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Felix Martin Julius Steiner was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. During World War II, he served in the Waffen-SS, the combat branch of the SS, and commanded several SS divisions and corps. H
Steiner in 1942
Post-war photo of Steiner in Finland with SS veterans Unto Parvilahti (l) and Aarne Roiha (r).
The 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking or SS Division Wiking was an infantry and later an armoured division among the thirty-eight Waffen-SS divisions of Nazi Germany. During World War II, the division ser
Felix Steiner
…volunteers and conscripts from both occupied and un-occupied lands. Steiner was chosen by Heinrich Himmler to oversee the creation of and then command the SS Division Wiking. In 1943, he was promoted to the command of the III SS Panzer Corps. On 28 January 1945, Steiner was placed in command of the 11th SS Panzer Army, which…
Troops of the division in the Soviet Union in 1941.
A German Sd.Kfz. 251 armoured fighting vehicle of the Wiking Division captured by the Polish insurgents
Warsaw Uprising insurgents inspect war trophies including an armband with the Wiking name
Bundesarchiv Bild 146 1973 138 14A, Felix Steiner