Wilhelm Weber (SS officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German officer and Knight's Cross recipient
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Place of Birth: Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Wilhelm Weber (SS officer)
- Wilhelm Weber (19 March 1918 – 2 March 1980) was a mid-level commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.
- He was a member of the SS Division Charlemagne and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. In April 1945, about 350 men of the division volunteered to go to fight in the Battle of Berlin in a unit which became known as Sturmbataillon Charlemagne.
- Weber went with the group to Berlin as a group commander.
- During the fighting on 29 April, Weber was wounded and evacuated to the make-swift field hospital in the basement of the Reich Chancellery.
- It was his sixth combat wound of the war.
- While there he briefed area commander, SS-BrigadefĂĽhrer Wilhelm Mohnke as to the situation along front lines of the government district.
- He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross by Mohnke on 29 April.
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