Wilhelm Reinhard (18 March 1869 in Forsthaus Lutau, Kreis Flatow – 18 January 1955 in

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...

) was an officer of the

Schutzstaffel The ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS; also stylized as ''ᛋᛋ'' with Armanen runes; ; "Protection Squadron") was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe d ...

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 held SS number 274,104 and was an ''SS-

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 ...

'' with date of rank from 31 December 1941.''Dienstalterslisten der SS'', NSDAP Revised edition (20 April 1945)

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*1914

Iron Cross The Iron Cross (german: link=no, Eisernes Kreuz, , abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). King Frederick William III of Prussia est ...

2nd class, 14.09.1914 *1914

1st class, 24.12.1914 *

Pour le Mérite The ' (; , ) is an order of merit (german: Verdienstorden) established in 1740 by Frederick the Great, King Frederick II of Prussia. The was awarded as both a military and civil honour and ranked, along with the Order of the Black Eagle, the Or ...

, 27.08.1917

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* 1869 births 1955 deaths People from Złotów County People from West Prussia SS-Obergruppenführer Members of the Reichstag of Nazi Germany Sturmabteilung personnel Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class) Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure 20th-century Freikorps personnel German Army officers of World War II Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht) Prussian Army personnel German Army personnel of World War I {{Nazi-stub

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