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Karl von Oberkamp

Karl von Oberkamp

Born	(1893-10-30)30 October 1893 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	4 May 1947(1947-05-04) (aged 53) Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Cause of death	Execution by hanging

Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Rank	SS-Brigadeführe and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS
Commands held	SS Division Prinz Eugen SS Division Nibelungen V SS Mountain Corps
Awards	Iron Cross

Karl von Oberkamp (30 October 1893 – 4 May 1947) was a German Waffen-SS commander and war criminal during World War II. During his SS career, he commanded the SS Division Prinz Eugen, the SS Division Nibelungen and the V SS Mountain Corps.

Following World War II, Oberkamp was extradited to Yugoslavia, where he was tried for war crimes. He was sentenced to death and hanged in Belgrade on 4 May 1947.

References

Yerger, Mark C. (1999). Waffen-SS commanders. Vol. II : the army, corps and divisional leaders of a legend. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7643-0769-0.

Military offices
Preceded by SS-Obergruppenführer Artur Phleps	Commander of 7. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division Prinz Eugen 15 May 1943 – 30 January 1944	Succeeded by SS-Brigadeführer Otto Kumm
Preceded by SS-Obergruppenführer Artur Phleps	Commander of V.SS-Gebirgs-Korps 21 September 1944 – 1 October 1944	Succeeded by SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln
Preceded by SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Lammerding	*Commander of 38. SS-Division Nibelungen* (assigned)** May 1945	Succeeded by SS-Standartenführer Martin Stange

Yugoslav World War II war crimes trials

December 1944 – May 1945
without trial

death	Werner von Erdmannsdorff Gustav Fehn Heinz Kattner Friedrich Stephan Georg Waue

Hungarian military and political officials
Vojvodina Supreme Court

death	László Deák Ferenc Feketehalmy-Czeydner József Grassy Márton Zöldy Ferenc Szombathelyi Lajos Gaál Miklós Nagy Ernő Bajsay-Bauer Ferenc Bajor Pál Perepatic Leó Deák Géza Báthory József Könyöki Milan Popovic Gyula Zombory

German police officials (3rd trial)
9–22 December 1946

death	Josef Eckert Wilhelm Fuchs Josef Hahn Hans Helm Richard Kaaserer August Meyszner Friedrich Polte Ludwig Teichmann Ernst Weimann
imprisoned	Ernst Hesterberg

German officers (4th trial) at Belgrade
5–13 February 1947 verdict 16 February

death	Johann Fortner Fritz Neidholdt Josef Kübler Adalbert Lontschar Alexander Löhr August Schmidhuber Günther Tribukait
imprisoned	Ewald von Kleist

German occupation officials in Serbia (5th trial)
Military Court of the Yugoslav 3rd Army at Belgrade
27 February–3 March 1947

death	Rudolf Berg Walter Böhme Karl Freiherr von Bothmer Walter Firow Adolf Jostel Georg Kiessel Ernst Ludwig Langemann Schulze Franz Tritschler Harald Turner