Josef dietrich biography
- Josef "Sepp" Dietrich was a German politician and a general in the Schutzstaffel during the Nazi era.
- Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (– 21 April 1966) was a German politician and a general in the Schutzstaffel (SS) during the Nazi era.
- Josef Dietrich was a German SS officer who commanded Adolf Hitler's bodyguard and later led an SS panzer (armoured) army in World War II.
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Josef "Sepp" Dietrich
Josef “Sepp” Dietrich was an SS general and high-ranking Nazi Party member. He was one of Nazi Germany's most highly decorated soldiers.
During World War I, Dietrich served with the Bavarian Field Artillery and was awarded the Iron Cross for bravery in combat. Thereafter, his life continued to be laced with adventure and danger. In the early years of the Weimar Republic, he joined the Freikorps and participated in the bloody overthrow of Munich's municipal Communist regime. He joined the nascent SS in 1928 and his fortunes rose rapidly.
Most importantly, he belonged to Hitler's inner circle of advisors. In that capacity, he accompanied the führer on all outings and to all engagements, had all kinds of talks with him, and often lunched and dined with the feared warlord. Hitler admired “Sepp” in all ways. Fearless, unswervingly loyal and as straight as an arrow, Dietrich became one of his "closest and most constant associates." (Kurowsi, 412). Consequently, he worked and lived in the Chancellery, occupying a room in the führer
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Sepp Dietrich
German Nazi politician and SS commander
Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was a German politician and a general in the Schutzstaffel (SS) during the Nazi era. He joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and was elected to the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic in 1930. Prior to 1929, Dietrich was Adolf Hitler's chauffeur and bodyguard.
Despite having no formal staff officer training, Dietrich was, along with Paul Hausser, the highest-ranking officer in the Waffen-SS, the military branch of the SS. Reaching the rank of SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer, he commanded units up to army level during World War II. As commanding officer of the 6th Panzer Army during the Battle of the Bulge, Dietrich bore responsibility for the Malmedy massacre, the murder of U.S. prisoners of war in December 1944.
After the war, an American military tribunal convicted Dietrich of war crimes at the Malmedy massacre trial. Upon his release from Landsberg Prison in 1955, Dietrich became active in HIAG, a lobby group established by former high-ranking Waffen-SS personnel. He di
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SEPP DIETRICH ET SA LEIBSTANDARTE
SEPP DIETRICH and his Leibstandarte
As an NCO, “Sepp”Dietrich commanded one of the first combat tanks in History during the First World War. A member of Hitler’s bodyguard, he took command of the first 117 volunteers on 17 March 1933. This was the kernel of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler which became a regiment, then a brigade and finally a division.
This book follows the itinerary of this leader who knew how to create a very strong link with his men and ended up commanding an army corps at the end of the war. This is mainly a book showing more than 500 photographs, most of which are unpublished, with veterans’ anec- dotes and biographies of the Leibstandarte’s main leaders and numerous documents signed by Sepp Dietrich.
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