Max Simon
| Max Simon | |
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Max Simon
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| Born |
16 January 1899 Breslau, German Empire |
| Died | 1 February 1961 (aged 62) Lünen, West Germany |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch |
 Waffen SS
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| Years of service | 1917–1945 |
| Rank | Gruppenführer |
| Unit |
SS Division Totenkopf 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS XIII SS Corps |
| Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves |
Max Simon (6 January 1899 – 1 February 1961) was a German SS-Gruppenführer in the Waffen-SS and war criminal during World War II. Simon was one of the first members of the SS in the early 1930s. He rose through the ranks of the SS, and became a corps commander during World War II. At the end of the war he was captured by the Allies, put on trial for war crimes and convicted for his role in the Marzabotto massacre.
Simon was born in Breslau. In 1917 he joined the Royal Prussian Army's Leib-Kürassier-Regiment Großer Kurfürst, which was part of the 11th Division. He served in Macedonia and on the Western Front, being awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class (1914).
At the end of the war he joined the Freikorps in Silesia and fought against the Polish forces. His unit was later incorporated into the Reichswehr as the 16th Cavalry Regiment and Simon was promoted to Unterfeldwebel.
In May 1933 he joined the SS service number 83 086 and the NSDAP party number 1 350 576, and was assigned to the 47th SS-Standarte in Gera and was promoted to Untersturmführer (Second Lieutenant) in November 1934, until ordered to raise a new unit in 1935, 1st SS Totenkopfstandarte Oberbayern and given the rank of Standartenführer (Colonel).
In 1934 he was appointed as the commander of the Sachsenburg concentration camp. In 1938 he took part in the Anschluss of Austria, the occupation of Bohemia and Moravia and the occupation of the Sudetenland.
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