Anyone knows his SS number ?
Matthias Kleinheisterkamp

Many thanks .

LH 600

party number is - 4158838

SS number is - 132399

Many thanks Gaspare.
Do you have the ss man`name on number 70 093 too ?
I have a tread about this number.

Regards LH 600

can't go by just the number. but I have some names with numbers.

More info.

As far as I have that is his name and SS number.
Born - 22 June 1893
Died [suicide] - 8 May 1945

Awarded SS Honor ring
SS Sword
Knights cross with oaks
Finnish Freedom Cross with Swords

quote:

Originally posted by Gaspare:
can't go by just the number. but I have some names with numbers.

More info.

As far as I have that is his name and SS number.
Born - 22 June 1893
Died [suicide] - 8 May 1945

Awarded SS Honor ring
SS Sword
Knights cross with oaks
Finnish Freedom Cross with Swords

Many thanks
Is that info for the SS man 70 093 ?

Lh 600

It is for Matthias Kleinheisterkamp.
SS number - 132399

Many thanks a lot.

Regards LH 600

Some additional information on him.

Best wishes,
~ Mike Miller



Matthias Kleinheisterkamp
SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS


Born: 22.06.1893 in Elberfeld / Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf / Rheinprovinz.
Suicide: 02.05.1945 near Halbe / Kreis Feltow in Soviet captivity.

NSDAP-Nr.: 4 158 838 (Joined 01.05.1937)
SS-Nr.: 132 399 (Joined 01.11.1933)

Promotions:
02.08.1914 Fahnenjunker
00.00.0000 Leutnant
01.02.1928 Oberleutnant
01.10.1929 Hauptmann
01.11.1933 SS-Bewerber
08.01.1934 SS-Anwärter
24.01.1934 SS-Mann
08.02.1934 SS-Sturmmann
10.02.1934 SS-Scharführer
12.02.1934 SS-Oberscharführer
14.02.1934 SS-Truppführer
19.03.1934 SS-Obertruppführer
12.04.1934 SS-Sturmführer
17.06.1934 SS-Obersturmführer
20.04.1935 SS-Hauptsturmführer
01.06.1935 SS-Sturmbannführer
20.04.1937 SS-Obersturmbannführer
18.05.1940 SS-Standartenführer der Waffen-SS
19.07.1940 SS-Oberführer der Waffen-SS
09.11.1941 SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS
01.05.1943 SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS
01.08.1944 SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS

