SS-Oberabschnitt Böhmen-Mähren

Karl Hermann Frank, who served as the only commander of the Böhmen-Mähren General-SS Division

SS-Oberabschnitt Böhmen-Mähren was the Allgemeine-SS division command which encompassed the territory of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (now the Czech Republic). The members of SS units were German Allgemeine-SS members appointed in Bohemia Moravia and Germans born in CSR. The main purpose was propaganda duties and recruiting for Waffen-SS. The Oberabschnitt had been formed strictly as a General-SS counterpart to the much more powerful position of Higher SS and Police Leader of Moravia and both positions were intended to be held by the same person.

The Böhmen-Mähren Oberabschnitt was set up in April 1944 from the SS-Abschnitt XXXIX (Prag then Brunn) added by the sudetenland SS-Abschnitt XXXVII (Reichenberg) and SS-Abschnitt XXXVIII (Karlsbad). The Oberabschnitt headquarters was established in the city of Prague. The Oberabschnitt's sole commander was Karl Hermann Frank who was already holding several high positions in the Nazi government of Czechoslovakia. In the last months of World War II, from February to May 1945, Frank delegated command of the Oberabschnitt to his deputy SS-Oberführer Emanuel Sladek. Oberabschnitt Böhmen-Mähren was formally disbanded when Nazi Germany surrendered on 8 May 1945.

References

• Yerger, Mark C. Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units, and Leaders of the General SS, Schiffer Publishing (1997). ISBN 0-7643-0145-4

Allgemeine-SS Order of Battle SS and Police Leaders Höchste SS und Polizeiführer (HöSSPF) Höhere SS und Polizeiführer (HSSPF) SS und Polizeiführer (SSPF) Oberabschnitt Alpenland Böhmen-Mähren Donau Elbe Fulda-Werra Lothringen-Saarpfalz Main Mitte Nord Nordost Nordsee Nordwest Ost Ostland Österreich Ostsee Rhein Rhein-Westmark Spree Süd Südost Südwest Ukraina Warthe Weichsel West Westmark Abschnitt I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI XXXVII XXXVIII XXXIX XX XXXXI XXXXII XXXXIII XXXXIV XXXXV Reiterabschnitt I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX Standarte 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 Reiterstandarte 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Specialty Units SS-Kraftfahrstürme (Transportation) SS-Nachrichtensturmbanne (Signals) SS-Pioniersturmbanne (Engineers) SS-Fliegersturm (Flight Units)