Thirty Seventh SS-Abschnitt

The Thirty Seventh SS-Abschnitt was a brigade of the Allgemeine-SS which was formed in October 1938 as a subordinate unit of SS Senior District Elbe. Headquartered in Reichenberg, the first commander of the Abschnitt was SS-Oberführer Willi Bradner. By 1939, the unit had been assigned three SS regiments, these being the 96th, 100th, and 103rd Standarten of the Allgemeine-SS.

Second World War

Upon the outbreak of World War II, Abschnitt commander Bradner was deployed for front line duties with his deputy Robert Knapp assuming titular command. Knapp become the official Abschnitt commander on December 17, 1941 and held this post for three years while also rising to the rank of SS-Brigadeführer. On August 1, 1944, he was replaced by a much junior officer due to the brigade having lost most of its operational members to other duties in the war. By December of 1944, the Abschnitt was essentially a paper command with no further mustering units of the General-SS in active service.

For the last year of its existence, the administration of the defunct SS-brigade was placed under the command of the Abschnitt Chief of Staff, Dr. Karl Feitenhansl. In May 1945, the Abschnitt was formally disbanded upon the surrender of Nazi Germany.

Chain of Command

Superior Command: SS-Oberabschnitt Elbe
Subordinate Commands: 96th SS-Standarte, 100th SS-Standarte, 103rd SS-Standarte

References

Yerger, Mark C. Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units, and Leaders of the General SS, Schiffer Publishing (1997). ISBN 0-7643-0145-4

Allgemeine-SS order of battle

SS and Police Leaders	Höchste SS und Polizeiführer (HöSSPF) Höhere SS und Polizeiführer (HSSPF) SS und Polizeiführer (SSPF)

Oberabschnitt	Alpenland Böhmen-Mähren Donau Elbe Fulda-Werra Lothringen-Saarpfalz Main Mitte Nord Nordost Nordsee Nordwest Ost Ostland Österreich Ostsee Rhein Rhein-Westmark Spree Süd Südost Südwest Ukraina Warthe Weichsel West Westmark

Abschnitt	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX XX XXXXI XXXXII XXXXIII XXXXIV XXXXV

Reiterabschnitt	I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX

Standarte	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127

Reiterstandarte	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Specialty Units	SS-Kraftfahrstürme (Transportation) SS-Nachrichtensturmbanne (Signals) SS-Pioniersturmbanne (Engineers) SS-Fliegersturm (Flight Units)

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