When World War II began, Dietrich led the Leibstandarte in attacks on Paris and Dunkirk during the Westfeldzug (May/June 1940). Dietrich's role earned him a nineteen-month sentence from a postwar court.ĭietrich meeting soldiers at the front during the Vistula–Oder Offensive, January 1945 Shortly thereafter, he was promoted to SS- Obergruppenführer. Hitler told him to take six men and go to the Ministry of Justice to kill a number of Sturmabteilung (SA) leaders. In summer 1934, Dietrich played an active role in the Night of the Long Knives. As one of Hitler's intimates, Dietrich was often able to disregard his SS superior, Heinrich Himmler, at one time even banning Himmler from the Leibstandarte barracks. He became the commander of Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, General of the Waffen-SS and member of the Prussian state council.
When the NSDAP took over in 1933 (" Machtergreifung"), Dietrich rose swiftly through the Nazi hierarchy. On 5 January 1930, Dietrich was elected to the Reichstag as a delegate for Lower Bavaria.īy 1931, he had become SS- Gruppenführer. Later Hitler arranged other jobs, including various SS posts, and let him live in the Reich Chancellery. He accompanied Hitler on his tours around Germany. Dietrich had been introduced to Nazism by Christian Weber, who was his employer at the Tankstelle-Blau-Bock filling station in Munich. His NSDAP number was 89,015 and his SS number was 1,117. the NSDAP publisher - and became commander of Hitler's Schutzstaffel (SS) bodyguard. He joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in 1928, got a job at Eher Verlag Thereafter, he migrated from one job to another, including waiter, policeman, foreman, farm labourer, petrol station attendant and customs officer. Last bavarian army record lists Dietrich as recipient of Iron Cross 1st class and bavarian Military Merit Order IIIrd class with swords, too.Īfter the war, Dietrich allegedly served briefly in a Freikorps Oberland against the Bavarian Soviet Republic, May 1919. In 1918 he was promoted Unteroffizier and member of bavarian Sturmpanzerwagenabteilung 13, one of the first German tank units. He was promoted Gefreiter in 1917 and awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class. In First World War, he served with the bavarian Field artillery, as Fahrer vom Bock (driver, horse). Bayerische Feldartillerie-Regiment "König" (4th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment) in Augsburg, but shortly after had to leave for health reasons. In 1911 he voluntarily joined the Bavarian Army with the 4. Before the war Dietrich worked as hotel boy, servant and coachman.
He was illegitimate son of Kreszentia Dietrich, who later married Pelagius Milz, a coachman, who became Dietrichs stepfather.
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He also appeared in episodes from the popular TV shows True Detective and Cobra Kai.Sepp Dietrich was born on in Hawangen, near Memmingen in the Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire. After that, he appeared in a variety of short films and TV shows like Boston Public and Sleepy Hollow (with James Frain).Īside from TV, Collins has also appeared in films like Tentacle 8 (with Brett Rickaby and Rocky McMurray), The Accountant (with Jean Smart), and American Made (with Benito Martinez). He started his acting career in 2003, appearing in the film Behind the Nine.
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