Himmler, on the other hand, reasonably preferred a battle-hardened veteran with close ties to the HJ (short for Hitlerjugend = Hitler Youth). SS-Brigadeführer Hugo Kraas (November 1944 – May 1945)Īlthough the members of the Hitler Youth organization had already been encouraged to volunteer for the Waffen-SS, the ‘youth leader of the German Reich’, Artur Axmann, suggested to the Reichsführer SS, Heinrich Himmler, to set up a complete SS division with boys born in 1926.Īdolf Hitler approved this plan and appointed SS-Gruppenführer Berger as commander, who had even suggested himself to the Führer.
SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Kramer (October – November 1944).SS-Obersturmbannführer Hubert Meyer (September – October 1944).SS-Brigadeführter Kurt Meyer (June – September 1944).SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Witt (June 1943 – June 1944).
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