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Martin Kohlroser

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Martin Kohlroser
File:Martin Kohlroser.jpg
Martin Kohlroser in foreground
Born8 January 1905
Died14 November 1967 (aged 62)
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service/branch Waffen-SS
Years of service1933–45
RankOberführer (Senior Colonel)
Unit34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsIron Cross 1st Class
Iron Cross 2nd Class
German Cross in Gold
Infantry Assault Badge

Martin Kohlroser (8 January 1905 – 14 November 1967) was a SS-Oberführer (Senior Colonel) in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the German Cross in Gold.

Kohlroser was one of the original 117, men selected by Josef Dietrich to form the Bodyguard for Adolf Hitler in March 1933.[1] and during his service in the SS, he would be promoted from a junior officer in the LSSAH, to the rank of SS-Oberführer and would end World War II, in command of the 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland.[2]

Commands

References

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  2. ^ a b "frontkjemper".
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