Career:
00.00.190_ - 00.08.1914 Attended the Städtisches Gymnasium (through Quarta) and the Städtisches Realgymnasium in Elberfeld
(graduated Oberprima and passed his Abitur).
02.08.1914 - 00.10.1914 Entered service as Fahnenjunker, assigned to 1.Westfälische Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 7 (Garrison: Köln-Riehl).
00.10.1914 - 00.10.1914 Briefly assigned to 1.Lothringische Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 130.
00.10.1914 - 00.01.1919 Assigned to Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 219, successively posted as a Zugführer, Bataillons-Adjutant, Regiments-Adjutant, and Kompanie-Offizier. Deployed to the Western Front: 00.00.1914 - 00.00.1915; Eastern Front: 00.00.1915 - 00.00.1916; Western Front agin: 00.00.1916 - 00.00.1918. Severely wounded on one occasion (mine splinters in the head).
00.01.1919 - 00.03.1919 Assigned to Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 605 and as Leiter of the Demobilisierungskommando (demobilization
headquarters) of Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 55 (in VII.Armee-Korps)
01.02.1919 - 00.10.1919 Adjutant of Freikorps “Lichtschlag“ (Reichswehr-Brigade IV, Magdeburg)
00.10.1919 - 31.12.1920 Assigned to III.Bataillon / Schützen-Regiment 7 in the Freikorps “Freiwilliges Garde-Landesschützen-Korps von Neufville“
01.01.1921 - 31.03.1929 Transferred to the Reichswehr as a Leutnant, assigned successively as a Zugführer in I.Bataillon / Infanterie-
Regiment 17 (Base: Braunschweig), and as MG-Offizier and Mob-Offizier of II.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 17 (Base: Göttingen)
01.04.1929 - 30.09.1933 Chef of 5.Kompanie / Infanterie-Regiment 17, then of 15.Kompanie / Infanterie-Regiment 6 (Base: Ratzeburg).
01.10.1933 - 01.02.1934 "Hauptmann beim Stabe" and Regimentsadjutant of Infanterie-Regiment 6 (Base: Lübeck).
01.11.1933 Joined the Allgemeine-SS.
08.01.1934 - 07.03.1934 Referent Ia (Ausbildung [Training]) with SS-Abschnitt XIII (HQ: Stettin).
01.02.1934 Discharged from the Reichswehr at his own request.
07.03.1934 - 12.04.1934 Referent Ia to SS-Oberabschnitt Nord (HQ: Hamburg-Altona).
12.04.1934 - 15.06.1934 "Referent für Ausbildungswesen" to the Stab SS-Oberabschnitt Nord.
15.06.1934 - 01.04.1935 "Ausbildungs- und Sportreferent" to SS-Oberabschnitt Nord.
00.08.1934 - 31.03.1935 "Beauftragter für Ausbildung" to the Stab "Politischen Bereitschaft Hamburg" (the later SS-Standarte
"Germania").
01.04.1935 - 01.04.1936 Entered the SS-Verfügungstruppe, assigned as a Taktiklehrer to the SS-Führerschule (later redesignated SS-Junkerschule) Braunschweig.
01.04.1936 - 01.06.1938 Chef des Stabes of the "Inspektion der SS-Verfügungstruppe".
01.05.1937 Joined the NSDAP.
00.10.1937 Subject of legal proceedings by an SS court due to indebtedness and disobedience of orders, as well as
misuse of funds allocated for official travel purposes. He was also suspected of having an affair with a married woman (other than his wife). For these offenses, as well as verbal insolence toward “Sepp” Dietrich, he was punished with a “strenger Verweis” (strong reprimand) on 21.06.1938.
04.08.1938 - 01.09.1938 Attached to the Stab / SS-Standarte ”Deutschland” (Base: München).
01.09.1938 - 01.12.1938 Assigned to the Stab / SS-Standarte ”Deutschland”.
01.12.1938 - 04.06.1940 Führer of III.Sturmbann / SS-Standarte ”Deutschland” (later redesignated III.Bataillon / SS-Regiment
“Deutschland”). Led this unit in the Polish Campaign and the Netherlands.
03.09.1939 - 00.10.1939 Kommandeur of Gefechtsgruppe “Kleinheisterkamp”, formed around his III.Sturmbann / SS-Standarte
“Deutschland”. This was one of three combat groups comprising the mixed Heer/SS-VT Panzer-Division “Kempf” in the invasion of Poland (the others were Gruppe “Steiner” [under Felix Steiner] and Gruppe “Landgraf” [under Oberst Franz Landgraf]). Among his responsibilities during the Polish Campaign was the evacuation of foreign diplomats and their families from Warsaw to Königsberg, which he accomplished using a 60-vehicle transport column; his efforts resulted in the successful relocation of 178 diplomats and 1,200 other foreign subjects from the Polish capital.
04.06.1940 - 07.07.1941 Kommandeur of SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 3 / SS-Totenkopf-Division (in France and Russia). Received a "schweren Verweise" (severe reprimand) from his divisional commander, Theodor Eicke, 00.01.1941.
07.07.1941 - 15.07.1941 Führer of SS-Division "Totenkopf" ("vertretungsweise beauftragt mit der Führung beauftragt"[temporarily assigned as a substitute for the wounded Theodor Eicke).
15.07.1941 - 27.10.1941 Returned to duty as Kommandeur of SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 3. Removed from command by Theodor Eicke and placed in Führerreserve
29.11.1941 - 01.01.1942 Attached to the Kommandoamt der Waffen-SS in the SS-Führungshauptamt
01.01.1942 - 01.04.1942 Attached to SS-Division ”Reich” (mot.), and simultaneously charged with temporary leadership (m.d.F.b.) of that division.
01.04.1942 - 15.12.1943 Kommandeur (m.d.F.b. until 01.06.1942) of SS-Gebirgs-Division “Nord“ (redesignated 6.SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord", 22.10.1943). At the time he assumed command, the division was being reformed at Truppenübungsplatz Wildflecken. It was then deployed to Finland where it joined the SS-Kampfgruppe "Nord" under SS-Oberführer Scheider.
15.12.1943 - 01.05.1944 In Führerreserve der Waffen-SS / SS-Führungshauptamt
01.01.1944 - 30.04.1944 "beauftragt mit der Aufstellung" (charged with formation) of the VII.SS-Panzer-Korps.
25.02.1944 - 16.04.1944 "Vertreter des Kommandierenden Generals" (Deputy to the Commanding General) of III. (Germanische) SS-Panzer-Korps, Felix Steiner.
01.05.1944 - 01.07.1944 Kommandierender General of VII.SS-Panzer-Korps
01.07.1944 - 20.07.1944 Führer (m.d.F.b.) of IV.SS-Panzer-Korps
20.07.1944 - 01.02.1945 In Führerreserve der Waffen-SS / SS-Führungshauptamt
01.08.1944 - 01.02.1945 Kommandierender General of XI.SS-Armee-Korps.
01.02.1945 - 30.04.1945 Kommandierender General of XI. SS-Panzer-Korps.
04.02.1945 - 11.02.1945 Führer (m.d.F.b.) of III. (Germanische) SS-Panzer-Korps
29.04.1945 - 30.04.1945 Taken prisioner by Soviet troops in the Halbe Kessel. His staff car was found by German troops, with the corpse of his driver inside. Kleinheisterkamp was declared missing.

