Hans Dorr

Hans Dorr
Hans Dorr
Born	7 April 1912 Sontheim, Allgäu
Died	17 April 1945 (aged 33) near Judenburg
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1934–45
Rank	SS-Obersturmbannführer
Service number	NSDAP #4,201,019 SS #77,360[1]
Unit	SS-Rgt "Germania"
Commands held	I./SS-PzGrenRgt "Germania"
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Hans Dorr (7 April 1912 – 17 April 1945) was a German SS-Obersturmbannführer who served with the 5th SS Division Wiking and was a commander of the SS-Regiment Germania in the 2nd SS Division Das Reich of Nazi Germany's Waffen-SS. He was wounded 16 times during World War II and died at a field hospital near Judenburg in April 1945. He was awarded the prestigious Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords.

Summary of SS career

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939)
  • 2nd Class (14 November 1939)^[2][3]
  • 1st Class (20 August 1940)^[2][3]
• Sudetenland Medal with Clasp (12 June 1940)^[2]
• Infantry Assault Badge in Silver (20 April 1942)^[2]
• Wound Badge (1939)
  • Black (20 October 1940)^[2]
  • Silver (20 August 1941)^[2]
  • Gold (20 April 1942)^[2]
• Eastern Front Medal (1 September 1942)^[2]
• Tank Destruction Badge for Individual Combatants (28 April 1944)^{[2][Note 1]}
• German Cross in Gold on 19 December 1941 as SS-Obersturmführer in the 1./SS-Regiment "Germania"^[5]
• Close Combat Clasp
  • Bronze (15 September 1943)^[2]
  • Silver (3 May 1944)^[2]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Knight's Cross on 27 September 1942 as SS-Hauptsturmführer and chief of the 4./SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Germania"^{[6][7][Note 2]}
  • 327th Oak Leaves on 13 November 1943 as SS-Hauptsturmführer and commander of the I./SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Germania"^{[6][10][11][9]}
  • 77th Swords on 9 July 1944 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 "Germania"^{[6][12][13][9]}

Promotions

1 May 1933:	SS-Anwärter
1 October 1934:	SS-Sturmmann[2]
1 June 1935:	SS-Rottenführer[2]
15 November 1935:	SS-Unterscharführer[2]
20 April 1937:	SS-Scharführer[2]
1 April 1938:	SS-Standartenjunker[2]
12 August 1938:	SS-Standartenoberjunker[2]
9 November 1938:	SS-Untersturmführer[2]
30 January 1940:	SS-Obersturmführer[2]
9 November 1941:	SS-Hauptsturmführer[2]
9 November 1943:	SS-Sturmbannführer[2]
18 August 1944:	SS-Obersturmbannführer[2]

Notes

1. According to Berger two Tank Destruction Badges for Individual Combatants.^[4]
2. According to Von Seemen as commander of SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9.^[8]According to Krätschmer on 27 April 1942 as commander of the 1./SS-Regiment "Germania".^[9]

References

Citations

1. Ailsby 1997, p. 36.
2. Thomas & Wegmann 1998, p. 414.
3. Thomas 1997, p. 130.
4. Berger 1999, p. 62.
5. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 90.
6. Scherzer 2007, p. 279.
7. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 164.
8. Von Seemen 1976, p. 113.
9. Krätschmer 1999, p. 335.
10. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 74.
11. Von Seemen 1976, p. 38.
12. Fellgiebel 2000, p. 44.
13. Von Seemen 1976, p. 17.

Bibliography

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• Berger, Florian (1999). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges [With Oak Leaves and Swords. The Highest Decorated Soldiers of the Second World War] (in German). Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 978-3-9501307-0-6.
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