Lothar Debes (21 June 1890 – 14 July 1960) was a German SS leader during the

Nazi era Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

. He commanded the

SS Division Nord The 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" (german: 6. SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord") was a German unit of the Waffen-SS during World War II, formed in February 1941 as ''SS Kampfgruppe Nord'' (SS Battle Group North). The division was the only Waffen-SS ...

and the

SS Division Frundsberg The 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" (german: 10. SS-Panzerdivision "Frundsberg") was a German Waffen-SS armoured division during World War II. The division's first battles were in Ukraine in April 1944. Afterwards, the unit was then trans ...

during World War II.

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Mark C. Yerger Mark C. Yerger (1955 – 6 September 2016) was an American author of books about the ''Schutzstaffel'' and Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany. He had close contacts to SS veterans, through whom he was able to access private archives, and wrote biographies ...

, ''Waffen-SS Commanders: The Army, Corps and Divisional Leaders of a Legend : Augsberger to Kreutz'', Atglen: Schiffer Publishing (October 1997). , . 1890 births 1960 deaths People from Eichstätt (district) People from the Kingdom of Bavaria German Army personnel of World War I Military personnel from Bavaria SS-Gruppenführer Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class Waffen-SS personnel {{Germany-mil-bio-stub

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