Naughty, Naughty Nazi

[stogieman]

I visited with Rick Lundstrom this week, picked his brain, and guess what. That boring letter in the bottom of a box was from an SS General, winner of the RK w. Oakleaves, Diamonds and Swords. It was addressed to an SS Colonel (also RK winner and former Wiking Division big whig), and discussed amongst other things.....
Right wing politics, helping one of the Camerad's family/wife after he was arrested for killing another Waffen SS NCO, mentioned speaking with Papa H., and how about that Wiking Division reunion next year.
This entire discussion was in a letter dated 1951.
Naughty, naughty, naughty.
Signed by the Oakleaves and Diamonds winner.
Here's the author of the letter, recognize him??

[stogieman]

More details & hints

Here are Rick's notes on the document, figure out who he is yet?


The receipient of the letter was one..............

Manfred Schönfelder, born 18 March 1912, died 3 March
1983. SS # 59,781, NSDAP MEmber # 1,135,901. SS-
Junkerschule Tölz Class of 1935: SS Untersturmführer
20.4.36. Highest rank SS Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant
Colonel) 9 November 1943. German Cross in Gold 11.6.42
as commander of IIIrd Battalion/SS Regiment "Germania",
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 23.2.44 as "Ia"
(General Staff Officer) of 5th SS Panzer
Division "Wiking."

The letter mentions talking to "Papa H" who was Paul
Hausser(1880-1962), Waffen SS Oberstgruppenführer,
retired army generalleutnant, who was the "father" of
the Waffen SS.

(????) was one of TWENTY SEVEN "Diamonds" holders, only
two of whom were Waffen SS. The other was Sepp Dietrich.
(????) is called "the most decorated" officer in the
Waffen SS. Clean as a whistle, POW camp 1945-48 and
never a blemish

[Gordon Williamson]

He is number 12, Herbert-Otto Gille

[stuart c]

Would it be Herbert Otto Gille,SS Obergruppenfuhrer und General der Waffen SS ?

[stuart c]

You just pipped me to the post there Gordon.

[stogieman]

Right!

Excellent, you all win cookies!

[Rick Research]

The letter was in amidst such exciting stuff as work references for a gardener in the 1880s, and that sort of "blah." Frightened the cats when that one came out of the pile!

[John F.]

My guess was COL Klink.

[Aleks]

Gille's RK-Br

Dear sirs!
Can you tell me for what SS-gruf. G. Gille have got brilliants to his RK (formally)?
With respect, Aleks