List of Waffen-SS division commanders

This is a list of Waffen-SS division commanders.

1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Oberstgruppenführer	Josef Dietrich	15 August 1938 – 7 April 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Theodor Wisch	7 April 1943 – 20 August 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Wilhelm Mohnke	20 August 1944 – 6 February 1945
SS-Brigadeführer	Otto Kumm	6 February 1945 – 8 May 1945

2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Oberstgruppenführer	Paul Hausser	19 October 1939 – 14 October 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Wilhelm Bittrich	14 October 1941 – 31 December 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Matthias Kleinheisterkamp	31 December 1941 – 19 April 1942
SS-Obergruppenführer	Georg Keppler	19 April 1942 – 10 February 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Herbert-Ernst Vahl	10 February 1943 – 18 March 1943
SS-Oberführer	Kurt Brasack	18 March 1943 – 29 March 1943
SS-Obergruppenführer	Walter Krüger	29 March 1943 – 23 October 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Heinz Lammerding	23 October 1943 – 24 July 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Christian Tychsen	24 July 1944 – 28 July 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Otto Baum	28 July 1944 – 23 October 1944
SS-Gruppenführer	Heinz Lammerding	23 October 1944 – 20 January 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Karl Kreutz	20 January 1945 – 29 January 1945
SS-Gruppenführer	Werner Ostendorff	20 January 1945 – 9 March 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Rudolf Lehmann	9 March 1945 – 13 April 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Karl Kreutz	13 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

3rd SS Division Totenkopf

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Obergruppenführer	Theodor Eicke	1 November 1939 – 7 July 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Matthias Kleinheisterkamp	7 July 1941 – 18 July 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Georg Keppler	18 July 1941 – 19 September 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Theodor Eicke	19 September 1941 – 26 February 1943
SS-Obergruppenführer	Hermann Priess	26 February 1943 – 27 April 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Heinz Lammerding	27 April 1943 – 15 May 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Max Simon	15 May 1943 – 22 October 1943
SS-Obergruppenführer	Hermann Priess	22 October 1943 – 21 June 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Hellmuth Becker	21 June 1944 – 8 May 1945

4th SS Polizei Division

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Gruppenführer	Konrad Hitschler	1 September 1940 – 8 September 1940
SS-Gruppenführer	Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch	8 September 1940 – 10 November 1940
SS-Gruppenführer	Arthur Mülverstedt	10 November 1940 – 10 August 1941
SS-Gruppenführer	Emil Höring	16 August 1941 – 18 August 1941
SS-Brigadeführer	Walter Krüger	18 August 1941 – 15 December 1941
SS-Standartenführer	Alfred Wünnenberg	15 December 1941 – 14 May 1942
SS-Oberführer	Alfred Borchert	15 May 1942 – 18 July 1942
SS-Brigadeführer	Alfred Wünnenberg	19 July 1942 – 10 June 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Schmedes	10 June 1943 – 5 July 1943
SS-Standartenführer	Otto Binge	5 July 1943 – 18 August 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Freitag	18 August 1943 – 20 October 1943
SS-Oberführer	Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock	20 October 1943 – 19 April 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Jürgen Wagner	19 April 1944 – ? May 1944
SS-Oberführer	Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock	? May 1944 – 7 May 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Herbert-Ernst Vahl	7 May 1944 – 22 July 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Karl Schümers	22 July 1944 – 16 August 1944
SS-Oberführer	Helmut Dörner	16 August 1944 – 22 August 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Schmedes	22 August 1944 – 27 November 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Walter Harzer	27 November 1944 – 1 March 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Fritz Göhler	1 March 1945 – ? March 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Walter Harzer	? March 1945 – 8 May 1945

5th SS Panzer Division Wiking

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Obergruppenführer	Felix Steiner	1 December 1940 – 1 May 1943
SS-Obergruppenführer	Herbert Gille	1 May 1943 – 6 August 1944
SS-Oberführer	Eduard Deisenhofer	20 July 1944 – 11 August 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Johannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp	11 August 1944 – 9 October 1944
SS-Oberführer	Karl Ullrich	9 October 1944 – 5 May 1945

