Sylvester Stadler
Waffen-SS Commander (1910–1995) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sylvester Stadler (30 December 1910 – 23 August 1995) was a high-ranking Austrian commander of the Waffen-SS, a commander of the SS Division Hohenstaufen, previously having been the commander of the SS regiment whose 3rd Company was responsible for the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre. Only 34 years old at the end of the war, he held the rank of SS-Brigadeführer and generalmajor of the Waffen SS and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.
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Born | (1910-12-30)30 December 1910 Fohnsdorf, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 23 August 1995(1995-08-23) (aged 84) Augsburg, Germany |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Waffen-SS |
Years of service | 1935–45 |
Rank | Brigadeführer |
Service number | NSDAP #4,159,018 SS #139,495[1] |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
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