Description
Waffen-SS Wehrpass 3.SS Totenkopf Standarte “Thüringen” with signed research letter by Simon Wiesenthal (!).
This is the Wehrpass of SS member Willi Dörr, born on 12 June 1908 in Fellinghausen near Wiesbaden. His profession was that of a dentist.
He was called up for military service and joined the SS on 7 september 1940, immediatly when the second Wrold War started, and joined the 3. SS Totenkopf Standarte “Thüringen” that had its stay at Buchenwald.
His active service was as follows:
- 07-09-1939 till 15.10.1939 3.SS T. St. “Thüringen
- 16-10-1939 – 01-12-1939 6. SS T. St. Danzig
- 02-12-1939 – 01-03-1940 SS Totenkof Sanitäts Ersats Kompanie
- 02-03-1940 – 31-08-1940 SS Totenkopf St. E. BTl II
- 01-09-1940 – 10-08-1941 SS SS-Sanitätsamt Berlin
- From 01-09-1940 – 19-09-1940 Dentist in Organisation Todt and from 20-09-1940 – 10-08-1941 worked as a dentist
- 11-08-1941 – 28-12-1941 SS Dentist station München-Freimann
- 29-12-1941 N.A Kdo.-Stab Reichsführer SS NA4/41
- From 07-01-1943 – 12-04-1944 Nach.Abt. 10.SS.Pz.Gren Division NA 5/43
- From 13.-4-1944 Pz. Regt. 10
Dörr was promoted on 1 december 1939 to SS Unterscharführer (Rottf), on 1 March 1940 to SS OberHauptscharführer (Oberfeldwebel), on 2 April 1940 to SS-OPbersturmführer (Oberleutnant) and on 20 April 1943 SS-Hauptsturmführer.
He was awarded the Kriegsverdienstkreuz mit Schwerter (War Merit Cross with Swords) on 31 Januaru 1941 when he was a part of the 10. SS Pazner Grenadier Division “Frundsberg”.
He participated in the campaign for the French “Küstenschutz an der Frazosische Kanalküste” [protection of the coastline of the french coast] from 30-10-1943 – 31-03-1944.
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The pass comes from longtime collector and researcher Wayne Shearsmith who at one point in the 1980’s contacted a number of official researchers and institutions in an attempt to try and research the pass. Within his research he got in contact with a german researcher who could [at the time] confirm that Willi Dörr was still alive. Among other Shearsmith was in contact with Simon Wiesenthal of the “Dokumentationszentrum Des Bundes Jüdischer Verfolgter des Naziregimes”. Wiesenthal wrote him a letter back at the time and personally signed this letter. The documents/letters of correspondence of this research of 40 years ago is added to the pass and is a part of this “group” now. Original Wiesenthal autographs are hard to come by these days.
A very interesting Wehrpass that deserves more indept (modern) research!
