Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski

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German politician and SS functionary (1899-1972)

Germany PoliticiansLived 1899 to 1972 · aged 73

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Erich Julius Eberhard von dem Bach-Zelewski was a German politician of Polish-Kashubian descent, military officer and high-ranking SS commander.

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Bach-Zelewski in Minsk in 1943

Photos taken by the Polish Underground showing the bodies of women and children killed during the Warsaw Uprising, August 1944.

Awards 9

1944Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

German Cross in Gold

Golden Party Badge

Sachsen-Meiningen Cross for Merit in War

Iron Cross 1st Class

Iron Cross 2nd Class

Wound Badge

Clasp to the Iron Cross

Danzig Cross 1st Class

Connected to Erich 6

Reinhard HeydrichAlso won Danzig Cross 1st Class

Erich LudendorffAlso won Sachsen-Meiningen Cross for Merit in War

Heinrich MüllerAlso won Clasp to the Iron Cross

Arthur Seyss-InquartAlso won Wound Badge

Friedrich JeckelnAlso won Golden Party Badge

Wilhelm Ritter von LeebAlso won Clasp to the Iron Cross

About this person

Erich Julius Eberhard von dem Bach-Zelewski was a German politician of Polish-Kashubian descent, military officer and high-ranking SS commander. During World War II, he was in charge of the Nazi security warfare against those designated by the regime as ideological enemies and any other persons deemed to present danger to the Nazi rule or Wehrmacht's rear security in the occupied territories of Eastern Europe. It mostly involved atrocities against the civilian population. In 1944, he led the brutal suppression of the Warsaw Uprising.

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Germany