Ernst Sachs ( German: Ernst Sachs , December 24, 1880 , Berlin - August 23, 1956 , Bad Wildbad ) - one of the senior SS officers, SS Obergruppenführer and General of the SS (June 21, 1943), general lieutenant (October 1, 1935).
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| Birth | December 24, 1880 Berlin , German Empire | ||||||||||||||||||
| Death | August 23, 1956 (aged 75) Bad Wildbad , Baden-Württemberg , Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Awards | German Empire
Third Reich
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| Rank |  Obergruppenfuhrer SS | ||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
After graduating from school, he entered the service of the 1st Railway Regiment of the German Army ; on March 10, 1900 he received the rank of fan-cadet . Member of the First World War, for military merits was awarded the Iron Cross of the 1st and 2nd class. After the war he served in the Reichswehr and held staff posts. From December 1, 1926 to May 1, 1929, the commander of the 1st communications battalion. Since November 1, 1930, the commander of communication courses (section D) at the artillery school of Uteborg. On October 1, 1934, the commander of the Army School of Communications in Galle.
On November 1, 1936, an inspector of communications units under the Reichsfuhrer SS. On November 9, 1936, he was admitted to the SS (ticket number 278 781), received the rank of SS brigadeführer and was transferred to the service at the SS Main Directorate , where he headed the 11th Directorate (communications). May 1, 1937 joined the NSDAP (ticket number 4 167 008). Joseph Goebbels , Minister of Propaganda, was appointed President of the German Broadcasting Radio Amateur Society (DASD) on May 15, 1940.
November 1, 1940 he was appointed chief of the Communications Service of the SS and remained with him until the end of the war. In 1943, was removed from military records in the Wehrmacht. November 9, 1944 he was admitted to the Reichsfuhrer SS Headquarters . He died on August 23, 1956 in Bad Wildbad from a heart attack.
Rewards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st grade ( Kingdom of Prussia )
- Cross “For the length of service” (for 25 years of immaculate service) ( Kingdom of Prussia )
- 4th Class Military Merit Order with Swords ( Kingdom of Bavaria )
- Order of the Crown 4th class ( Kingdom of Prussia )
- Order of Albrecht 2nd Class Knight's Cross with Swords ( Kingdom of Saxony )
- Order of the Saxe-Ernestine House 1st Class Knight's Cross with Swords
- Cross “For Military Merit” ( Principality of Lippe )
- 3rd Class Military Merit Cross with Military Distinction ( Austria-Hungary )
- Iron Crescent ( Ottoman Empire )
- Order of Merit of the Knights Cross ( Kingdom of Bulgaria )
- Honorary Cross of World War I 1914/1918 with swords
- Medal "For the length of service in the Wehrmacht" 1st class (25 years)
- Medal “In memory of March 13, 1938”
- Medal “In memory of October 1, 1938”
- 2nd and 1st grade military merit cross with swords
- Ring "Dead Head"
- Reichsführer SS Honor Sword
Literature
- Zalessky K.A. SS. Security detachments of the NSDAP. - M .: Eksmo, 2005 .-- 672 p. - ISBN 5-699-09780-5 .
Links
- Generalleutnant Ernst Sachs - Lexikon der Wehrmacht (German)
- Sachs Ernst (German)