Wilhelm Reinhard

Wilhelm Reinhard was a German long-serving professional military officer in the Royal Prussian Army, the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht. A member of the Nazi Party, he became a General der Infanterie, an SS-Obergruppenführer and a member of the Reichstag. Between 1934 and 1943, he was the leader of the Kyffhäuserbund, the major veterans' organization in Nazi Germany that was outlawed in 1945 after the end of World War II. He refounded the organization in West Germany and led it until his death.