| 词条 | Voldemārs Veiss |
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|name=Voldemārs Veiss |image=File:Voldemārs_Veiss_.jpg |image_size= |caption = |birth_date= {{birth date|1899|11|7|df=y}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|1944|4|17|1899|11|7|df=y}} |birth_place=Riga, Russian Empire |death_place= |placeofburial= |allegiance= {{flag|Latvia|23px}} {{flag|Nazi Germany|23px}} |branch= Wehrmacht Waffen-SS |serviceyears=1918–40, 1941–44 |rank=Standartenführer |awards=Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross }} Voldemārs Veiss (7 November 1899 – 17 April 1944) was a latvian officer and prominent Nazi collaborator, who served in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany. When Riga, the capital of Latvia, fell to the Wehrmacht on 1 July 1941, the Germans began forming self-defence and police forces. Veiss was appointed the commander of such a Self Defence organization.{{which|date=February 2016}} On July 20 the Nazis disbanded this organization and ordered the formation of auxiliary police forces instead, with Lt. Col. Veiss being appointed Chief of the Auxiliary Police. At the end of 1941, he became First Deputy Director General of the Director General of the Interior when the Latvian Self-Administration was reorganized. As early as autumn 1941 Latvian auxiliary police units, temporarily attached to the Wehrmacht, were first used in front line duties. This occasional employment continued until the 2nd Latvian Brigade was formed from six Latvian battalions, four of which had combat experience. At the end of April 1943 a three battalion formation fighting under name of Latvian Legion was withdrawn from the front line and renamed 1st Volunteer Regiment of the SS (Latvian), with a change of Wehrmacht ranks to those of Waffen-SS. Voldemārs Veiss was given command of this regiment, which was a part of the 2nd Latvian Brigade, and received a rank of Legion-Obersturmbannführer. In January 1944, Veiss became the first Latvian to receive the Knight's Cross. On 17 April 1944, Veiss died from wounds he had suffered seven days prior. Awards
ReferencesCitations1. ^Scherzer 2007, p. 756. Bibliography{{Refbegin}}
|last=Scherzer |first=Veit |year=2007 |title=Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives |trans-title=The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives |language=German |location=Jena, Germany |publisher=Scherzers Militaer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-938845-17-2 }}{{Refend}}{{Latvian recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross}}{{Subject bar | portal1=Biography | portal2=Latvia | portal3=Military of Germany | portal4=World War II }}{{DEFAULTSORT:Veiss, Voldemars}} 11 : 1899 births|1944 deaths|People from Riga|Latvian military personnel|SS-Standartenführer|Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross|Recipients of the Order of Viesturs|German military personnel killed in World War II|Latvian collaborators with Nazi Germany|Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts|Latvian Legion |
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