1. August Schmidhuber was captured in May 1945, he was tried and convicted as war criminal, he was executed in Belgrade on 19 February 1947.
14 Facts About August Schmidhuber
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From 16 June 1919 until the beginning of October, August Schmidhuber served with the 9th Company of his regiment and then spent nearly a year in 3 company.
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August Schmidhuber then transferred to Gebirgs-Jager-Regiment Number 19 and on 1 October 1922 was appointed to the rank of Gefreiter.
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August Schmidhuber remained in the regular German army until 4 May 1931, when he left as an Oberfeldwebel.
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August Schmidhuber then joined the NSDAP and on 16 July 1933 entered into the SA.
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In May 1935 August Schmidhuber joined the SS where he was appointed SS Obersturmfuhrer and immediately attached to the SS-Verfugungstruppe.
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On 13 September 1936 August Schmidhuber was promoted to SS Hauptsturmfuhrer and transferred to the regimental staff of SS Germania.
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August Schmidhuber remained there until mid-November 1937, where the company was responsible for training noncommissioned officers, until the end of February 1938.
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On 30 January 1939 August Schmidhuber was promoted to the rank of SS Sturmbannfuhrer.
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From 1 May to 1 November 1939, August Schmidhuber was put in command of the 1st Battalion of SS Germania, while it took part in the invasion of Poland, he held this command until the end of 1940.
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On 20 April 1943 August Schmidhuber was promoted to SS Standartenfuhrer.
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On 17 April 1944 August Schmidhuber became commander of the 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg, a volunteer force of ethnic Albanians under German command, which operated principally in the region of Kosovo.
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On 21 June 1944 August Schmidhuber was promoted to SS Oberfuhrer.
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August Schmidhuber became Brigadefuhrer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS in January 1945.