Herbert von Daniels

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Herbert Eduard Ludwig Karl Hermann Ottomar Edler von Daniels (born March 31, 1895 in Arolsen or Gotha , † December 21, 1965 in Gütersloh ) was a German sports and SS functionary.

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Herbert von Daniels joined the Prussian Army after attending school . After participating in the First World War , in which he was awarded the Iron Cross of both classes and the Wound Badge in Black, Daniels left the army.

In July 1935 Daniels officially joined the Schutzstaffel (SS) (membership number 258.002), in which he received the rank of Obersturmbannführer on July 23, 1935 with effect from July 2. On April 20, 1937 he was given the rank of Standartenführer. In 1938 Daniels became a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 6,034,799).

On October 1, 1940, Daniels was entrusted with the rank of senior government councilor with offices in Berlin and Prague as head of the IC (physical exercises) department in office group I (personnel) of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA), a position that he held until September 21 Should be retained in 1943. At the same time he was head of the Reich Sports School. On December 15, 1940, he was additionally awarded the rank of "Staff Leader of the Inspector for Physical Exercise at Reichsführer SS and Chief of the German Police". Through this conferred office, he was head of the shooting school of the Security Police / SD in Zella-Mehlis and the sports school of the Security Police Prezsch.

After Daniel's older brother, Lieutenant General Alexander Edler von Daniels , fell into Soviet captivity after the destruction of the 6th Army in the Battle of Stalingrad in early 1943 and joined the National Committee for Free Germany , Himmler ordered Daniels to join the front should prove to atone for the "shame" of his family. In practice, however, the transfer was no longer possible, as it was initially delayed for many months by influential friends of Daniel. As a result, from January 29, 1944 to September 1, 1944, Daniels again headed the office of physical education. Then it was "discovered" that Daniels did not have the qualification to lead a regiment. Daniels therefore spent the last months of the war as a participant in a course for regimental commanders at the Kienschlag armored infantry school near Prague.

As an SS member, Daniels was awarded the SS honor dagger and the skull ring of the SS.

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  • "Reinhard Heydrich as a National Socialist physical educator ", in: physical exercises and physical education , 1942, issue 13-14, pp. 114-117.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volker Berghahn: Germany in the Age of Total War , 1981, p. 214.
  2. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Vol. 46 of the complete series, 1970, p. 101.
personal data
SURNAME Daniels, Herbert von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Daniels, Herbert Eduard Ludwig Karl Hermann Ottomar Edler von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports functionary and SS leader
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Arolsen
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1965
Place of death Gutersloh