1. Karl Diebitsch was an artist and the Schutzstaffel officer responsible for designing much of the SS regalia during the Nazi era, including the chained SS officer's dagger scabbard.
14 Facts About Karl Diebitsch
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Also with his business partner, industrialist Franz Nagy, Karl Diebitsch began the production of art porcelain at the factory Porzellan Manufaktur Allach.
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Karl Diebitsch was born on 3 January 1899, in the city of Hanover, Germany.
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Karl Diebitsch enrolled in the Design School of the Academy of Plastic and Graphic Arts in Munich on 29 October 1919.
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On 1 May 1920, Karl Diebitsch joined the Nazi Party.
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Two years after the Beer Hall Putsch Karl Diebitsch went on to complete his formal art training in 1925, followed by several years of living and working in Munich as a painter and graphic artist.
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Karl Diebitsch served as the director of SS Porzellan Manufaktur Allach in 1936 until the SS enterprise had its porcelain production facility moved to Dachau.
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In 1939 Karl Diebitsch designed the letterhead logo of the Ahnenerbe and crests for SS officers.
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Karl Diebitsch designed many German postage stamps during the Third Reich.
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Karl Diebitsch was given an honorary title of Professor by Adolf Hitler.
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Karl Diebitsch served on the Personal Staff Reichsfuhrer-SS and designed a tapestry that was created by Elsie Seifert.
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Besides being an artist, Karl Diebitsch was a reserve officer in the Waffen-SS during the course of the Second World War.
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Karl Diebitsch received staff assignments to the SS-Totenkopfstandarte, SS-Regiment "Germania", SS-Division "Wiking" and the Hochste SS- und Polizeifuhrer Italien.
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Karl Diebitsch was finally promoted to the rank of SS-Oberfuhrer on 20 April 1944.