Theodor Wisch

Theodor Wisch
Born	13 December 1907
Died	11 January 1995 (aged 87)
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1933–45
Rank	SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS
Service number	SS #4,759
Commands held	SS Division Leibstandarte
Battles/wars	World War II Battle of Normandy
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

Theodor Wisch (13 December 1907 – 11 January 1995) was a German high-ranking member of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a commander of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords. He assumed command of the LSSAH in April 1943.^[1] He was seriously wounded in combat on the Western Front by a naval artillery barrage in the Falaise Pocket on 20 August 1944, and replaced as division commander by SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke.^[2]

Awards

• Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (24 September 1939) & 1st Class (8 November 1939)^[3]
• Infantry Assault Badge in Silver^[4]
• Wound Badge in Silver^[4]
• German Cross in Gold on 25 February 1943 as SS-Standartenführer in the 2. Panzergrenadier-Regiment SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"^[5]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
  • Knight's Cross on 15 September 1941 as SS-Sturmbannführer and commander of the II./"Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"^[6]
  • 393rd Oak Leaves on 12 February 1944 as SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS, and commander of the LSSAH^[6]
  • 94th Swords on 30 August 1944 as SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS, and commander of the LSSAH^[6]
• Mentioned in the Wehrmachtbericht on 31 December 1943

References

Citations

1. Reynolds 1997, p. 14.
2. Fischer 2008, p. 38.
3. Thomas 1998, p. 447.
4. Berger 1999, p. 379.
5. Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 517.
6. Scherzer 2007, p. 790.

Bibliography

• Berger, Florian (1999). Mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern. Die höchstdekorierten Soldaten des Zweiten Weltkrieges [With Oak Leaves and Swords. The Highest Decorated Soldiers of the Second World War] (in German). Vienna, Austria: Selbstverlag Florian Berger. ISBN 978-3-9501307-0-6.
• Fischer, Thomas (2008). Soldiers of the Leibstandarte: SS-Brigadefuhrer Wilhelm Mohnke and 62 Soldiers of Hitler's Elite Division. Fedorowicz (J.J.). ISBN 978-0-921991-91-5.
• Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
• Reynolds, Michael Frank (1997). Steel inferno: I SS Panzer Corps in Normandy: The Story of the 1st and 12th SS Panzer Divisions in the 1944 Normandy Campaign. Steelhurst: Spellmount. ISBN 1-873376-90-1.
• 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 [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.
• Thomas, Franz (1998). Die Eichenlaubträger 1939–1945 Band 2: L–Z [The Oak Leaves Bearers 1939–1945 Volume 2: L–Z] (in German). Osnabrück, Germany: Biblio-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7648-2300-9.
• Die Wehrmachtberichte 1939–1945 Band 2, 1. Januar 1942 bis 31. Dezember 1943 [The Wehrmacht Reports 1939–1945 Volume 2, 1 January 1942 to 31 December 1943] (in German). München, Germany: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. 1985. ISBN 978-3-423-05944-2.

External links

• "Greise Popstars mit Ritterkreuz" [Elder Popstars with the Knight's Cross]. Der Spiegel (in German). 44. 1997. ISSN 0038-7452. Retrieved 15 May 2016.