Herbert Gille, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Herbert Gille

German general

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1897

Place of Birth: Bad Gandersheim, Lower Saxony, Germany

Date of Death: 26-Dec-1966

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Herbert Otto Gille (8 March 1897 – 26 December 1966) was a high-ranking German SS commander of the Nazi era.
He commanded the SS Division Wiking during World War II.
Gille was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, making him the most highly decorated Waffen-SS member of the war.
After the war, Gille became active in HIAG, a lobby group and a revisionist veteran's organisation founded by former high-ranking Waffen-SS personnel in West Germany in 1951.