32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar

The 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "30 Januar" (German: 32. SS-Freiwilligen Grenadier-Division "30. Januar")[1] was formed in January 1945 from what remained of other units and staff and pupils from SS schools and various other troops. The division fought as part of the V SS Mountain Corps, on the Oder front, just north of Fürstenberg (now part of Eisenhüttenstadt) [2] and in the Battle of Berlin. The division was destroyed in the Halbe pocket, but part of the unit surrendered to the Americans at Tangermünde.

32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar
ActiveDecember 1944 - May 1945
Country Nazi Germany
Branch Waffen-SS
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision

Commanders
  • Johannes Mühlenkamp (30 Jan 1945 - 5 Feb 1945)
  • Joachim Richter (5 Feb 1945 - 17 Feb 1945)
  • Adolf Ax (17 Feb 1945 - 15 Mar 1945)
  • Hans Kempin (15 Mar 1945 - 8 May 1945)

References
  1. Official designation in German language as to „Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv“ in Freiburg im Breisgau, stores of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.
  2. Zhukov at the Oder By Tony Le Tissier, p.132

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