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 a general view of the funeral
