Martin Kohlroser was a SS-Oberführer (Senior Colonel) in the Waffen SS during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 who was awarded the German Cross in Gold

German Cross

The German Cross was instituted by Adolf Hitler on 17 November 1941 as an award ranking higher than the Iron Cross First Class but below the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross respectively ranking higher than the War Merit Cross First Class with Swords but below the Knight's Cross of the War Merit...

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Kohlroser was one of the original 117, men selected by Josef Dietrich to form the Bodyguard for Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...

 in March 1933. and during his service in the SS, he would be promoted from a junior officer in the LSSAH, to the rank of SS-Oberführer and would end World War II, in command of the 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland

SS Volunteer Grenadier Brigade Landstorm Nederland

The 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland. was a Waffen SS Division during World War II. It was formed by the converting the SS Volunteer Grenadier-Brigade Landstorm Nederland into a division...

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Commands

• 1st Company LSSAH, (SS-Sturmhauptführer)
• 1st Battalion LSSAH, (SS-Obersturmbannführer)
• 6th SS Gebirgsjäger
  Gebirgsjäger
  Gebirgsjäger, in English Mountain Riflemen, is the German designation for mountain infantry. The word Jäger is the traditional German term for rifleman...
  
   Battalion, 6th SS Mountain Division Nord
  6th SS Mountain Division Nord
  The 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" was a German unit of the Waffen SS during World War II, formed in February 1941 as SS Kampfgruppe Nord ....
  
  , (SS-Standartenführer)
• 40th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 18th SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Horst Wessel, (SS-Obersturmbannführer)
• 12th SS Gebirgsjäger Regiment Michael Gaissmair, 6th SS Mountain Division Nord
  6th SS Mountain Division Nord
  The 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" was a German unit of the Waffen SS during World War II, formed in February 1941 as SS Kampfgruppe Nord ....
  
  , (SS-Obersturmbannführer)
• 21st SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg
  10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg
  The 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg or 10.SS-Panzer-Division Frundsberg was a German Waffen SS panzer division. The division was formed at the beginning of 1943 as a reserve for the expected Allied invasion of France. However, their first campaign was in the Ukraine in April 1944...
  
  , (SS-Standartenführer)
• 10th SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment Westland, 5th SS Panzergrenadier Division Wiking, (SS-Standartenführer)
• 1st SS Grenadier Regiment Landstorm Nederland
  SS Volunteer Grenadier Brigade Landstorm Nederland
  The 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland. was a Waffen SS Division during World War II. It was formed by the converting the SS Volunteer Grenadier-Brigade Landstorm Nederland into a division...
  
   (SS-Standartenführer)
• SS Volunteer Grenadier Brigade Landstorm Nederland
  SS Volunteer Grenadier Brigade Landstorm Nederland
  The 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland. was a Waffen SS Division during World War II. It was formed by the converting the SS Volunteer Grenadier-Brigade Landstorm Nederland into a division...
  
   (SS-Oberführer)
• 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland
  SS Volunteer Grenadier Brigade Landstorm Nederland
  The 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland. was a Waffen SS Division during World War II. It was formed by the converting the SS Volunteer Grenadier-Brigade Landstorm Nederland into a division...
  
  (SS-Oberführer)