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Johann Klockenkemper

Date of Birth: 8. Jan. 1917


Hometown: Holzkirchen

Rank: SS-Sturmmann

Assignment: 1. Zug, 2. Kompanie

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SS-Sturmmann Johann Klockenkemper


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Wound Badge in Gold: 24. Mai. 1940 (Gefallen)

SS-Mann: 14. Apr. 1937
SS-Sturmmann: 20. Nov. 1939

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Johann Klockenkemper was born in Holzkirchen in 1917, the son of an auto mechanic.

Johann excelled at Gymnasium Holzkirchen and finished in the top of his class. He joined the Hitler Youth along with all the other boys his age while in school, and apon graduation looked for entrance in the SS.

He joined the SS in 1937, and was assigned to the SS-Totenkopfverbande, and posted to the 1. SS-Totenkopf-Standarte "Oberbayern" stationed at Dachau.

He served as a guard at the Dachau camp until 1939, and then participated with his unit during it's action in the Invasion of Poland.

Johann was highly intelligent, and thus far had really enjoyed his service in the SS. He had believed all the propaganda about his personal superiority, and found a home in the SS, and with his fellow soldiers of the SS-Totenkopfverbande. It was while he was home on leave in 1938 that he influenced several more of his friends from Holzkirchen to join the SS. They would all serve together in the SS-Totenkopf-Division.

Johann was promoted to the rank of SS-Sturmmann following his actions in Poland, and was part of the cadre of troops used to form the new SS-Totenkopf-Division. He was assigned to 2. Kompanie as a Truppenfuhrer.

On May 24, 1940 Johann was killed in action while searching the French village of Beuvry. While the rest of his regiment attacked the town of Bethune, and crossed the Le Blassee Canal, Johann was attached to a search party that was sent to Beuvry in search of a Luftwaffe crew that had been shot down and bailed out over the town.

According to reports, Johann was shot by a Frenchman with a shotgun while following orders to evacuate all the houses in the town. Further reports indicate following this incident, 28 French civillians were killed. The Luftwaffe crew was never recovered. Although it is not confirmed, the SS-Totenkopfmen likely committed reprisal attacks on the French populace for the murder of SS-Strm. Klockenkemper.

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