Germany, Ss Totenkopf. A Wehrpaß To Dachau & Stutthof Guard

The Wehrpaß is named to Willi Reibl and dated to Marburg/Drau (present-day Maribor, Slovenia) on October 20, 1942. It is of the second type. Measuring 105 mm (w) x 147 mm (h), presenting light scuffing and fraying of the edges and on the spine, and light creasing of the cover; top half of the body of the book has come loose, otherwise interior remains undamaged; in overall very fine condition.

Footnote: Willi Reibl was born on May 26, 1920 in Djakovo (Đakovo), Croatia. He worked as a butcher. Reibl joined the SS on September 14, 1942 in Breslau (present-day Wrocław, southern Poland). He was deemed fit for “garrison duty, field” and placed in the 2nd Convalescent Company of SS Infantry Replacement Battalion “East”. The unit was later renamed to SS Grenadier Replacement Battalion “East” (mot.), and Reibl served in the 5th Company until January of 1943.

Between January and August of 1943, Reibl served in the SS Totenkopf-Sturmbann Stutthof, a concentration camp near Danzig which operated mainly as a forced labour camp. Between August 1943 and March 1945, Reibl was part of the SS Totenkopf-Sturmbann Concentration Camp Dachau. No further information is given, and Reibl’s fate remains unknown. Reibl received a single promotion to SS-Sturmmann of the reserve on December 1, 1943.