Theodor Berkelmann

Theodor Berkelmann
Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer
Personal details
Born 17 April 1894
Metz, Alsace-Lorraine, Germany
Died 28 December 1943(1943-12-28) (aged 49)
Poznań, Poland
Political party National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP)
Military service
Allegiance  German Empire (to 1918)
 Weimar Republic (to 1933)
 Nazi Germany (to 1945)
Service/branch Waffen SS
Years of service 1914-1943
Rank Obergruppenführer
Battles/wars World War I
World War II

Theodor Berkelmann (17 April 1894 – 28 December 1943) was a German general, who held the rank of Obergruppenführer during World War II.

Biography

Theodor Berkelmann was born in Le Ban-Saint-Martin near Metz, in Alsace-Lorraine, which was then part of Germany. He joined the army at twenty years old. During the First World War, he served in the German Army. Berkelmann served as a soldier, before being promoted officer. He was awarded the Iron Cross Ist class.

In 1934, Theodor Berkelmann was promoted to SS-Brigadeführer (Major General), and SS-Gruppenführer (Lieutenant General) in 1936. At the beginning of the Second World War, Berkelmann was appointed "Höherer SS und Polizeiführer" (SS and Police Leader) in Saarland and Moselle. In 1942, he was eventually promoted to the grade of "SS-Obergruppenführer" (General officer). Theo Berkelmann died in Poznań, in 1943.

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