Gustav Lombard
| Gustav Lombard | |
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| Born |
10 April 1895 Prenzlau, German Empire |
| Died | 18 September 1992 (aged 97) Mühldorf, Germany |
| Allegiance |
 Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch |
 Waffen-SS
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| Years of service | 1933–45 |
| Rank | Brigadeführer |
| Service number |
NSDAP #2,649,630 SS #185,023 |
| Commands held | 1st Regiment, SS Cavalry Brigade 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
| Other work | Allianz Insurance |
Gustav Lombard (10 April 1895 – 18 September 1992) was a high-ranking member in the SS during World War II. During the war, Lombard commanded 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer and the 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany for so-called anti-partisan operations around Kovel which involved shooting civilians and burning down villages.
Lombard perpetrated mass murder in the Holocaust, serving as commanding officer of the 1st Regiment of the SS Cavalry Brigade during the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Lombard was convicted of war crimes by a Soviet military tribunal in 1947 and was released in 1955. He was subsequently tried by a West German court in the 1960s and found not guilty.
Lombard was born in Klein Spiegelberg, near Prenzlau, Province of Brandenburg. After his father's death in 1906 he visited his relatives in the United States in 1913, where he graduated from high school and started studying Modern Languages at the University of Missouri. After the end of World War I he returned to Germany in Autumn 1919 and worked for American Express and the Chrysler Motor Company in Berlin.
Lombard joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) and SS after the Nazi takeover of power in 1933 and became a member of SS – Cavalry. In his role as an instructor at the SS horse rider's club, he made the acquaintance of Jochen Peiper, Heinrich Himmler's future adjutant, with whom he was to remain in contact during and after World War II.
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