In October of 1939 he was promoted to Hauptsturmführer and commanded companies in the divisions Das Fuhrer SS and Deutschland SS in the campaign of France.At the start of Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, Darges was attached to the 5th Panzergrenadier SS Wiking Division and fought in the Don Offensive in the Caucasus obtaining enough merit to receive the First Class Iron Cross in August 1942 .In May of that year, Hitler proposed to him in secret link Returning to the Russian front, Darges commanded a tank regiment of the Wiking Division standing out like a capable leader of the 5º Panzer Regiment in August of 1944.

He joined the SS in 1933, and by 1936 he was the senior adjutant to Martin Bormann. “One time we went off to Italy together with Eva Braun and her sister Gretel in an open-topped car.“I had to organise all the finances. Posted on October 30, 2009 by jewishgenblog.

“He had a sympathetic look, he was warm-hearted. I must, and was, always there for him, at every conference, at every inter-service liaison meeting, at all war conferences.But Darges misjudged the “warm-hearted” Führer deeply during one conference at Rastenburg on July 18 1944 – two days before a bomb plot nearly succeeded in killing him.During a strategy conference a fly began buzzing around the room, landing on Hitler’s shoulder and on the surface of a map several times.Irritated, Hitler ordered Darges to “dispatch the nuisance”.
Darges was the last surviving member of Hitler’s inner circle and was present for all major conferences, social engagements and policy announcements for four years of the war.

And so he was sent into combat.But despite the dramatic end to his time with Hitler, he would still hear nothing against “the boss.”“We all dreamed of a greater German empire,” he said.

BERLIN: The memoirs of the last SS adjutant to Adolf Hitler are to be published in a move historians say could clarify the Fuhrer's involvement in the Holocaust. If they haven't been published, why not? Top. Post by pavel michalek » 02 Nov 2009, 16:21 Wiesel wrote: I am a nephew of Fritz Darges. Here is an actual photo of him. Ask questions, get answers.

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In October of 1939 he was promoted to Hauptsturmführer and commanded companies in the divisions Das Fuhrer SS and Deutschland SS in the campaign of France.At the start of Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, Darges was attached to the 5th Panzergrenadier SS Wiking Division and fought in the Don Offensive in the Caucasus obtaining enough merit to receive the First Class Iron Cross in August 1942 .In May of that year, Hitler proposed to him in secret link Returning to the Russian front, Darges commanded a tank regiment of the Wiking Division standing out like a capable leader of the 5º Panzer Regiment in August of 1944. Be the first to share what you think! Darges was decorated with one of the last Knight Crosses .He was detained with members of his division by the Americans in May 1945.
0 comments. He was an aide to the SS of Adolf Hitler for a short period between 1943 and 1944 during World War II .Fritz Darges was born in Dülseberg, Germany in 1913. I rated him from the off.”After serving in the SS panzer division Wiking in France and Russia he was promoted on to the Führer’s personal staff in 1940.

Darges was decorated with one of the last Knight Crosses .He was detained with members of his division by the Americans in May 1945. In January of 1945, the 5º Panzer regiment managed to break the front fighting to the Division Nº 41 of Soviet infantry pocketing important summit forces and accrediting the destruction of 30 tanks in a single battle on the front of the Vistula. Memoirs of Hitler aide could finally end Holocaust claims. References. In January of 1945, the 5º Panzer regiment managed to break the front fighting to the Division Nº 41 of Soviet infantry pocketing important summit forces and accrediting the destruction of 30 tanks in a single battle on the front of the Vistula.