Hermann Weiser

Hermann Weiser
Nickname(s)	Bibl
Born	22 November 1918 Ottenau, Baden, Germany
Died	21 March 1970 (aged 51) Ludwigsburg, Württemberg, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1933–45
Rank	Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit	1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 1st SS Panzer Corps
Commands held	2nd Motor Cycle Company LSSAH
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class

Hermann "Bibl" Weiser (22 November 1918 – 21 March 1970) was a Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in the Waffen-SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Weiser was born on 22 November 1918 in Ottenau, Baden. He joined the Hitler Youth in 1932 and was awarded the Hitler Youth Honour Medal.

At the end of 1937 he joined the SS, service number 351 242 and was assigned to the Deutschland Regiment. He was later transferred to the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and given command of the 2nd Motor Cycle Company in the Reconnaissance Battalion. Hauptsturmführer Weiser distinguished himself as the leader in the Third Battle of Kharkov and for his personal bravery and decisive leadership which led to the capture of the Russian forces defending the town of Valki, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Weiser eventually became the adjutant of the 1st SS Panzer Corps.^[1]

Later life

He died 21 March 1970.

Awards

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 March 1943 as SS-Obersturmführer of the Reserves and leader of the 2.(Aufklärungs-Abteilung)/"Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"^{[2][Note 1]}

Notes

1. According to Scherzer as leader of the 2./SS-Aufklärungs-Abteilung "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler".^[3]

References

Citations

1. Michael Wittman Volume Two By Patrick Agte p.152
2. Fellgiebel 2000, pp. 440, 508.
3. Scherzer 2007, p. 774.

Bibliography

• Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
• Krätschmer, Ernst-Günther (1999). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Waffen-SS [The Knight's Cross Bearers of the Waffen-SS]. Coburg, Germany: Nation Europa Verlag. ISBN 978-3-920677-43-9.
• 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 Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.