The 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich or SS Division Das Reich was an armored division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.
The division near Kirovograd, Soviet Union, December 1943, two Tiger tanks
Division's Tiger I tank, during the Battle of Kursk
Burned out cars and buildings still litter the untouched remains of the original village of Oradour-sur-Glane
Walter Krüger, Heinrich Himmler and Paul Hausser near Kharkov, Soviet Union, April 1943
Heinz Lammerding
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Heinz Lammerding was a German SS officer convicted of war crimes during the Nazi era. During World War II, he commanded the SS Panzer Division Das Reich that perpetrated the Tulle and the Oradour-sur-
2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
…raided the homes of six former members of the division, all aged 85 or 86, to determine exactly what role the men had played that day. SS-Brigadeführer Heinz Lammerding, who had given the orders for retaliation against the Resistance, died in 1971, following a successful business career in West Germany. The French…
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