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Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was a German politician and SS commander during the Nazi era. He joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and was elected to the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic in 1930. Prior to 1929, Dietrich was Adolf Hitler's chauffeur and bodyguard.
Sep 1, 2017 · Josef “Sepp” Dietrich was one of the principal German tank commanders of WWII. An SS officer and veteran of WWI, he came from a working class background. He was one of those who made the German army of WWII so different from the aristocratic warrior elite from before.
May 24, 2024 · Josef Dietrich (born May 28, 1892, Hawangen, Germany—died April 21, 1966, Ludwigsburg, West Germany) was a German SS officer who commanded Adolf Hitler ’s bodyguard and later led an SS panzer (armoured) army in World War II. A butcher’s apprentice, Dietrich joined the German army in 1911 and rose to the rank of sergeant during World War I.
Josef -Sepp- Dietrich was born May 28th, 1892, in Hawangen, Bavaria, Germany. He started his military career in the Bavarian army. During World War 1 he served as a gunner and was injured several times. After WW 1 he joined the Bavarian State Police. In 1928 he joined the NSDAP (National-Socialist Workers Party) where he came to know Hitler ...
Josef “Sepp” Dietrich was an SS general and high-ranking Nazi Party member. He was one of Nazi Germany's most highly decorated soldiers. During World War I, Dietrich served with the Bavarian Field Artillery and was awarded the Iron Cross for bravery in combat. Thereafter, his life continued to be laced with adventure and danger.
Josef "Sepp" Dietrich was born on 28 May 1892. He had served in the German Army during World War I and was a decorated soldier for his bravery. He joined Hitler's SS and became the head of his personal bodyguard. He would lead members of the SS during the purge of Rohm and the various SA leaders targetted during the Night of Long Knives.
Jul 10, 2024 · 63. To cite one example, Dietrich revealed early in 1935 that he had been in contact with the Army over the matter of securing tanks for the Leibstandarte.Dietrich to Lieutenant Colonel Radlmeyer, Jan. 17, 1935, T-354/201/3862227.
Sepp Dietrich. The commander of the Division Leibstandarte and later the I SS Panzer Corps, Sepp Dietrich was born in Hawangen, near Memmingen in Bavaria, on 28th May 1892. A decorated veteran of the First World War and recipient of the Iron Cross first class, Dietrich was a relatively late member of the Nazi party, joining in 1928 after stints ...
Apr 27, 2016 · LUDWIGSBURG, WEST GERMANY — Former SS Col. Gen. Sepp Dietrich, Hitler’s favorite soldier, was carried today [April 27] by weeping ex-generals to a hillside grave in this town of baroque castles. More than 7,000 mourners, mostly men of the former SS fighting formations and their relatives, including many from the Belgian, Danish and Austrian Waffen SS, paid their last respects to one of the ...
Tweet. Josef 'Sepp' Dietrich (1892-1966) was one of Hitler’s favourite SS commanders, but his military record was mixed, and included successes in Normandy and failures during the battle of the Bulge. He was also implicated in a series of war crimes, and convicted for his part in the Malmedy Massacre.
