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Herbert Otto Gille

German general

Died when: 69 years 293 days (837 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Herbert Otto Gille

Herbert Otto Gille (8 March 1897 – 26 December 1966) was a high-ranking German SS officer, and divisional & corps commander of the Waffen SS.

He commanded the SS Division Wiking during World War II.Gille was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, making him the most highly decorated Waffen-SS member of the war.

After the war, Gille opened a book store and became active in HIAG, a lobby group and a revisionist veteran's organisation founded by former high-ranking Waffen-SS personnel in West Germany in 1951.


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