Martin Kohlroser | |
Birth Date: | 8 January 1905 |
Birth Place: | Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire |
Death Place: | Munich, Bavaria, West Germany |
Branch: | Waffen-SS |
Serviceyears: | 1930–45 |
Rank: | SS-Oberführer (Senior Colonel) |
Unit: | 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland |
Battles: | World War II |
Awards: | Blood Order Iron Cross 1st Class Iron Cross 2nd Class German Cross in Gold Infantry Assault Badge |
Martin Kohlroser (8 January 1905 – 14 November 1967) was a SS-Oberführer (Senior Colonel) in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the German Cross in Gold.
Kohlroser joined the SA in 1923 and participated in the Munich Putsch. On 1 June 1930, je joined the Allgemeine SS (SS-Nr.: 3 149). He was also a member of the NSDAP (NSDAP-Nr.: 371 577).
He was one of the original 117 men selected by Josef Dietrich to form the Headquarters Guard (SS-Stabswache) for Adolf Hitler in March 1933.[1] This unit, forerunner of the Leibstandarte, later became a part of the SS-Verfügungstruppe. During his service in the SS, he would be promoted from a junior officer in the LSSAH, to the rank of SS-Oberführer and would end World War II, in command of the 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland.[2]