6th SS Mountain Division Nord

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Brigadeführer	Richard Herrmann	28 February 1941 – 25 May 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Karl Maria Demelhuber	25 May 1941 – 21 September 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Georg Keppler	21 September 1941 - ?? October 1941
SS-Obergruppenführer	Karl Maria Demelhuber	?? October 1941 - 21 April 1942
SS-Obergruppenführer	Matthias Kleinheisterkamp	21 April 1942 - ?? April 1942
SS-Oberführer	Hans Scheider	21 April 1942 – 15 June 1942
SS-Obergruppenführer	Matthias Kleinheisterkamp	15 June 1942 – 15 December 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Lothar Debes	15 December 1943 – 20 May 1944
SS-Obergruppenführer	Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger	20 May 1944 – 20 August 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Gustav Lombard	20 August 1944 – 1 September 1944
SS-Gruppenführer	Karl-Heinrich Brenner	1 September 1944 – 2 April 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Franz Schreiber	2 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Obergruppenführer	Artur Phleps	30 January 1942 – 15 May 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Karl von Oberkamp	15 May 1943 – 30 January 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Otto Kumm	30 January 1944 – 20 January 1945
SS-Brigadeführer	August Schmidhuber	20 January 1945 – 8 May 1945

8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Brigadeführer	Gustav Lombard	?? March 1942 - ?? April 1942
SS-Gruppenführer	Hermann Fegelein	?? April 1942 - ?? August 1942
SS-Obergruppenführer	Wilhelm Bittrich	?? August 1942 - 15 February 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Freitag	15 February 1943 – 20 April 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Gustav Lombard	20 April 1943 – 14 May 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Hermann Fegelein	14 May 1943 – 13 September 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Bruno Streckenbach	13 September 1943 – 22 October 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Hermann Fegelein	22 October 1943 – 1 January 1944
SS-Gruppenführer	Bruno Streckenbach	1 January 1944 – 14 April 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Gustav Lombard	14 April 1944 – 1 July 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Joachim Rumohr	1 July 1944 – 11 February 1945

9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Obergruppenführer	Wilhelm Bittrich	15 February 1943 – 29 June 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Thomas Müller	29 June 1944 – 10 July 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Sylvester Stadler	10 July 1944 – 31 July 1944
SS-Oberführer	Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock	31 July 1944 – 29 August 1944
SS-Oberführer	Walter Harzer	29 August 1944 – 10 October 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Sylvester Stadler	10 October 1944 – 8 May 1945

10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Standartenführer	Michael Lippert	?? March 1943 - 15 February 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Lothar Debes	15 February 1943 – 15 November 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld	15 November 1943 – 27 April 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Heinz Harmel	27 April 1944 – 28 April 1945
SS-Obersturmbannführer	Erwin Franz Roestel	28 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Brigadeführer	Franz Augsberger	22 March 1943 – 1 May 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Fritz von Scholz	1 May 1943 – 27 July 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Joachim Ziegler	27 July 1944 – 25 April 1945
SS-Brigadeführer	Gustav Krukenberg	25 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Witt	31 July 1943 – 14 June 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Kurt Meyer	14 June 1944 – 6 September 1944
SS-Obersturmbannführer	Hubert Meyer	6 September 1944 – 24 October 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Kraemer	24 October 1944 – 13 November 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Hugo Kraas	13 November 1944 – 8 May 1945

13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS	Artur Phleps	13 February 1943 – 9 March 1943
SS-Standartenführer der Reserve	Herbert von Obwurzer	9 March 1943 – 1 August 1943
SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS	Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig	1 August 1943 – 1 June 1944
SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS	Desiderius Hampel	1 June 1944 – 12 May 1945

14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Galicia (1st Ukrainian)

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Gruppenführer	Walther Schimana	30 June 1943 – 20 November 1943
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Freitag	20 November 1943 – 22 April 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Freitag	5 September 1944 – 24 April 1945

15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian)

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Brigadeführer	Peter Hansen	25 February 1943 – 1 May 1943
SS-Gruppenführer	Carl Graf von Pückler-Burghauss	1 May 1943 – 17 February 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Nikolaus Heilmann	17 February 1944 – 21 July 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Herbert von Obwurzer	21 July 1944 – 26 January 1945
SS-Oberführer	Eduard Deisenhofer	26 January 1945 - ??/??/????
SS-Oberführer	Adolf Ax	26 January 1945 – 15 February 1945
SS-Brigadeführer	Karl Burk	15 February 1945 – 2 May 1945

