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    Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was a German politician and SS commander during the Nazi era. He joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and...
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    1st SS-Standarte. By 1933 this unit was placed under the command of Sepp Dietrich, who selected 117 men to form the SS-Stabswache Berlin on 17 March 1933...
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    Group Eberbach. After a brief period under the Waffen-SS commander Sepp Dietrich, command of the army passed to Hasso von Manteuffel. The army saw heavy...
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    Franz Xaver Schwarz, 20 April 1942 (... der Allgemeinen SS) Josef "Sepp" Dietrich, 20 April 1942 (... und Panzer-Generaloberst der Waffen-SS) Kurt Daluege...
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  • and SS-Sonderkommando Berlin. The LSSAH under the command of Josef "Sepp" Dietrich continued to serve exclusively as a personal protection unit for Hitler...
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    back to the selection of a group of 120 SS men on 17 March 1933 by Sepp Dietrich to form the Sonderkommando Berlin. By November 1933 the formation had...
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  • politician Sepp De Roover (born 1984), Belgian footballer Josef Sepp Dietrich (1892–1966), World War II Oberst-Gruppenführer of the Waffen-SS Sepp Ferstl...
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    1944. The highest-ranking defendant was the former Waffen-SS general Sepp Dietrich. The Malmedy massacre (17 December 1944) was a series of war crimes...
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    Darré and Walter Buch. After the Night of the Long Knives in July 1934, Sepp Dietrich was promoted to the rank. On 9 September 1934, so as to prevent a power...
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    was the highest-ranking officer in the Waffen-SS alongside Sepp Dietrich. Unlike Dietrich, Hausser was a trained staff officer before joining the SS....
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