbann/LAH
  • 9.11.1933 Leader of the I. Sturmbann/LSSAH
    • 14.11.1938 to 19.11.1938 Regiment commander course, Döberitz Infantry School
  • 1940 Commander of the 1st Battalion/LSSAH
  • 10.4.1941 Commander of the SS-Infanterie-Regiment 4
  • 19.6.1941 Commander of the SS-Infanterie-Regiment 10/1. SS-Infanterie-Brigade (mot.)
  • 8.7.1941 Commander of the SS-Infanterie-Regiment 7/SS-Division "Nord"
    • 10.7.1941 signed off with SS-Brigadeführer Kurt Knoblauch and left for his new appointment
  • 31.6.1942 Commander of the SS Mountain Infantry Replacement Battalion 'North' (probably after being wounded)
  • 20.10.1942 Commander of the SS-Infanterie-Regiment 'Deutschland'/2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
  • 22.10.1942 Commander of the SS-Infanterie-Regiment 4 'Langemarck'/2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
  • 1.2.1943 Commander of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1/10. SS-Division
  • April 1943 Commander of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1/SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Karl der Große
  • 22.10.1943 Commander of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 21/10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg
  • 15.3.1944 Commander of the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 10 'Westland'/5th SS Panzer Division Wiking
  • 20.4.1944 to 11.5.1944 Commander of the SS-Regiment of the Höchster SS- und Polizeiführer Italien (Karl Wolff)

Landstorm Nederland

  • 27.5.1944 Commander of the SS-Grenadier-Regiment Landstorm Nederland
  • 1.11.1944 Commander of the SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Brigade Landstorm Nederland
  • 10.2.1945 to 10.5.1945 Commander of the 34. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division Landstorm Nederland

Commander of the Waffen-SS in the Netherlands

The commander of the Waffen-SS in the Netherlands (German: Befehlshaber der Waffen-SS in den Niederlanden) followed the commander of the Waffen-SS Northwest. This position was established on 7 January 1941 as commander of the Waffen-SS West, from 18 January renamed Northwest, with headquarters in The Hague and the SS-Totenkopfstandarten 4 and 11 were subordinate to the department. In April 1941, the SS Brigade 2 "Reichsführer-SS" was formed from the commander of the Waffen-SS Northwest, and in its place the commander of the Waffen-SS in the Netherlands was created with its headquarters in Apeldoorn. The commander from 11 June 1942 to 8 November 1944 was SS-Gruppenführer and Lieutenant General of the Waffen-SS Karl-Maria Demelhuber, followed on 9 November 1944 by SS-Oberführer Martin Kohlroser, at the same time brigade, later division commander.

Family

Kohlroser was the son of the electrical engineer Martin Kohlroser and his wife Maria, née Achhammer.

Marriage

On 19 June 1937, SS-Obersturmbannführer Kohlroser married his fiancée Annemarie Hintze (b. 9 July 1904 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf). The marriage resulted in two sons.

Promotions

Awards and decorations

WWII

References

  1. ↑ Kohlroser, Martin (Waffen SS)
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