Hermann Buch – “Der Führer” & 2. SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich”

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Original Postwar Signature of Hermann Buch, Officer of the 2. SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich”. Reference below from Author Michael Miller.

Friedrich Hermann Robert Buch
SS-Hauptsturmführer

Born: 16.02.1920 in Scheuern/Gernsbach.
Died: 12.11.2012 in a retirement home near Budapest, Hungary. He had resettled to that country with his family on 15.09.2000.

NSDAP-Nr.:
SS-Nr.: 357 263 (Joined 01.11.1938)

Promotions:
SS-Untersturmführer
SS-Obersturmführer
SS-Hauptsturmführer

Career:
Adjutant of SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon/SS-Division (mot.) “Reich”.
Kompanieführer of 3. Kompanie/SS-Kradschützen-Bataillon/SS-Division “Reich” (mot.).
Kompanieführer of 15. Kompanie/SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment “Der Führer”/SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Das Reich”.
Severely wounded, then on convalescent leave.
Assigned to Verwaltungsdienst (administrative service) at SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz.
Divisions-Adjutant (IIa) of 2. SS-Panzer-Division “Das Reich”.

Postwar Activities:
00.00.1945-00.00.194_ In Allied captivity.
00.00.19__-00.00.19__ Editor of Der Freiwillige (the Waffen-SS veterans publication).
22.10.1971 Founded the “Vereinigung der Freunde der SS-Division ‘Das Reich’” (Assocation of Friends of the SS-Division “Das
Reich”
) in Rosenheim.

Decorations & Awards:
1939 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
1939 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen in Bronze
Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Silber
Verwundetenabzeichen, 1939 in Schwarz
Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42”
Goldenes Hitler-Jugend Ehrenzeichen
Ehrenwinkel für alte Kämpfer

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