Albert Frey (SS officer)
Albert Frey | |
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Born | 16 February 1913 |
Died | 1 September 2003 | (aged 90)
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Waffen-SS |
Rank | Standartenführer |
Commands held | SS Division Leibstandarte |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Albert Frey (16 February 1913 – 1 September 2003) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. He commanded the SS Division Leibstandarte during World War II.
NSDAP-Nr.: 4 137 086 (Joined 1.05.1937)
SS-Nr.: 111 913 (Joined 15.06.1933)
Promotions: SS-Mann: 15.06.1933
SS-Sturmmann: 6.01.1935
SS-Rottenführer: 20.04.1935
SS-Unterscharführer: 10.05.1936
SS-Scharführer: 20.12.1936
SS-Standartenjunker: 1.10.1937
SS-Standarten-Oberjunker: 1.03.1938 (mit Wirkung vom 26.02.1938)
SS-Untersturmführer: 19.03.1938 (mit Wirkung vom 12.03.1938)
SS-Obersturmführer: 20.04.1939
SS-Hauptsturmführer d. R. der Waffen-SS: 8.11.1940 (mit Wirkung vom 09.11.1940)
SS-Sturmbannführer der Waffen-SS: 20.04.1942 (mit RDA vom 01.04.1942),
SS-Obersturmbannführer der Waffen-SS: 5.07.1943 (granted RDA vom 21.06.1943 on 29.07.1943)
SS-Standartenführer der Waffen-SS: 6.08.1944 (mit Wirkung vom 01.08.1944)
Awards and decorations[]
- Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (25 September 1939) & 1st Class (30 June 1940)[1]
Totenkopfring der SS: 12.11.1941
- German Cross in Gold on 17 November 1941 as SS-Hauptsturmführer in the III./Bataillon LSSAH[2]
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Knight's Cross on 3 March 1943 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment LSSAH[3]
- Oak Leaves on 20 December 1943 as SS-Obersturmbannführer and commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 LSSAH[3]
References[]
Citations[]
- ^ Thomas 1997, p. 180.
- ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 122.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Scherzer 2007, p. 318.
Bibliography[]
- Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
- Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
- Thomas, Franz (1997). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 1: A–K [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 1: A–K] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2299-6.
- 1913 births
- 2003 deaths
- SS-Standartenführer
- Recipients of the Gold German Cross
- Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
- Military personnel from Heidelberg
- People from the Grand Duchy of Baden
- Waffen-SS personnel