SA standard "Feldherrnhalle"
The SA standard "Feldherrnhalle" was from 1935 to 1945 a standing and armed unit of the National Socialist Sturmabteilung , the SA. It was considered a counterpart to the units of the SS disposal force .
history
The SA standard "Feldherrnhalle" was founded after the so-called Röhm Putsch in 1934 by the SA leader Viktor Lutze as an SA guard standard in Munich and was soon distributed as a guard standard "chief of staff" throughout the entire Reich (with six storm bans in Munich , Berlin , Hattingen , Krefeld , Stettin and Stuttgart ). The SA standard was responsible for the guard of honor at the NSDAP memorial at the Feldherrnhalle in Munich , together with the SS guard "Oberbayern" (the later 1st SS skull standard ) . On September 11, 1936, the name and standard "Feldherrnhalle" was awarded at the Nazi Party Congress.
On January 12, 1937, Hermann Göring became "SA-Ehrenstandartenführer". Four weeks later, Luftwaffe chief Göring Viktor Lutze withdrew control of the unit. Parts of the standard were therefore trained for airborne use and incorporated into the Air Force ( 7th Air Division ) at the start of the war . In public and parade service, the members of the SA standard "Feldherrnhalle" wore brown SA uniforms with two armpit flaps and Luftwaffe sovereign badge, in field service and maneuvers the pilot's gray with the Feldherrnhalle sleeve stripe.
Remaining parts of the standard, so the III. Battalion, became part of the 271st Infantry Regiment of the Wehrmacht , which was subordinate to the 93rd Infantry Division . The 271 Infantry Regiment was named "Feldherrnhalle" on August 9, 1942. From 1943 there was the Feldherrnhalle Panzergrenadier Division , which was formed from Infantry Regiment 271 and remnants of the 60th Motorized Infantry Division . In 1945 the Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 1 and Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2 were set up. The designation "Feldherrnhalle" for the associations should also express the bond with the SA standard "Feldherrnhalle".
After the unconditional surrender in 1945, the SA (like the NSDAP and the SS ) was banned by the Control Council Act No. 2 and its associations were dissolved.
Commanders
- Erich Reimann, from March 23, 1936 to leader of the SA-Wachstandarte Feldherrenhalle, from 1937 SA-Gruppenführer
- Erwin Kübler, SA brigade leader from 1942
literature
- Brian L. Davis: Standards and flags of the German Wehrmacht 1933-1945. Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, Friedberg / H. 1991, ISBN 3-7909-0470-8 .
- Georg Tessin : Associations and troops of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS in World War II 1939–1945. Volume 6: The Land Forces 71–130 . Biblio-Verlag, Osnabrück 1972, ISBN 3-7648-0872-1 , pp. 126-130.