Obersturmfuhrer Rudolf von Ribbentrop of the 1st SS-Panzer Regiment's 2nd Battalion stated later that he knew at once that a major attack was underway.
A single Tiger, commanded by SS-Obersturmführer Michael Wittmann, knocked out the CLY's lead Cromwell and then took out the rest of the column, trapped in the embanked road.
Dr. Franz Bernhard Lucas (15 September 1911, in Osnabrück, Germany – 7 December 1994, in Elmshorn, Germany) was a German concentration camp doctor and SS Obersturmführer who served at Auschwitz concentration camp during the same period of time as Josef Mengele.
Halim Malkoč (12 August 1917 – 8 February 1947) was a Bosnian Muslim Imam and SS Obersturmführer in the Waffen-SS division Handschar, was the first Muslim awarded the German Iron Cross during World War II.
The following year he died in combat as an SS-Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant) in a low flying aircraft attack in Dreux, France.
Hingst served at Treblinka from the very first period of the mass killing operations under SS-Obersturmführer Irmfried Eberl from Austria.
Josef Ochs (March 31, 1905 in Schmitten – November 12, 1987) was a German Police officer and SS-Obersturmführer.
Regiment "Holzer" was named after its commander Obersturmführer, Friedrich Holzer and consisted of the SS Panzer Training and Replacement Regiment in Augustdorf, which consisted of five battalions.
By 1944, he had the rank of SS-Obersturmführer in the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend and led the 2nd company of the 12th SS Reconnaissance Battalion.
In May 1934, he became a sports leader in the Hitler Youth and also joined the SA remaining an active member until June 1935, when he left only to later join the SS-VT in October 1935, with the rank of Obersturmführer (First Lieutenant).