Decorations & Awards:
09.05.1945 Eichenlaub zum Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (871., posthumously) as SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS and Kommandierender General, XI.SS-Panzer-Korps / Heeresgruppe Weichsel (according to recent research by German author Veit Scherzer, this award was technically invalid as it occurred after the 08.05.1945 German surrender)
31.03.1942 Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes as SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS and Kommandeur SS-Division (mot) “Reich” / 9.Armee / Heeresgruppe Mitte, Eastern Front (two previous recommendations- submitted by Paul Hausser on 18.07.1940 and Theodor Eicke on 06.07.1941- were rejected by higher authority)
02.10.1939 1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
13.09.1939 1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
00.00.191_ 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
00.00.191_ 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
01.09.1942 Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern
20.04.1942 Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
00.00.0000 Schlesischer Adler 1. Stufe
00.00.0000 Schlesischer Adler 2. Stufe
ca. 1918 Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
00.00.1942 Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42"
ca. 1939 Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkehr des Memellandes
ca. 1939 Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 mit Spange “Prager Burg”
ca. 1939 Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
ca. 1939 Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. März 1938
ca. 1934 Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
00.00.194_ SS-Dienstauszeichnungen
00.00.193_ Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen in Bronze
00.00.193_ SA-Sportabzeichen in Bronze
00.00.193_ Deutsches Reiterabzeichen in Bronze
00.00.193_ Ehrendegen des Reichsführers-SS
00.00.193_ Totenkopfring der SS
16.12.1935 Julleuchter der SS
00.00.1942 Order of the Cross of Liberty 1st Class with Oakleaves and Swords

Notes:
* Son of the Eisenbahnsekretär (railway secretary) Matthias Kleinheisterkamp and his wife Anna.
* Religion: Protestant until 00.00.19__, then declared himself “gottgläubig”.
* Married on 27.03.1921 to Ellen Heusing-Esch (born 04.07.1900 in Frankfurt am Main; died after a short illness, 14.10.1943). Three sons (born 11.04.1922; 12.04.1928; and 18.09.1937) and two daughters (born 15.09.1923 and 11.12.1929).

Sources:
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland:
SS-Personalakte of Matthias Kleinheisterkamp. Microfilm document collection A3343SS
Nix, Philip:
Biographical Notes from the archives of Mr. Nix, Birmingham, England
Schulz, Andreas & Zinke, Dr. Dieter:
Die Generale der Waffen-SS und der Polizei 1933-1945, Band II (Hachtel-Kutschera). Biblio-Verlag, 2005
Yerger, Mark C.:
Waffen-SS Commanders: Augsberger to Kreutz. Schiffer Military History, 1997
SS-Personalkanzlei and SS-Personalhauptamt:
Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 1. Oktober 1934
Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 1. Juli 1935
Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 1. Dezember 1936
Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 1. Dezember 1937
Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 1. Dezember 1938
Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 30. Januar 1942
Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 20. April 1942
Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 9. November 1944