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Paul Hausser Am 2. Dezember 1944 wurden die am Oberrhein befindlichen Truppen dem Oberbefehlshaber West entzogen und dem Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler als „Oberbefehlshaber Oberrhein (RFSS)“ unterstellt. Aufgabe des Oberbefehlshabers Oberrhein sollte es sein, in diesem Gebiet den weiteren Vormarsch der Alliierten aufzuhalten, was jedoch nicht gelang. Himmlers Stab verlegte am 21. Januar 1945 nach Osten und bildete dort am 24. Januar die Heeresgruppe Weichsel. Die im Südwesten befindlichen Truppen wurden daraufhin durch das am 22. Januar 1945 gebildete Ober- kommando der „Heeresgruppe Oberrhein“ geführt, das jedoch bereits am 29. Januar 1945 wieder aufgelöst wurde. Da die Heeresgruppe Oberrhein aktenmäßig nur als kurzzeitige Fortfüh- rung einer Akte des Oberbefehlshabers Oberrhein überliefert ist (das ei- gentliche Schriftgut muß als verloren angesehen werden), wurde der Be- stand entgegen des sonst bei den Heeresgruppen-Beständen angewand- ten Prinzips unabhängig vomWechsel des Oberkommandos gebildet. Rein formal ist das Oberkommando der Heeresgruppe Oberrhein gegenüber dem Oberkommando des Oberbefehlshabers Oberrhein (RFSS) eine Neu- bildung. Oberbefehlshaber 2.12.1944 Heinrich Himmler 23.1.1945 Paul Hausser Paul Hausser 7.10.1880 Brandenburg a.d. Havel – 21.12.1972 Ludwigsburg Reichswehr: 1930 Infanterie-Führer IV 1931 Generalmajor Febr. 1932 Abschied mit dem Charakter als Generalleutnant SS / SS-Verfügungstruppe / Waffen-SS: 15.11.1934 SS-Standartenführer (mit Wirkung vom 1.11.); mit den Vor- arbeiten zur Errichtung der SS-Führer-Schule Braunschweig beauftragt 4.7.1935 SS-Oberführer (mit Wirkung vom 1.7.); Führer der SS-Führer- Schule Braunschweig 6.9.1935 zusätzlich Inspekteur der SS-Führer-Schulen Braunschweig und Tölz (mit Wirkung vom 1.8.) 25.5.1936 SS-Brigadeführer (mit Wirkung vom 22.5.); zusätzlich Chef Führungsamt im SS-Hauptamt (bis 1.10.1937) 9.10.1936 Inspekteur der SS-Verfügungstruppe (mit Wirkung vom 1.10.)1.11.1934 beauftragt 1.6.1939 SS-Gruppenführer 14.11.1939 Kommandeur SS-Verfügungstruppe; zusätzlicher Rang als Generalleutnant 1.4.1940 Kommandeur SS-Verfügungs-Division 29.6.1941 mit der Führung der 7. Armee beauftragt (mit Wirkung vom 28.6.) 1.10.1941 SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Juni 1943 Kommandierender General II. SS-Panzer-Korps 10.7.1944 Führerreserve 2.8.1944 SS-Oberstgruppenführer und Generaloberst der Waffen-SS (mit Wirkung vom 1.8.) 23.1.1945 Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Oberrhein 29.1.1945 Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe G 4.4.1945 Führerreserve Mai 1945 – 1949 US-Kriegsgefangenschaft Personalakte: Pers 6/15013 © BArch Bild 146-1973-122-16.

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