SS troops march past a slauting crowd during the Reichsparteitag in Weimar.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 36970

Date: 1936 July 03 - 1936 July 06
Locale: Weimar, [Thuringia] Germany
Photo Designation: NAZISM - GERMANY (1933-1945) -- Rallies/Ceremonies -- Other Locations
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Wendie Theus

Event History: Photograph from a photo album entitled "Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit bei der Leibstandaite SS Adolf Hitler" [In memory of my service with the SS bodyguards of Adolf Hitler]. The original owner of the album is thought to be Gerhard Pleiss.
The album was brought this back from Europe by the father of the donor, Milton V. Elliott, an American soldier.
Biography: Gerhard Pleiss, Hauptsturmfuhrer in the Waffen-SS, SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS "Adolf Hitler," 1st Company was born April 20, 1915, in Remschein Germany. In 1936, the 21 year old Pleiss volunteered for the SS and was accepted into the Leibstandart, Hitler's personal bodyguard. He was awarded for his leadership in the May 1940 invasion of France and the April 1941 Balkans campaign. In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Pleiss was killed by a mine on November 17, 1941, during the offensive on Rostov-on-Don.
Keyword: ALBUMS
BANNERS
FLAGS (NAZI)
MARCHING
REICHSPARTEITAG
SALUTING
SS (SCHUTZSTAFFELN)
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Wendie Theus

Source Record ID: Collections: 2013.455
: Record last modified: 2014-03-14 00:00:00
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