Gustav Krukenberg
| Gustav Krukenberg | |
|---|---|
| Born |
8 March 1888 Bonn, Rhine Province, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 23 October 1980 (aged 92) Bad Godesberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire Nazi Germany
|
| Service/branch |
 Waffen-SS
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| Years of service | 1907–18 1939–45 |
| Rank | Brigadeführer |
| Service number |
NSDAP #1,067,635 SS #116,686 |
| Commands held |
SS Division Charlemagne SS Division Nordland |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards |
Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class |
| Relations |
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Gustav Krukenberg (8 March 1888 – 23 October 1980) was Brigadeführer of the Charlemagne Division of the Waffen-SS and further commander of its remains and the SS Division Nordland during the Battle of Berlin in April 1945.
Krukenberg was born in Bonn, the son of a professor at Bonn University and his mother was the daughter of the archeologist Alexander Conze. He gained a doctorate in law and joined the army in 1907. He married in 1912. During World War I, he served as an ordnance officer and adjutant and was promoted to Hauptmann in 1918. After the war he served in the Civil Service as the private secretary to the Foreign minister and was briefly a director in industry. He joined the Nazi Party in 1932 and he worked at the propaganda ministry after Adolf Hitler came to power and was a member of the Allgemeine SS.
With the outbreak of World War II Krukenberg re-joined the army as a major and served on the General Staff in Paris. In December 1943 he transferred from the Wehrmacht Heer, in which he had reached the rank of Oberstleutnant, to the Waffen-SS which he joined with the equivalent rank of Obersturmbannführer. He was promoted three more times, obtaining the rank of Brigadeführer in 1944. A fluent French speaker, he commanded the French volunteers of the SS Charlemagne Division.
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