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Fritz Witt (27 May 1908 – 14 June 1944) was a German general in the Waffen-SS, the armed paramilitary branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS). He served with the 1.SS-Panzergrenadier-Division ''Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler'' before taking command of the 12.SS-Panzer-Division ''Hitlerjugend''. Witt obtained the rank of ''Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS''. He was killed in action in 1944. ==Early life – Pre-war SS service== Witt was born on 27 May 1908 in Hohenlimburg, a suburb of the city of Hagen. Witt's family was middle class, his father being employed as a textiles salesman. After attending school Witt followed his father's trade, working as a textiles salesman from 1925 until 1931. During this period of time, he witnessed the rise of Adolf Hitler and the NSDAP, becoming a strong supporter. Witt saw the Nazis as the answer to the chaos and poverty of the Weimar Republic. On 1 December 1931, Witt applied to join both the NSDAP (Nr. 816,769) and the SS (Nr. 21,518). On 17 March 1933, Witt was admitted to the SS-Stabswache ''Berlin'', an élite guard formation of only 117 men. On 1 October 1933, Witt received his commission as an SS-Untersturmführer. In On 9 May 1934, Witt was promoted to SS-Obersturmführer, and soon after took command of the third company of SS-Standartenführer Felix Steiner's SS-Standarte ''Deutschland'', one of the then-three Standarten which comprised the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT). The other Standarten were the Leibstandarte SS ''Adolf Hitler'', SS-Standarte ''Germania'' and (from 1938) SS-Standarte ''Der Führer''). In October 1938, the SS-VT was subordinated to Heer command, stepping closer to its future combat role. Witt's unit, 3./SS-Standarte ''Deutschland'', marched into Austria as part of the ''Anschluß'' in 1938. After this, the Standarte was motorised. The ''Deutschland'' now took part in the occupation of the Sudetenland. In March 1939, Witt served with the Standarte during the annexation of Bohemia and Moravia. Hitler ordered the formation of an SS-Verfügungs-Division, comprising all three SS-VT Standarten (The Leibstandarte was to form its own unit). The upcoming invasion of Poland put these plans on hold, and the SS-Standarten were deployed for action during the planned offensive, ''Fall Weiß''. Witt's SS-Standarte (mot) ''Deutschland'' was subordinated to Panzer-Verband ''Kempf'', based in East Prussia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fritz Witt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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