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32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division

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German infantry division

32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "30th January"
Divisional insignia (Tyr rune)
Active	January – May 1945
Country	Germany
Branch	Waffen-SS
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Part of	9th Army V SS Mountain Corps
Engagements	World War II Eastern Front Battle of Berlin

Military unit

The32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "30th January" (German:32. SS-Freiwilligen Grenadier-Division „30. Januar“) was formed in January 1945 at the SS Training AreaKurmark,Jamlitz, from what remained of the staff and trainees of SS schools and various other troops. The Kurmark Recruit Depot became the division's 87th Volunteer Grenadier Regiment.^[1] The nucleus of the division wasKampfgruppe Schill (Combat Group Schill), which had fought against theSlovak National Uprising in 1944,^[2] and it became the 86th Regiment.^[1] The division's other units were formed from the SS Artillery Training and Replacement Regiment inPrague and the Pioneer School.^[1] A significant cadre came from Hungarian and Romanian fascists who had joined the SS, but their numbers are unknown.^{[citation needed]}

The division fought as part of theV SS Mountain Corps, on theOder front, just north ofFürstenberg (now part ofEisenhüttenstadt)^[3] and in theBattle of Berlin. The division was destroyed in theHalbe pocket, but parts of the unit surrendered to the Americans atTangermünde.

The division's name referred to 30 January 1933, the date thatAdolf Hitler was sworn in asChancellor of Germany.^[4]

The division's insignia was aTyr rune, denoting aspear.^[5]

Commanders

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Johannes Mühlenkamp (30 January 1945 – 5 February 1945)
Joachim Richter (5 February 1945 – 17 February 1945)
Adolf Ax (17 February 1945 – 15 March 1945)
Hans Kempin (15 March 1945 – 8 May 1945)

Order of battle

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SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment 86Schill^[6]
SS Volunteer Grenadier Regiment 87Kurmark
SS Volunteer Artillery Regiment 32
SSPanzerjäger Battalion 32
SS Füsilier Battalion 32
SSFlak Battalion 32
SS Pioneer Battalion 32
SS Signals Battalion 32
SS Supply Regiment 32

References

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^^a ^b ^cTessin, Georg (1977).Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen–SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945 [Units and Troops of the German Military and Waffen-SS in the Second World War 1939–1945] (in German). Vol. 5: Die Landstreitkräfte 31–70 (Units 31–70). Osnabrück: Biblio. p. 22.
^Mitcham, Samuel W. (2007).The German Defeat in the East, 1944–45. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. p. 216.ISBN 978-0-8117-3371-7.
^Zhukov at the Oder By Tony Le Tissier, p.132
^Rikmenspoel, M. (1999:197). Soldiers of the Waffen-SS: many nations, one motto. Canada: J.J. Fedorowicz.
^"Symbolism and Regalia of the Black Order - Himmler's SS: Loyal to the Death's Head".erenow.org.
^Nafziger, George (2001).The German Order of Battle: Waffen SS and other units in World War II. Conshohocken, PA: Combined Publishing. p. 132.