Rüdiger Pipkorn (1909–1945) was a Oberst and a temporary Standartenführer in the Waffen SS during World War II. He was killed in action in 1945, when in command of the 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division. Rüdiger Pipkorn was born on the 19 November 1909,in Gera in Thuringia. He was a member of the Heer (German Army) during World War II. In 1943 as a Oberstleutnant he accepted a wartime transfer to the Waffen SS.

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  • Rüdiger Pipkorn (1909–1945) was a Oberst and a temporary Standartenführer in the Waffen SS during World War II. He was killed in action in 1945, when in command of the 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division. Rüdiger Pipkorn was born on the 19 November 1909,in Gera in Thuringia. He was a member of the Heer (German Army) during World War II. In 1943 as a Oberstleutnant he accepted a wartime transfer to the Waffen SS. He was not a member of the NSDAP and as he was only a temporarily transferred to the Waffen SS he did not receive a SS service number. He was awarded the German Cross in Gold in June 1944, for his performance when serving as the chief of staff for the II SS Panzer Corps in Normandy. In the spring of 1945, he was given command of the 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division, which by April was in positions on the Neisse River near Guben, south east of Berlin. The Soviet Berlin offensive had started on 16 April. He was killed in action on 25 April 1945, in his command tank by Soviet tank fire near the outskirts of Baruth, while leading his division in an attempt to break out of the Halbe pocket.
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  • Rüdiger Pipkorn (1909–1945) was a Oberst and a temporary Standartenführer in the Waffen SS during World War II. He was killed in action in 1945, when in command of the 35th SS and Police Grenadier Division. Rüdiger Pipkorn was born on the 19 November 1909,in Gera in Thuringia. He was a member of the Heer (German Army) during World War II. In 1943 as a Oberstleutnant he accepted a wartime transfer to the Waffen SS.
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