32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar

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32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar
32. SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division „30. Januar”.svg
ActiveDecember 1944 – May 1945
Country Nazi Germany
BranchFlag Schutzstaffel.svg Waffen-SS
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision

The 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "30 Januar" (German: 32. SS-Freiwilligen Grenadier-Division "30. Januar")[1] was formed in January 1945 from what remained of other units and staff and pupils from SS schools and various other troops. A significant cadre came from Hungarian Fascists who had joined the SS, but their numbers are unknown.[citation needed] The division fought as part of the V SS Mountain Corps, on the Oder front, just north of (now part of Eisenhüttenstadt) [2] and in the Battle of Berlin. The division was destroyed in the Halbe pocket, but part of the unit surrendered to the Americans at Tangermünde.

Commanders[]

  • Johannes Mühlenkamp (30 January 1945 – 5 February 1945)
  • Joachim Richter (5 February 1945 – 17 February 1945)
  • Adolf Ax (17 February 1945 – 15 March 1945)
  • Hans Kempin (15 March 1945 – 8 May 1945)

References[]

  1. ^ Official designation in German language as to „Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv“ in Freiburg im Breisgau, stores of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.
  2. ^ Zhukov at the Oder By Tony Le Tissier, p.132

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