In this second of an eventual four volumes, Michael Miller and Andreas Schulz continue to provide the most comprehensive biographical study yet compiled on the leadership corps of the Sturmabteilung. Volume 2 examines the lives and careers of 71 active and honorary leaders, and completes the coverage of all who held the rank of Obergruppenfuhrer in Hitler's earliest paramilitary organization.
Author Biography
Andreas Schulz was born in Stendal (Altmark), then in the German Democratic Republic, on 12 April 1965. After completing his studies in Magdeburg, he worked as a hydraulic engineer. For the past nine years, he has served in the Bundespresseamt (Federal Press Office) of the German Government. A diligent and passionate research historian, he is the co-author of the following works: With Joachim Lilla and Martin Doring: "Statisten in Uniform. Die Mitglieder des Reichstags 1933-1945" (Droste Verlag, 2004); With Dr. med. Dieter Zinke: "Die Generale der Waffen-SS und der Polizei 1933-1945, Band 1 (Abraham-Gutenberger)" (Biblio-Verlag, 2003), "Die Generale der Waffen-SS und der Polizei 1933-1945, Band 2 (Hachtel-Kutschera)" (Biblio-Verlag, 2005), "Die Generale der Waffen-SS und der Polizei 1933-1945, Band 3 (Lammerding-Plesch)" (Biblio-Verlag, 2008), "Die Generale der Waffen-SS und der Polizei 1933-1945, Band 4 (Podzun-Schimana)" (Biblio-Verlag, 2009), "Die Generale der Waffen-SS und der Polizei 1933-1945, Band 5 (Schlake-Turner)" (Biblio-Verlag, 2011), "Die Generale der Waffen-SS und der Polizei 1933-1945, Band 6 (Ullmann-Zottmann)" (Biblio-Verlag, 2012); with Michael D. Miller: "The SS-Brigadefuhrer, 1933-1945" (Self-published CD-Rom, 2004), "Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, Volume I (Herbert Albrecht - H. Wilhelm Huttmann)" (R. James Bender Publishing, 2012). Michael Miller was born in Torrance, California on 28 May 1971. He served in the US Navy from 1989 to 1993, achieving the rank of Yeoman Petty Officer 3rd Class with assignments to USS ORION (AS-18) and the Port Services Department of Commander, Submarine Squadron 22 in La Maddalena, Sardinia as well as Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron TWO (VQ-2) in Rota, Spain. His interest in the Second World War dates back to 1978. He currently works as a Peer Specialist for the Department of Veterans' Affairs in California. Founder of the website Axis Biographical Research in 1999, and a forum host/moderator at Axis History Forums since 2002, he is also the author or co-author of the following: "Leaders of the SS & German Police, Volume I: Reichsfuhrer-SS - SS-Gruppenfuhrer (Georg Ahrens to Karl Gutenberger)" (R. James Bender Publishing, 2006), "Knight's Cross Holders of the SS & German Police, 1940-1945" (Self-published CD-Rom, 2009), and with Andreas Schulz "The SS-Brigadefuhrer, 1933-1945" (Self-published CD-Rom, 2004), and "Gauleiter: The Regional Leaders of the Nazi Party and Their Deputies, Volume I (Herbert Albrecht - H. Wilhelm Huttmann)" (R. James Bender Publishing, 2012).
