PRIEß, Hermann
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Prieß, Hermann Date of birth:  May 24th, 1901 (Marnitz/Mecklenburg, Germany) Date of death:  February 22nd, 1985 (Ahrensburg, Germany) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Promotions: 24th April 1944: SS-Gruppenführer / Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS;       EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Awarded on: September 22nd, 1939         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Awarded on: October 15th, 1939         KRIEGSORDEN DES DEUTSCHEN KREUZES IN GOLD Rank: SS-Standartenführer Unit: SS-Artillerie-Regiment "Totenkopf" Awarded on: January 6th, 1942         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: SS-Oberführer Unit: Kommandeur Artillerie-Regiment / SS-Panzergrenadier-Division “Totenkopf” / Armee-Section “Kempf” / Heeresgruppe Süd Awarded on: April 28th, 1943         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: SS-Brigadeführer / Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Unit: Kommandeur SS-Panzergrenadier Division "Totenkopf" Awarded on: September 9th, 1943 Details: 297th Award.         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB UND SCHWERTERN Rank: SS-Brigadefuhrer / Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Unit: Kommandeur SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf" Awarded on: April 24th, 1944 Details: 65th Award.         DEMJANSKSCHILD         VERWUNDETENABZEICHEN 1939 IN SCHWARZ         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Willi Schumacher Collection Information source(s):   - Fellgiebel W.P., Elite of the Third Reich, The recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939-1945: A Reference, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-46-9 - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X - Schneider J.W., Their Honor was Loyalty!, R. James Bender Publishing, 1977 - Ritterkreuztraeger - Information from death certificate