Karl von Oberkamp

Karl Reichsritter von Oberkamp
Born	(1893-10-30)30 October 1893 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	4 May 1947(1947-05-04) (aged 53) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (hanged)
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany
Years of service	1912–1945
Rank	Brigadeführer
Commands held	7. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division Prinz Eugen 38. SS-Division Nibelungen V.SS-Gebirgs-Korps
Awards	Iron Cross

SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Karl Ferdinand Reichsritter von Oberkamp (1893–1947) was a German Heer and Waffen-SS officer who commanded the 7. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division Prinz Eugen, 38. SS-Division Nibelungen and the V.SS-Gebirgs-Korps. Following World War II, von Oberkamp was extradited to Yugoslavia, tried for war crimes and hanged in Belgrade on 4 May 1947.

Summary of his military career

Dates of rank

Fahnenjunker: 6 July 1912
Unteroffizier: 27 November 1912
Fähnrich: 7 March 1913
Leutnant: 18 February 1914
Oberleutnant: 18 April 1917
Hauptmann: 1 September 1935
Major: 16 January 1937
SS-Sturmbannführer: 1938
SS-Obersturmbannführer: 1 July 1940
SS-Standartenführer: 30 January 1941
SS-Oberführer: 1 October 1941
SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS: 30 January 1943

Notable decorations

Eastern Front Medal (1942)
Iron Cross Second (1914) and First (1916) Classes
Clasp to the Iron Cross Second (1939) and First (1940) Classes
SS-Honour Ring (?)
War Merit Cross with Swords Second (?) and First (?) Classes
Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1934)
SA-Sports Badge in Bronze (?)

References

Yerger, Mark C. (1999). Waffen-SS commanders. Vol. II : the army, corps and divisional leaders of a legend. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7643-0769-0.

Military offices
Preceded by SS-Obergruppenführer Artur Phleps	Commander of 7. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division Prinz Eugen 15 May 1943 – 30 January 1944	Succeeded by SS-Brigadeführer Otto Kumm
Preceded by SS-Obergruppenführer Artur Phleps	Commander of V.SS-Gebirgs-Korps 21 September 1944 – 1 October 1944	Succeeded by SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln
Preceded by SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Lammerding	*Commander of 38. SS-Division Nibelungen* (assigned)** May 1945	Succeeded by SS-Standartenführer Martin Stange

Yugoslav World War II war crimes trials

December 1944 – May 1945
without trial

death	Werner von Erdmannsdorff Gustav Fehn Heinz Kattner Friedrich Stephan Georg Waue

Hungarian military officials
Vojvodina Supreme Court

death	László Deák Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner József Grassy Ferenc Szombathelyi

German police officials (3rd trial)
9–22 December 1946

death	Josef Eckert Wilhelm Fuchs Josef Hahn Hans Helm Richard Kaaserer August Meyszner Friedrich Polte Ludwig Teichmann Ernst Weimann

imprisoned	Ernst Hesterberg

German officers (4th trial) at Belgrade
5–13 February 1947 verdict 16 February

death	Johann Fortner Fritz Neidholdt Josef Hübler Adalbert Lontschar Alexander Löhr August Schmidhuber Günther Tribukait

German occupation officials in Serbia (5th trial)
Military Court of the Yugoslav 3rd Army at Belgrade

death	Rudolf Berg Walter Böhme Karl Freiherr von Bothmer Walter Firow Adolf Jostel Georg Kiessel Ernst Ludwig Langemann Schulze Franz Tritschler Harald Turner

German officers (6th trial) at Belgrade
5 April 1947

death	Hans Gravenstein Hartwig von Ludwiger Karl von Oberkamp Martin Fiebig

German officers held at Belgrade
22–31 October 1947

death	Hermann Behrends Heinrich Danckelmann

imprisoned	Franz Neuhausen

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