Jürgen Wagner (SS member)

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SS-Brif Wagner in camouflage jacket

Jürgen Adolph Otto Paul Wagner (born September 9, 1901 in Strasbourg ; † April 5 or June 27 or August 1947 (various dates in the literature) in Belgrade ) was a German SS leader, most recently an SS brigade leader and major general of arms -SS . Wagner was executed as a war criminal in 1947 .

Life

Born as the son of the German general Ernst August Johann Wagner and his wife Pauline Anna Karoline, born Louvie, he attended school in Wesel , Münster and Erfurt before joining the Naumburg / Saale cadet institute in 1915. In 1917 he moved from there to the main cadet school in Lichterfelde . In 1920 he was a member of the Academic Wehr Münster , with which he participated in the suppression of the Ruhr uprising in March 1920. After a short time as a flag squire in the Reichswehr , he did more than well in various professions until he joined the SS on June 15, 1931 (SS No. 23.692) and on November 1, 1931, the NSDAP ( membership number 707.279) joined and in October 1932 took over the management of the SS sports school Calvörde ( Altmark ).

From July 8, 1933 he was part of the SS special command "Jüterbog", a forerunner of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler , in which he quickly made a career.

As commander of the SS regiment “Germania” within the 5th SS Panzer Division “Wiking” he was involved in the Balkan campaign in April 1941.

For the achievements of his regiment in the Russian campaign , he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on July 24, 1943 . In October 1943 he took over command of the 4th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Brigade "Nederland", later the 23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division "Nederland" . While he was promoted to SS Brigadefuehrer and Major General of the Waffen SS , Wagner briefly took over leadership of the 4th SS Police Panzer Grenadier Division in April 1944 before returning to the SS Brigade "Nederland". On December 11, 1944, he was awarded the Knight's Cross with the Oak Leaves.

Wagner surrendered to US troops near Tangermünde in May 1945 , but was extradited to Yugoslavia for war crimes committed by his unit and executed there on April 5, June 27 or August 1947.

Awards

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Individual evidence

  1. Birth register 1901 Strasbourg registry office (3359/1901)
  2. ^ French MacLean Quiet Flows the Rhine 1996. p. 141.
  3. Marc C. Yerger , Waffen-SS Commanders Vol. II , 1999 p. 313.
  4. Christopher Ailsby: SS. Roll of Infamy , 1997. p. 174.
  5. a b Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearer 1939–1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 764.