SIPO (Kripo / Gestapo) in France

[nicolas75]

Hello

Questions concerning SIPO (Kripo / Gestapo) in France

Does anyone has :

- pics of mens in civilan uniforms ?

- soldbuch or so if they were given one to see their assignements

Thanks

[FrenchVolunteer]

Hi,

many pictures of Sipo-SD men are in the archives, you can find some in the Lambert-Le Marec book "Les Français sous le casque allemand" (1994 and 2002 editions recommended).
And yes Sipo-SD men had Solbücher/Wehrpässe, one of an NCO from Dijon was recently sold on auction (pictures below).

See You

Vince

[SiPo]

Damn....missed that one.

Don't have an example of a SiPo Soldbuch for anyone stationed in France but I do have a Wehrpass.

SS-Sturmscharführer u. Kriminalsekretär Johannes Albert of the SiPo in Frankreich, Einsatz-Kommando Limoges. According to a letter to his wife which was in the Wehrpass, he was KIA “in Kampf mit Terroristen," and was probably one of the German contingent killed by the resistance in Tulle.

[nicolas75]

Hello

Thanks for your answers

To all, keep it coming !

Best regards

[polux]

Hello,

The album photo with the WP was sold 500 Euro during the sale Loesch of September.

SiPo : would it be possible to know the exact date of the death of Albert ?

Normally, the members of the SiPo/SD committed outside Reich be to be expanding of Einsatzbuch but it is possible that SB is used.

Cordial greetings.

Polux

[Peter2014]

Nachname: Albert
Vorname: Johannes
Dienstgrad: Scharführer
Geburtsdatum: 03.05.1907
Geburtsort: Kiel
Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 07.06.1944
Todes-/Vermisstenort: Tulle

Johannes Albert ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Berneuil.
Endgrablage: Block 2 Reihe 3 Grab 48

[Peter2014]

Nachname: Cölsch
Vorname: Karl
Dienstgrad: Oberscharführer
Geburtsdatum: 17.05.1913
Geburtsort: Pirmasens
Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 17.01.1944
Todes-/Vermisstenort: Chagny

Karl Cölsch ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Andilly.
Endgrablage: Block 6 Reihe 11 Grab 802

[SiPo]

Wehrpass covered in this thread.

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...ighlight=Tulle

[polux]

Hello,

Thank you Peter, I had not thought of exploiting Volksbund.

Thank you for the link SiPo. Strangely, the page 47 of the WP indicates another place of death, Nizza or Nice in French ?

Attached an example of Einsatzbuch.

Cordial greetings.

Polux

[SiPo]

Polux, as you know I truly admire your great Einsatzbuch and still kicking myself for not pulling the trigger on that one

Thanks for the info on the auction details. Looks like I missed a nice set.

As for the Nice entry, IMO more likely a deliberate attempt to hide the true details rather than a clerical error.

Another source on the Tulle massacre states 9 SD men were executed by the Maquis on the 7th/8th so Albert could also have been one of those rather than the SD man found holding his gun.

Sadly, we will never know.

[nicolas75]

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