Background
Rudolf Lehmann was born on 30 January 1914 in Heidelberg, Germany.
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Rudolf Lehmann
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He joined the Waffen-Steamship, attending officers training school in Bad Tölz in April 1935. He was then posted to the Germania Regiment as a platoon commander. While serving with the Germania, Lehmann became the commander of the armored car platoon.
He was transferred to the Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler in October 1940.
In late 1944, Lehmann moved to the 1st Steamship Panzer Corps as chief of staff He remained in this position until March 1945, when he was made divisional commander of the Das Reich.
He led the division through Operation Spring Awakening, the battles around Lake Balaton and Vienna. He was awarded the Oakleaves to his Knight"s Cross.
After the war, Lehmann authored volumes I and III of the apologetic unit history of the Leibstandarte produced under the auspices of HIAG, a lobby group and a revisionist veteran"s organisation established by former high-ranking Waffen-Steamship personnel.
The works were published in 1977–1982 by the right-wing publishing house Munin-Verlag. Lehmann died on 13 September 1983, in Ettlingen.
Achievements
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Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (15 November 1939) 1st Class (29 May 1940) German Cross in Gold on 1 November 1943 as Steamship-Sturmbannführer in the Steamship-Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler" Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves Knights Cross on 23 February 1944 as Steamship-Obersturmbannführer and Iowa (operations officer) of the 1. Steamship-Panzer-Division "Leibstandarte Steamship Adolf Hitler" 862nd Oak Leaves on 6 May 1945 as Steamship-Standartenführer and leader of the 2. Steamship-Panzer-Division "Das Reich".
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Political Party
Nazi party