Albert Frey (16 February, 1913 - 1 December, 2003) was a Sturmbannführer in the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. He was born on 16 February 1913 in Heidelberg, the son of a master baker. In December 1933 he joined the SS Verfügungstruppe. In 1937 as an SS Oberscharführer, he attended the SS Junker school at Brunswick where he came in the top 12 on the course.

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  • Albert Frey (16 February, 1913 - 1 December, 2003) was a Sturmbannführer in the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. He was born on 16 February 1913 in Heidelberg, the son of a master baker. In December 1933 he joined the SS Verfügungstruppe. In 1937 as an SS Oberscharführer, he attended the SS Junker school at Brunswick where he came in the top 12 on the course. In March 1938 he was promoted to an SS-Sturmfuhrer and posted as a platoon commander to the SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Regiment. On 20 April 1939 he was again promoted to SS-Obersturmführer and given command of the 9th company of the Leibstandarte, for the Poland Campaign and the Battle of France. In November 1940 he took over command of the 1st Company LSSAH which he commanded throughout the Balkans Campaign. After the start of the Operation Barbarossa he was in July 1941 given command of the 3rd Battalion LSSAH. With his battalion he had a decisive impact capturing a bridge over the Mius north of Taganrog. The bridge was then attacked by three Russian armored trains. Despite severe losses all three armored trains were destroyed. For this action Frey was awarded the German Cross in Gold. Frey proved himself again in the fighting at Kharkov through his personal courage and leadership of his battalion. On April 20, 1942, he was promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer and in July 1942 he took over the 1st battalion of the newly established 1st SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiment LSSAH. For his achievements during the battle between the Donetz and Dnepr and the beginning of 1943, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross and a short time later he was appointed commander of the 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment. After a brief deployment in Italy, where he convinced an Italian General it was better to surrender to them than fight. He captured 10.000 prisoners. He quickly returned to the Eastern Front for the Battle of Kursk where he commanded a battle group, consisting of his regiment, a Panther tank Battalion, an assault gun Company and an artillery Battalion, which fought in the Kiev region. For the successful defence, he received on 27 December 1943 awarded the oak leaves to the Knight's Cross. In March 1944 he was given command of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and transferred to the area Kamenez - Podolsk. In June 1944 the Division was in France for the Battle of Normandy and was seriously wounded, and had to give up command of the Division. Later in August 1944, he became a staff officer in the headquarters of 6th SS Panzer Army. At the end of the war he was a liaison officer to the Gauleiter for the Upper Danube, he fled abroad so as to escape captivity. Albert Frey and his wife Lotte died in the morning of September 1, 2003 in Germany.
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  • 9th Company LSSAH 1st Company LSSAH 3rd Grenadier Battalion LSSAH 1st Battalion, 1st Panzer Grenadier Regiment LSSAH 1st SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment LSSAH 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
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  • Albert Frey
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  • Albert Frey (16 February, 1913 - 1 December, 2003) was a Sturmbannführer in the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler. He was born on 16 February 1913 in Heidelberg, the son of a master baker. In December 1933 he joined the SS Verfügungstruppe. In 1937 as an SS Oberscharführer, he attended the SS Junker school at Brunswick where he came in the top 12 on the course.
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  • Albert Frey (SS officer)
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