16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Gruppenführer	Max Simon	3 October 1943 – 24 October 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Otto Baum	24 October 1944 – 8 May 1945

17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Standartenführer	Otto Binge	3 October 1943 - ? January 1944
SS-Gruppenführer	Werner Ostendorff	? January 1944 - 15 June 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Otto Binge	16 June 1944 – 18 June 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Otto Baum	18 June 1944 – 1 August 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Otto Binge	1 August 1944 – 29 August 1944
SS-Oberführer	Eduard Deisenhofer	30 August 1944 – 30 September 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Thomas Müller	30 September 1944 - ? September 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Gustav Mertsch	? September 1944 - ? October 1944
SS-Gruppenführer	Werner Ostendorff	21 October 1944 – 15 November 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Hans Lingner	15 November 1944 – 9 January 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Gerhard Lindner	9 January 1945 – 21 January 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Fritz Klingenberg	21 January 1945 – 22 March 1945
SS-Obersturmbannführer	Vinzenz Kaiser	22 March 1945 – 24 March 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Jacob Fick	24 March 1945 – 27 March 1945
SS-Oberführer	Georg Bochmann	27 March 1945 – 8 May 1945

18th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Horst Wessel

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Brigadeführer	Wilhelm Trabandt	25 January 1944 – 3 January 1945
SS-Gruppenführer	Josef Fitzthum	3 January 1945 – 10 January 1945
SS-Oberführer	Georg Bochmann	10 January 1945 – ?? March 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Heinrich Petersen	?? March 1945 – 8 May 1945

19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Oberführer	Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock	15 March 1944 – 13 April 1944
SS-Gruppenführer	Bruno Streckenbach	13 April 1944 – 8 May 1945

20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian)

SS-Commanders

Rank	Name	Service Period
SS-Brigadeführer	Franz Augsberger	?? January 1944 - 19 March 1945
SS-Brigadeführer	Berthold Maack	20 March 1945 – 8 May 1945

21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian)

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Brigadeführer	August Schmidhuber	1 May 1944 – 20 January 1945

22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Brigadeführer	August Zehender	21 April 1944 – 11 February 1945

23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Standartenführer	Helmuth Raithel	1 July 1944 – 31 October 1944

23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Sturmbannführer	Herbert Garthe	? November 1941 - ? February 1942
SS-Oberführer	Otto Reich	? February 1942 - 1 April 1942
SS-Obersturmbannführer	Arved Theuermann	1 April 1942 - ? July 1942
SS-Standartenführer	Josef Fitzthum	? July 1942 - 20 April 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Jürgen Wagner	20 April 1944 – 8 May 1945

24th Waffen Gebirgs Division der SS

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Obersturmbannführer	Karl Marx	1 August 1944 – 5 December 1944
SS-Sturmbannführer	Werner Hahn	5 December 1944 – 10 February 1945
SS-Oberführer	Adolf Wagner	10 February 1945 – 8 May 1945

25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi (1st Hungarian)

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Standartenführer	Thomas Müller	2 November 1944 - 27 November 1944
SS-Gruppenführer	József Grassy	27 November 1944 – 8 May 1945

26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian)

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Standartenführer	Rolf Tiemann	? November 1944 ? November 1944
SS-Oberführer	Zoltan Pisky	? November 1944 - 23 January 1945
SS-Oberführer	László Deák	23 January 1945 – 29 January 1945
SS-Brigadeführer	Berthold Maack	29 January 1945 – 21 March 1945
SS-Gruppenführer	Jozsef Grassy	21 March 1945 – 8 May 1945

27th SS Volunteer Division Langemarck

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Sturmbannführer	Michael Lippert	24 September 1941 – 2 April 1942
SS-Obersturmbannführer	Hans Albert von Lettow-Vorbeck	2 April 1942 - ? June 1942
SS-Hauptsturmführer	Hallmann	? June 1942 - 20 June 1942
SS-Obersturmbannführer	Josef Fitzthum	20 June 1942 – 11 July 1942
SS-Sturmbannführer	Conrad Schellong	11 July 1942 – 27 November 1944
SS-Oberführer	Thomas Müller	27 November 1944 – 8 May 1945

