Wilhelm Schepmann
| Wilhelm Schepmann | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
17 June 1894 Hattingen, German Empire |
| Died |
26 July 1970 (aged 76) Gifhorn, Germany |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933).svg.png){kind=small} Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch |
 Sturmabteilung |
| Years of service | 1914–1945 |
| Rank | Stabschef SA |
| Commands held |
Stabschef der SA SA-Gruppe Sachsen SA-Obergruppe Westfalen-Niederrhein |
| Battles/wars |
World War I World War II |
| Awards | Eisernes Kreuz I |
Wilhelm Schepmann (17 June 1894 – 26 July 1970) was an Sturmabteilung (SA) general (Obergruppenführer) in Nazi Germany and the last Stabschef (Chief of Staff) of the Nazi Stormtroopers.
Biography
Schepmann was an Obergruppenführer in the Nazi Party para-military branch known as the Sturmabteilung (SA) when he succeeded Viktor Lutze as Stabschef (SA) after Lutze was killed in a car accident. He began working to restore the morale and the esteem of the SA and also began cooperating with the SS. He stated, "I will support the Waffen-SS just as much as any other part of the armed forces. The Waffen-SS has been heroic."
Schepmann managed to have units in the Heer (Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle), Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe (Jagdgeschwader 6 Horst Wessel) given SA honour titles, and even a Waffen-SS division (18. SS Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division Horst Wessel).
Following the war he became involved in the All-German Bloc/League of Expellees and Deprived of Rights.[1] In the early 1950s he served as a member of the Landtag of Lower Saxony in West Germany.[2]
He is the father of Richard Schepmann, head of the Neo-Nazi publishing house Teut-Verlag, who was jailed in 1983 for inciting racial hatred.[3]
Summary of his SA career
Dates of rank
- SA-Gruppenführer: April 1934
- SA-Obergruppenführer: (?)
- Acting Stabschef SA: 2 May 1943
- Stabschef SA: 9 November 1943
Awards and decorations
- 1914 Iron Cross Second Class (?)
- 1939 Iron Cross First Class (1939)
- War Merit Cross Second (?) and First (?) Classes without Swords
- NSDAP Long Service Award in Bronze (?), Silver (?), and Gold (?)
- Clasp to the Iron Cross Second Class (1939)
- World War I Wound Badge in Black (1918)
- SA Sports Badge (?)
- Golden Party Badge (1933)
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 (1934)
- Anschluss Medal (1938)
- Sudetenland Medal (1938)
- Gau Sudetenland Commemorative Badge (1943)
- Civil Service Faithful Service Medal in Silver (?)
See also
References
- ↑ Kurt P. Tauber, Beyond Eagle and Swastika: German Nationalism Since 1945, Volume 1, Wesleyan University Press, 1967, p. 806
- ↑ GERMANY: A Much-Perplexed People from Time, Monday, Nov. 24, 1952
- ↑ Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism and the Politics of Identity, NYU Press, 2003, p. 163
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Viktor Lutze |
Stabschef SA 1943–1945 |
Succeeded by Disbanded |