Years of service 1934–45 | Battles/wars World War II Books Like a cliff in the ocean Name Karl Ullrich | |
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Born 1 December 1910Saargemund, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire now Sarreguemines, Lorraine, France ( 1910-12-01 ) Rank Oberfuhrer (senior colonel) Service number NSDAP #715,727SS #31,438 Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak LeavesIron Cross 1st ClassIron Cross 2nd ClassGeneral Assault Badge Died May 8, 1996, Bad Reichenhall, Germany Unit 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf, 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking | ||
Karl Ullrich Video Legacy Interview Part 1 1998
Karl Ullrich (1 December 1910 – 8 May 1996) was a high-ranking member in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II, who was the last commander of the SS Division Wiking and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Following the war, he authored an account of the SS Division Totenkopf.
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- Karl Ullrich Video Legacy Interview Part 1 1998
- Karl Ullrich Video Legacy Interview Part 3
- Career
- Works
- Awards
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Karl Ullrich Video Legacy Interview Part 3
Career
Born in 1910, Ullrich joined the SS-Verfügungstruppe in 1934. He transferred to the SS Division Totenkopf on the Eastern Front in 1941. He was given command of the SS Division Wiking for the final battles of the war in Hungary. A short time before the end of the war he was promoted to Oberführer and he surrendered to the Red Army in May 1945.
After the war, Ullrich wrote the book Like a Cliff in the Ocean: A History of the 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf" in which he claimed that only a single member of the Totenkopf division ever committed a war crime. In reality, the division committed war crimes in Poland and France.
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