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Joachim Rumohr (6 August 1910 – 11 February 1945) was a German
SS commander during the
Nazi era
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. He commanded the
SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer.
On 1 April 1944, Rumohr was appointed commander of the
8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer
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. In November 1944, he was promoted to
Brigadeführer and led the division during the fighting in
Budapest
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. Rumohr was a recipient of the
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. He was seriously wounded during the attempt to break out from the city. Faced with surrender to the Soviet
Red Army
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, Rumohr committed suicide on 11 February 1945.
Awards
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Iron Cross
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2nd Class (14 November 1939) & 1st Class (28 August 1940)
[Thomas 1998, p. 233.]
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German Cross in Gold on 23 February 1943 as SS-''
Obersturmbannführer'' in Artillerie-Regiment SS-Kavillerie-Division
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
** Knight's Cross on 16 January 1944 as SS-''Obersturmbannführer'' and commander of SS-Artillerie-Regiment 8 "Florian Geyer"
** Oak Leaves on 1 February 1945 as SS-''
Brigadeführer'' and commander of 8. SS-Kavillerie-Division "Florian Geyer"
[Fellgiebel 2000, p. 96.]
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1910 births
1945 suicides
1945 deaths
Military personnel from Hamburg
SS-Brigadeführer
Recipients of the Gold German Cross
Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves
German military personnel who died by suicide
Nazis who died by suicide
Waffen-SS personnel
Suicides in Hungary