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Paul Moder

Paul Moder was a German NSDAP politician. He was first elected to the Reichstag in July 1932 as a deputy from electoral constituency 13 (Schleswig-Holstein), switching to constituency 3 (Berlin-East) in March 1936. He was also a captain in the Freikorps in the early 1920s, and the SS and Police Leader in Warsaw from November 1939 to July 1941 with the rank of SS-Gruppenführer. Transferred to the Waffen SS, he served with the SS-Totenkopf Division and died in action on the eastern front at the Demyansk Pocket.

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Paul Moder (1 October 1896 in Neheim1 – 8 February 1942) was a German NSDAP politician.2 He was first elected to the Reichstag in July 1932 as a deputy from electoral constituency 13 (Schleswig-Holstein), switching to constituency 3 (Berlin-East) in March 1936.3 He was also a captain in the Freikorps in the early 1920s, and the SS and Police Leader in Warsaw from November 1939 to July 1941 with the rank of SS-Gruppenführer. Transferred to the Waffen SS, he served with the SS-Totenkopf Division and died in action on the eastern front at the Demyansk Pocket.4

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  1. Der Grossdeutsche Reichstag (in German). R. v. Decker's Verlag, G. Schenck. 1936. p. 238. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  2. "Verhandlungen des Deutschen Reichstags". www.reichstag-abgeordnetendatenbank.de. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. Paul Moder entry in the Reichstag Members Database
  4. Jr, Charles W. Sydnor (16 June 2020). Soldiers of Destruction: The SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945 - Updated Edition. Princeton University Press. p. 333. ISBN 978-0-691-21416-0. Retrieved 7 November 2024.