Gottlob Berger
SS general (1896-1975) · Germany · On the map · Died at 78
Gottlob Christian Berger was a German senior Nazi official who held the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS and was the chief of the SS Main Office responsible for Schutzstaffel (SS) recruiting during World War II.
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The Inspector of Concentration Camps, SS-Gruppenführer Theodor Eicke (pictured as a SS-Obergruppenführer) was appointed to command the new SS-Division-Totenkopf, which was formed using personnel from the SS-TV
Danish recruits joining the Waffen-SS in 1941
Generalmajor Alfred Jodl took a dim view of Berger's diversion of potential Wehrmacht recruits to the SS
Himmler inspecting the SS-Division Wiking in September 1942. The "Germanic" regiments SS-Nordland and SS-Westland had been used to help form the division at the end of 1940.
The 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen camped on the outskirts of a Bosnian town
In late 1942, the SS Cavalry Brigade was used as the cadre for the SS Cavalry Division
Young soldiers of the 12th SS Panzergrenadier Division Hitlerjugend receiving the Iron CrossAwards
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At the post-war Nuremberg trials, the Waffen-SS - within which Berger was a senior officer - was declared to be a criminal organisation due to its major involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity. Berger was convicted as a war criminal and spent six and a half years in prison.