Help in research...SS General(?)

[PaulR]

Michael,

Do you think that the US Archieves will have more information than you have posted(including photo), or was the resource you used to obtain the above info from the same source?

Best regards
Paul Reck

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Paul, the US Archives will have the same info that Mike has posted; the photo (if attached) will be of a small "Soldbuch" sized print.

I did some research on the original owner of an SS dagger that I have in my collection, hence my answer.

Cheers, Ade.

[PaulR]

Thank you for your answer Ade. You have just saved me 34 dollars. I have been doing a lot of internet research with very few leads... I wish I could just see a pic of him in is uniform. There must be quite a few out there(based on the positions held, he must be in few with some pretty noteworthy people)... but if I dont know what he looks like .

The quest continues...

Thanks
Paul

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Paul, I would still buy the photocopies of his service records as the price is not high. These are copies of the original documents and not just a list.


Cheers, Ade.

[PaulR]

I just want to take a few moments to thank Mr. Lumsden for his contribution for my quest... I am still awaiting stuff from the national archieves. I will look for the book listed below. He is what Robin had to say:

Hello Shannon.

> I'm sorry, but I can't add much to what Mike Miller has already given you.

> It appears that he was most likely in an administrative position, but

> beyond

>

> that it is hard to say. If you can get hold of a copy of the US Army

> SHAEF

> 1944 intelligence publication called 'The Allgemeine-SS' (it's been

> reprinted and you can get it at specialist military bookdealers) it goes

> into huge detail about all the offices and sub-ofices in the

> Personalhauptamt etc. The trouble is that these main SS departments dealt

> with a lot of things, such as welfare, pensions, etc. so what he did

> cannot

> be totally determined from the information available. Sorry I can't be of

> more help. Many officers in these types of posts held multiple

> responsibilites, and were also city councillors, government advisors, etc.

> It's what Himmler called the 'plurality of office', i.e. putting one

> senior

> SS man in charge of a number of key local positions to concentrate SS

> power.

>

> All of these men owed personal allegiance to Himmler, so the more

> government

>

> men he could entice into the SS, the stronger his own influence was.

> Best regards,

> Robin Lumsden.