Walter Harzer was a German SS commander during the Nazi era.
10 Facts About Walter Harzer
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Walter Harzer commanded the SS Division Hohenstaufen and SS Polizei Division.
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Walter Harzer acted as the organisation's official historian, coordinating the writing and publications of revisionist unit histories, which appears in German via the Munin Verlag imprint.
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In March 1934 Walter Harzer joined SS-Verfugungstruppe and was assigned to the Sicherheitsdienst and later the SS Division Das Reich.
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From mid-1942 until April 1943 Walter Harzer served as a staff officer first with the LVII.
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On Sunday 17 September 1944, the Allies launched Operation Market Garden and Walter Harzer's division was engaged in the Battle of Arnhem.
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Walter Harzer was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross for his actions during these battles.
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In October 1944 Walter Harzer became the Chief of Staff of V SS Mountain Corps before receiving the command of the 4th SS Polizei Division at the end of November 1944.
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Together with the rest of this division Walter Harzer surrendered to the American Army on 8 May 1945.
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Walter Harzer helped coordinate the writing of numerous tendentious unit histories and memoirs by former Waffen-SS officers.