Wilhelm Schepmann
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| Born | 17 June 1894 Hattingen, German Empire |
| Died | 26 July 1970 (aged 76) Gifhorn, Germany |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch |  Sturmabteilung |
| Years of service | 1914–1945 |
| Rank | Stabschef SA |
| Commands held | Stabschef der SA SA-Gruppe Sachsen SA-Obergruppe Westfalen-Niederrhein |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Eisernes Kreuz I |
Wilhelm Schepmann (17 June 1894 - 26 July 1970) was an SA officer (Obergruppenführer) in Nazi Germany and the last Stabschef (Chief of Staff) of the Nazi Stormtroopers.
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[edit] Biography
He succeeded Viktor Lutze as Stabschef (SA) after Lutze was killed in a car accident. He began working to restore the morale within and the esteem of the SA and also began cooperating with the SS. He stated, "I will support the Waffen-SS just as much as any other part of the armed forces. The Waffen-SS has been heroic."
Schepmann managed to have units in the Heer (Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle), Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe (Jagdgeschwader 6 Horst Wessel) given SA honour titles, and even a Waffen-SS division (18. SS Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division Horst Wessel).
Following the war he became involved in the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights.[1] In the early 1950s he served as a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony in West Germany.[2]
He is the father of Richard Schepmann, head of the Neo-Nazi publishing house Teut-Verlag, who was jailed in 1983 for inciting racial hatred.[3]
[edit] Summary of his SA career
[edit] Dates of rank
- SA-Gruppenführer: April 1934
- SA-Obergruppenführer: (?)
- Acting Stabschef SA: 2 May 1943
- Stabschef SA: 9 November 1943
[edit] Notable decorations
- 1914 Iron Cross Second Class (?)
- 1939 Iron Cross First Class (1939)
- War Merit Cross Second (?) and First (?) Classes without Swords
- Long Service Award of the NSDAP in Bronze (?), Silver (?), and Gold (?)
- Clasp to the Iron Cross Second Class (1939)
- WWI Wound Badge in Black (1918)
- SA Sports Badge (?)
- Golden Party Badge (1933)
- Cross of Honor (1934)
- Anschluss Medal (1938)
- Sudetenland Medal (1938)
- Gau Sudetenland Commemorative Badge (1943)
- Civil Service Faithful Service Medal in Silver (?)
[edit] References
- ^ Kurt P. Tauber, Beyond Eagle and Swastika: German Nationalism since 1945, Volume 1, Wesleyan University Press, 1967, p. 806
- ^ GERMANY: A Much-Perplexed People from Time, Monday, Nov. 24, 1952
- ^ Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity, NYU Press, 2003, p. 163
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| Preceded by Viktor Lutze |
Stabschef SA 1943–1945 |
Succeeded by Disbanded |
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