Karl Maria Demelhuber
{{Short description|German Waffen-SS commander, SS-Obergruppenführer}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name=Karl Maria Demelhuber
|birth_date=26 May 1896
|death_date= {{Death date and age|df=yes|1988|3|18|1896|5|26}}
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|caption=Demelhuber in 1942
|birth_place=Freising, German Empire
|death_place=Seeshaupt, West Germany
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|branch=Waffen-SS
|serviceyears=1914–1945
|rank = SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS
|commands = SS-Standarte Germania
6th SS Mountain Division Nord
XII SS Corps
XVI SS Corps
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|awards = German Cross in Silver
Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st class
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Karl Maria Demelhuber (26 May 1896 – 18 March 1988) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era.
Reaching the rank of Obergruppenführer (general) in the Waffen-SS during World War II, he commanded the SS-Standarte Germania, 6th SS Mountain Division Nord, XII SS Corps and XVI SS Corps.
See also
References
- {{cite book|first=Gordon|last=Williamson|authorlink=Gordon Williamson (writer)|year=1994|title=The SS: Hitler's Instrument of Terror: The Full Story From Street Fighters to the Waffen-SS|publisher=Motorbooks International|isbn=0-87938-905-2}}
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before= SS-Brigadeführer Karl Herrmann|
after= SS-Obergruppenführer Georg Keppler|
title= Commander of 6. SS-Gebirgs-Division Nord|
years=15 May 1941 – September 1941
}}
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before= SS-Obergruppenführer Georg Keppler|
after= SS-Obergruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp|
title= Commander of 6. SS-Gebirgs-Division Nord|
years=October 1941 – 1 April 1942
}}
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before= SS-Obergruppenführer Curt von Gottberg|
after= General der Infanterie Günther Blumentritt|
title= Commander of XII. SS-Armeekorps|
years=18 October 1944 – 20 October 1944
}}
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before= none|
after= dissolved in February 1945|
title= Commander of XVI. SS-Armeekorps|
years=January 1945 – February 1945
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Holder of the SS Führerdegen
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Category:Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class
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Category:Recipients of the Military Merit Cross (Bavaria)
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Category:German prisoners of war in World War II held by the United Kingdom