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Preiss was born on May 24, 1901 in the town of Marnitz in Mecklenburg, son of a farmer. After the completion of their schooling works with his father on the family farm until January 1919 when he enlists in the German army as a volunteer, even though the war in the West is over, the eastern and southern borders of Germany still represent a danger to it. Served in the Freikorps von Brandis in the Baltic area, being wounded during operations in Riga, receiving the Iron Cross 2nd and 1st Class for performance.
In 1934 he joined the SS Verfügungstruppe - the first military units SS - and served as a company commander in the 13th Infanteriegeschutz / SS Regiment "Germania", when deciding on the allocation of a regiment of artillery to the SS-VT, Priess is commissioned to the conformation and training of this unit, involved with its artillery unit in the campaign of Poland serving Verband support Ostpreussen Panzer Army, receiving the Iron Cross, 1939 for this action.
He transferred to the newly formed SS Division Totenkopf , comformada from SS Totenkopfverbande and the rank of SS Sturmbannführer (Major) is assigned to the command of the 2nd Battalion of the Regiment of Artillery, shortly after the termination of the campaign in the West , is promoted to commander of the regiment.It is distinguished for the shares on the Eastern Front when the SS Division Totenkopf is enclosed in the bag Demjansk in the winter of 1941-1942, the SS division commander Theodor Eicke Obergruppenfuhrer scoring is particularly impressed "if it were not for Preiss , none of us would be here now. "
When Eicke is decommissioned on February 26, 1943, Preiss was given command of the division with the rank of SS Oberführer (Brigadier), receiving performance of his division in action against Army 3rd Cross Russian Tanks Knight on April 28, 1943. In the months following the Totenkopf involved in heavy fighting in the Third Battle of Kharkov, and then, in July, in the southern sector of outgoing Kursk where the Panzer Regiment of the division involved in the bloody action in Prokhorovka, the operation fails Kursk leads back to the Totenkopf to the area of Kharkov, which falls into Russian hands again on July 22, 1943.
On September 9, 1943, Preiss received the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross, the continuous Totenkopf on the Eastern Front until the end of the war, receiving the admiration of the commanders of the Wehrmacht for their performance in them. The April 24, 1944, Preiss receives the Swords and July 13 of the same year over the command of the SS division Oberführer Hellmuth Becker, taking under his command the newly formed Army XIII SS Corps, this unit has only really within their ranks with the 17 SS Panzergrenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen" with the 11th Panzer Division, part of the 3rd and 5th Division Panzergrenadier and some Army units Volksgrenadier. This body comes into action in September 1944 in an attempt to stop breaking the front by the U.S. 3rd Army in the region of Saaland.
In October 1944 delivery Preiss command of your unit to Gruppenfuhrer SS Max Simon and takes under his command to the I SS Panzer Corps in order to participate in operations in the Ardennes. After the withdrawal in the Ardennes, the I SS Panzer Corps participates in actions in Hungary aimed at halting Russian military operations in the area of Lake Balaton in February and March of 1945.
Hermann Preiss survives the war, however, is on trial for war crimes related to the death of American prisoners in the area of Malmedy during the Battle of the Bulge, being taken to prison in 1946 and sentenced to 25 years, is released in 1954 and dies in Ahrensburg on March 2, 1985.
In 1934 he joined the SS Verfügungstruppe - the first military units SS - and served as a company commander in the 13th Infanteriegeschutz / SS Regiment "Germania", when deciding on the allocation of a regiment of artillery to the SS-VT, Priess is commissioned to the conformation and training of this unit, involved with its artillery unit in the campaign of Poland serving Verband support Ostpreussen Panzer Army, receiving the Iron Cross, 1939 for this action.
He transferred to the newly formed SS Division Totenkopf , comformada from SS Totenkopfverbande and the rank of SS Sturmbannführer (Major) is assigned to the command of the 2nd Battalion of the Regiment of Artillery, shortly after the termination of the campaign in the West , is promoted to commander of the regiment.It is distinguished for the shares on the Eastern Front when the SS Division Totenkopf is enclosed in the bag Demjansk in the winter of 1941-1942, the SS division commander Theodor Eicke Obergruppenfuhrer scoring is particularly impressed "if it were not for Preiss , none of us would be here now. "
When Eicke is decommissioned on February 26, 1943, Preiss was given command of the division with the rank of SS Oberführer (Brigadier), receiving performance of his division in action against Army 3rd Cross Russian Tanks Knight on April 28, 1943. In the months following the Totenkopf involved in heavy fighting in the Third Battle of Kharkov, and then, in July, in the southern sector of outgoing Kursk where the Panzer Regiment of the division involved in the bloody action in Prokhorovka, the operation fails Kursk leads back to the Totenkopf to the area of Kharkov, which falls into Russian hands again on July 22, 1943.
On September 9, 1943, Preiss received the Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross, the continuous Totenkopf on the Eastern Front until the end of the war, receiving the admiration of the commanders of the Wehrmacht for their performance in them. The April 24, 1944, Preiss receives the Swords and July 13 of the same year over the command of the SS division Oberführer Hellmuth Becker, taking under his command the newly formed Army XIII SS Corps, this unit has only really within their ranks with the 17 SS Panzergrenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen" with the 11th Panzer Division, part of the 3rd and 5th Division Panzergrenadier and some Army units Volksgrenadier. This body comes into action in September 1944 in an attempt to stop breaking the front by the U.S. 3rd Army in the region of Saaland.
In October 1944 delivery Preiss command of your unit to Gruppenfuhrer SS Max Simon and takes under his command to the I SS Panzer Corps in order to participate in operations in the Ardennes. After the withdrawal in the Ardennes, the I SS Panzer Corps participates in actions in Hungary aimed at halting Russian military operations in the area of Lake Balaton in February and March of 1945.
Hermann Preiss survives the war, however, is on trial for war crimes related to the death of American prisoners in the area of Malmedy during the Battle of the Bulge, being taken to prison in 1946 and sentenced to 25 years, is released in 1954 and dies in Ahrensburg on March 2, 1985.
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