Hermann Weiser

Hermann Weiser
Nickname(s)	Bibl
Born	(1918-11-22)22 November 1918 Ottenau, Baden, Germany
Died	21 March 1970(1970-03-21) (aged 51) Ludwigsburg, Württemberg, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1933–45
Rank	Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit	1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler 1st SS Panzer Corps
Commands	2nd Motor Cycle Company LSSAH
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class

Hermann "Bibl" Weiser (22 November 1918 – 21 March 1970) was a Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in the Waffen-SS who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Weiser was born on 22 November 1918 in Ottenau, Baden. He joined the Hitler Youth in 1932 and was awarded the Hitler Youth Honour Medal.

At the end of 1937 he joined the SS, service number 351 242 and was assigned to the Deutschland Regiment. He was later transferred to the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and given command of the 2nd Motor Cycle Company in the Reconnaissance Battalion. Hauptsturmführer Weiser distinguished himself as the leader in the Third Battle of Kharkov and for his personal bravery and decisive leadership which led to the capture of the Russian forces defending the town of Valki, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Weiser eventually became the adjutant of the 1st SS Panzer Corps.

Later life

He died 21 March 1970.

Awards

• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 28 March 1943 as SS-Obersturmführer of the Reserves and leader of the 2.(Aufklärungs-Abteilung)/"Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"

References

Bibliography

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• Krätschmer, Ernst-Günther (1999). Die Ritterkreuzträger der Waffen-SS. Coburg, Germany: Nation Europa Verlag. ISBN 978-3-920677-43-9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
• Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)