Gustav Lombard

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Gustav Lombard
Picture of Lombard being awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in March 1943
Born	(1895-04-10)10 April 1895 Prenzlau, German Empire
Died	18 September 1992(1992-09-18) (aged 97) Mühldorf, Germany
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1933–45
Rank	SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS
Service number	NSDAP #2,649,630 SS #185,023
Commands held	1st Regiment, SS Cavalry Brigade 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Other work	Allianz Insurance
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Gustav Lombard (10 April 1895 – 18 September 1992) was a high-ranking member in the SS during World War II. During the war, Lombard commanded 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer and the 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany for so-called "anti-partisan" operations around Kovel which involved killing of civilians and burning down villages.

Lombard perpetrated mass murder in the Holocaust, serving as commanding officer of the 1st Regiment of the SS Cavalry Brigade during the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Lombard was convicted of war crimes by a Soviet military tribunal in 1947 and was released in 1955. He was subsequently tried by a West German court in the 1960s and found not guilty.