Herbert Gille

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Herbert Otto Gille
Born	(1897-03-08)8 March 1897 Bad Gandersheim, Lower Saxony, German Empire
Died	26 December 1966(1966-12-26) (aged 69) Stemmen, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Army Waffen-SS
Years of service	1914–19 1934–45
Rank	SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS
Commands held	SS Division Wiking IV SS Panzerkorps
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds
Other work	HIAG, Waffen-SS lobby group

Herbert Otto Gille (8 March 1897 – 26 December 1966) was a high-ranking German SS officer, and divisional & corps commander of the Waffen SS. He commanded the SS Division Wiking during World War II. Gille was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds, making him the most highly decorated Waffen-SS member of the war. After the war, Gille opened a book store and became active in HIAG, a lobby group and a revisionist veteran's organisation founded by former high-ranking Waffen-SS personnel in West Germany in 1951.