28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
Captain-Commandant	Georges Jacobs	?? August 1941 - ?? January 1942
SS-Hauptmann	B.E.M. Pierre Pauly	?? January 1942 - ?? March 1942
SS-Hauptmann	George Tchekhoff	?? March 1942 - ?? April 1942
SS-Sturmbannführer	Lucien Lippert	?? April 1942 - 13 February 1944
SS-Oberführer	Karl Burk	13 February 1944 – 30 January 1945
SS-Obersturmbannführer	Léon Degrelle	30 January 1945 – 8 May 1945

29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS RONA (1st Russian)

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
??? ???	Konstantin Voskoboinik	? October 1941 - ? January 1942
SS-Brigadeführer	Bronislav Kaminski	17 June 1944 – 19 August 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Christoph Diehm	19 August 1944 - ? August 1944

29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian)

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Brigadeführer	Peter Hansen	13 November 1943 – ?? March 1944
SS-Obergruppenführer	Karl Wolff	?? March 1944 – ?? September 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Pietro Mannelli	?? September 1944 – ?? September 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Peter Hansen	?? September 1944 – ?? October 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Gustav Lombard	?? October 1944 – 9 November 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Constantin Heldmann	9 November 1944 – ?? January 1945
SS-Oberführer	Ernst Tzschoppe	?? January 1945 – 8 May 1945

30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian)

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Standartenführer	Hans Siegling	18 August 1944 – 31 December 1944

30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarussian)

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
?? ?? ??	Rasdastu Astrouski	28 June 1944 – 8 May 1945

31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Batschka

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Brigadeführer	Gustav Lombard	1 October 1944 – 8 May 1945

32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 January

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Standartenführer	Johannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp	30 January 1945 – 5 February 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Joachim Richter	5 February 1945 - 17 February 1945
SS-Oberführer	Adolf Ax	17 February 1945 - 15 March 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Hans Kempin	15 March 1945 – 8 May 1945

33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian)

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
????	???? ???	?? December 1944 - 8 May 1945

33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French)

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
(LVF)	Roger Labonne	?? August 1941 - 31 March 1942
Major's	LaCroix/Demessine	1 April 1942 – 31 May 1943
SS-Oberführer	Edgar Puaud	1 June 1943 - ?? August 1943
SS-Obersturmbannführer	Paul Gamory-Dubourdeau	?? August 1943 - 31 July 1944
SS-Hauptsturmführer	Erich Kostenbader	1 August 1944 - ?? August 1944
SS-Brigadeführer	Edgar Puaud	September 1944 - 28 February 1945
SS-Brigadeführer	Gustav Krukenberg	28 February 1945 – 25 April 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Walter Zimmermann	25 April 1945 – 8 May 1945

34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Oberführer	Viktor Knapp	11 May 1943 – 1 April 1944
SS-Obersturmbannführer	Deurheit	1 April 1944 – 5 November 1944
SS-Standartenführer	Martin Kohlroser	5 November 1944 – 8 May 1945

35th SS and Police Grenadier Division

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Standartenführer	Ruediger Pipkorn	18 March 1945 – 8 May 1945

36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Oberführer der Reserve	Oskar Dirlewanger	15 June 1940 - ? April 1945
SS-Brigadeführer	Fritz Schmedes	? April 1945 - 8 May 1945

37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Oberführer	Waldemar Fegelein	?? February 1945 - ?? March 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Karl Gesele	?? March 1945 - 8 May 1945

38th SS Division Nibelungen

SS-Commanders

Name	Rank	Service Period
SS-Obersturmbannführer	Richard Schulze-Kossens	?? March 1945 - 12 April 1945
SS-Standartenführer	Martin Stange	12 April 1945 - 8 May 1945
SS-Gruppenführer	Heinz Lammerding	also assigned as commanders, but never took up the post
SS-Obergruppenführer	Karl von Oberkamp	also assigned as commanders, but never took up the post

References

• Waffen-SS Commanders by Mark C. Yerger
• Waffen-SS Divisions 1939-45 by Chris Bishop