SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 5 Dietrich Eckhart was formed in Oranienburg Sep 1939 around a cadre from SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 2 Brandenburg. It was the last Totenkopf-Standarte to be formed before the war.
It was transferred to Linz, where parts of it was used to form SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 13, and later to Stettin.
It was redesignated SS-Infanterie-Regiment 5 Feb 1941 and attached to 2. SS-Infanterie Brigade.
| Commanders | |
| SS-Oberführer Leo von Jena | (? Nov 1939 – 1 Dec 1939) |
| SS-Brigadeführer Breithaupt | (1 Dec 1939 – ? 1940) |
| SS-Standartenführer Hans Scheider | (? 1940 – ? Feb 1941) |
| Manpower strength | |
| July 1940 | 1.878 |
Order of battle
Stab
I. Stuba
II. Stuba
III. Stuba
Sources used
Dr. K-G Klietmann - Die Waffen-SS: eine Dokumentation
Kurt Mehner - Die Waffen-SS und Polizei 1939-1945
Reference material on this unit
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