Funeral of Sepp Dietrich, former SS commander

1966 - The former Colonel General of the Waffen SS and Commander-in Chief of the sixth SS tank-army, Sepp Dietrich, who was before the Russia campaign commander of the body-standard Adolf Hitler, was interred at the New Graveyard in Ludwigsburg on Wednesday afternoon. The bearer of the Knight's Cross with Oak-leaves and Swords and brilliants died last Wednesday at the age of 74. More than 3, 500 fellow-soldiers and friends from all parts of Germany, from Austria, South-Tyrol, Holland and Finland among them more than 15 bearers of the Knight's Cross from the Second World War and several leading men of the national Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) - took part in the funeral. Friends of the deceased with about 70 wreaths followed the Coffin of Dietrich, which was decorated with a white cloth (on it a Knight's Cross), a helmet and the general's dagger as well as with Flowers, and which was buried by six bearers of the Knight's cross. Photo Shows The Coffin-Carrier (six bearers of the Knight's cross). On the Coffin are lying the steel- helmet of the general, his general's dagger and flowers. The Coffin is covered by a cloth on which is printed a Knight's cross

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