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commander in that unit. From 7 May 1934 to 1 April 1936, Schäfer was the commander of the 35th SS-
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765:Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class
755:Imperial German Navy personnel of World War I
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661:SS Seniority List, 1 December 1937, pp.18-19
261:from 1911 to 1914. On the outbreak of the
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331:(SS District) XXII, with headquarters in
277:in silver. He was an early member of the
16:SS and Police Leader and SS-Brigadeführer
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372:in 1941, Schäfer was posted to the
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303:. He was commissioned an SS-
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696:Yerger, Mark C. (1997).
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458:anti-partisan warfare
382:(SSPF) "Lettland" in
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116:Years of service
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430:Hans-Adolf Prützmann
380:SS and Police Leader
364:(General Districts).
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245:Schäfer was born in
223:SS and Police Leader
150:SS and Police Leader
103:Imperial German Navy
760:People from Görlitz
528:Obersturmbannführer
289:Peacetime SS career
251:secondary education
191:, 1st and 2nd class
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32:17 June 1892
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306:Sturmführer
275:Wound Badge
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175:World War I
719:Categories
583:References
576:of Police
561:June 1943
554:Oberführer
496:July 1933
448:Krivoi Rog
368:After the
333:Allenstein
323:Königsberg
279:Nazi Party
271:Iron Cross
255:translator
241:Early life
189:Iron Cross
164:Krivoi Rog
67:Allegiance
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450:" in the
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341:Frankfurt
337:Abschnitt
319:Standarte
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121:1931–1943
119:1914–1918
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146:Commands
97:Service/
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