Karl Maria Demelhuber (26 May 1896 – 18 March 1988) was a German SS functionary during the

Nazi era Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

. Reaching the rank of ''

Obergruppenführer ' (, "senior group leader") was a paramilitary rank in Nazi Germany that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA) and adopted by the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) one year later. Until April 1942, it was the highest commissio ...

'' (General) in the

Waffen-SS The (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscripts from both occup ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, he commanded the SS-Standarte Germania,

6th SS Mountain Division Nord The 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" (german: 6. SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord") was a German unit of the Waffen-SS during World War II, formed in February 1941 as ''SS Kampfgruppe Nord'' (SS Battle Group North). The division was the only Waffen-SS ...

XII SS Corps The XII SS Army Corps was a German corps of the Waffen-SS. It saw action on both the Western and Eastern Fronts during World War II. Formation It was formed on 1 August 1944 in Silesia from the remains of the ''Kampfgruppe von Gottberg'' and th ...

and

XVI SS Corps The XVI SS Army Corps was a short-lived corps of the Waffen-SS, which was formed in January 1945 in Pomerania. The core of the corps was the 1st Latvian SS Division. It fought in the Piła Piła (german: Schneidemühl) is a city in northwest ...

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* Holder of the SS Führerdegen {{DEFAULTSORT:Demelhuber, Karl-Maria 1896 births 1988 deaths People from Freising People from the Kingdom of Bavaria SS-Obergruppenführer German Army personnel of World War I Gebirgsjäger of World War II Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class Recipients of the Military Merit Cross (Bavaria) Military personnel of Bavaria Waffen-SS personnel 20th-century Freikorps personnel

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