KARL VON KREMPLER

KSS Standartenfuhrer i SS-und Polizeifuhrer

odgovoran za regrutiranje muslimana iz Bosne i sandžačke regije u Waffen SS.

KARL VON KREMPLER

26. 05. 1896. Pirotu, Kraljevina Srbija

17. 04.1972. Salzburg, Austrija

Bio je sin austrijskog inženjera.

Godine 1915. dobrovoljno se javlja kao pitomac u donjoaustrijsku pješačku pukovniju br. 84 (k.u.k. donjoaustrijska pješačka pukovnija br. 84).

Godine 1920. pušten je iz aktivne službe u činu poručnika (Oberleutnant).

Govorio je tečno turski, srpski i njemački. Smatran je specijalistom unutar SS-a za islam, a 1942. regrutirali su ga Heinrich Himmler i SS-general-pukovnik Artur Phleps da sudjeluju u formiranju predložene bošnjačke Handschar divizije unutar Waffen SS-a, 13. Waffen brdske divizije SS Handschara. (1. hrvatski).

Za razliku od većine SS osoblja, Krempler nije bio član Nacističke stranke.

Nakon što je u septembru 1943. imenovan na mjesto višeg SS-a i policijskog vođe Sandžaka, von Krempler je postao poznat kao “sandžački knez” nakon relativno uspješnog ustrojavanja Policijske samoobrambene pukovnije Sandžak.

U listopadu je otišao u regiju Sandžaka i preuzeo lokalnu dobrovoljačku miliciju od oko 5.000 antikomunista, antisrpskih muslimanskih muškaraca sa sjedištem u Sjenici.

Ova se formacija ponekad kasnije nazivala Kampfgruppe Krempler ili još podrugljivije "Muselmanengruppe von Krempler".

Kako je viši oficir Waffen SS-a Karl von Krempler imenovao lokalnog muslimana po imenu Hafiz Sulejman Pačariz za formalnog zapovjednika postrojbe, ali kao ključnog vojnog trenera i kontakt osobu s njemačkim oružjem i streljivom, ostao je efektivno pod kontrolom.

Kremplera je u junu 1944. zamijenio SS Oberführer Richard Kaaserer, koji je zapovijedao Sandschak pukovnijom od 21. 06. 1944. do 28. 11. 1944. Kaaserer je bio pripadnik austrougarske vojske u Prvom svjetskom ratu. Za razliku od von Kremplera,

Kaaserer je izručen Socijalistička Jugoslavija nakon rata, a suđeno mu je i pogubljeno u siječnju 1947. zbog navodnih ratnih zločina.

U siječnju 1945. premješten je u upravni stožer 13. brdske divizije Waffen SS Handschar (1. hrvatski). Karl von Krempler pobjegao je od komunističkog režima Josipa Broza Tita i umro je 17. 04.1972. u Salzburgu u Austriji.

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KARL VON KREMPLER

Passport Karl von Krempler

Karl von Krempler was SS Standartenführer and SS-und Polizeiführer during World War II responsible for recruiting Muslims from Bosnia and the Sanjak region into the Waffen SS. Passport Karl von Krempler

Karl von Krempler was born on 26 May 1896 in Pirot, Kingdom of Serbia. He was the son of an Austrian engineer. In 1915 he volunteered as a cadet for the Lower Austrian Infantry Regiment No. 84 (k.u.k. Niederösterreichischen Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 84). In 1920 he was released from active service with the rank of Lieutenant (Oberleutnant).

He spoke fluent Turkish, Serbian and German. He was considered a specialist within the SS on Islam and in 1942 was recruited by Heinrich Himmler and SS Lieutenant-General Artur Phleps to participate in the formation of a proposed Bosniak Handschar Division within the Waffen SS, the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian). Unlike most SS personnel, Krempler was not a member of the Nazi Party. Passport Karl von Krempler

Following his appointment to the post of Höhere SS-und Polizeiführer Sandschak (Higher SS and Police Leader Sanjak) in September 1943, von Krempler came to be known as the “Sanjak Prince” after his relatively successful formation of the Police Self-Defense Regiment Sandjak. He went to the Sanjak region in October and took over the local volunteer militia of around 5,000 anti-communist, anti-Serb Muslim men headquartered in Sjenica. This formation was sometimes thereafter called the Kampfgruppe Krempler or more derisively the “Muselmanengruppe von Krempler”. As the senior Waffen SS officer Karl von Krempler appointed a token local Muslim named Hafiz Sulejman Pačariz as the formal commander of the unit, but as the key military trainer and contact person with German arms and munitions, remained effectively in control. Passport Karl von Krempler

Krempler was replaced in June 1944 by SS Oberführer Richard Kaaserer, who commanded the Sandschak Regiment from 21 June 1944 to 28 November 1944. Kaaserer had been a member of the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War I. Unlike von Krempler, Kaaserer was extradited to Socialist Yugoslavia after the war, and was tried and executed in January 1947 for alleged war crimes. In January 1945 he was re-assigned to the administrative staff of the 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian). Karl von Krempler escaped the Communist regime of Josip Broz Tito and died on 17 April 1972 in Salzburg, Austria. Read more in the book “Heim ins Reich – Hitlers willigste Österreicher”.

The Passport Passport Karl von Krempler

The passport is a red sixteen-pages temporary Alien passport of the Reich. It writes Dipl. Ing. Dragutin (Karl in Croatian) pl. (Von) Krempler. He didn’t have German citizenship. The document was issued at Zell am See, 26 April 1944 and has included a residence permit stamp with the same date and valid until 1947.

To find travel documents of such significant SS officers is rare.

Kampfgruppe Krempler