Bochmann Georg (Bochmann Georg) from September 18, 1913 to June 8, 1973, was the senior commander of the Waffen-SS and the winner of the Iron Cross of the Knight of Sabre and Oak Leaf. .
Biography
Georg Bochman was born on September 18, 1913 in Cholau, in the Erzgebirge region of Saxony, bordering Bohemia. His family is a textile worker of average family background. He studied at Leipzig University. After joining the Hitler Youth League, not long after Pochmann joined the Nazi Party, the member number is 1,907,565. The following year, he joined the SS number 122,362 and worked in the Dachau Concentration Camp for Political Prisoners. In 1936, he was promoted to second lieutenant of the SS.
- The young Georg Bochmann
Georg Bochmann was appointed as a member of the Skeleton Corps and was later appointed by the SS The SS armored unit led by Theodore Ike is the Skeleton Division.
- Theodore Ike, commander of the SS Skeleton Division, General
In November 1939, Bochman was appointed as the SS Lieutenant, and From 1939 to 1940, he was the main promoter of the creation and equipment of the SS "skeleton" division. In 1940, he took over an armored unit of the 3rd SS Skeleton Armored Division, which fought in Cambrai, Alas, during the French campaign. On March 30, 1945, Bochmann received his order from Hitler to command the 17th SS Panzer Division "Goetz von Belissingen".
in the middle, succeeding SS Brigadier General Fritz Klingenberg to command this Waffen SS division, he participated in the battle of Nuremberg and Lower Bavaria .
- SS Brigadier General Fritz Klingenberg
Total casualties of militants-the SS may never be known, but According to an estimate, 180,000 people died, 40,000 were injured, and 40,000 were missing. The number of casualties in World War II showed that there were 314.000 Waffen-SS dead and missing, accounting for 34.9%. In contrast, the U.S. Army has 318.274 dead and missing in all theaters of the war. On Friday, May 9, 1945, he surrendered to the U.S. Army in Rotach Eggen in Bavaria.
Death and Cemetery
For the rest of his life, he suffered from the heat of the swamp, which he contracted in Russia Kind of disease. Bochmann died in Offenbach am Main on August 6, 1973, at the age of 59. Many celebrities from World War II attended his funeral.
SS brigadier general and commander of the SS armored forces, William Georg Bochmann was buried on the banks of the Main River in Frankfurt, but his tombstone was removed.
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