Sylvester Stadler

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Sylvester Stadler
Born	(1910-12-30)30 December 1910 Fohnsdorf, Austria-Hungary
Died	23 August 1995(1995-08-23) (aged 84) Augsburg, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Waffen-SS
Years of service	1935–45
Rank	Brigadeführer
Service number	NSDAP #4,159,018 SS #139,495[1]
Battles / wars	World War II
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Sylvester Stadler (30 December 1910 – 23 August 1995) was a high-ranking Austrian commander of the Waffen-SS, a commander of the SS Division Hohenstaufen, previously having been the commander of the SS regiment whose 3rd Company was responsible for the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre. Only 34 years old at the end of the war, he held the rank of SS-Brigadeführer and generalmajor of the Waffen SS and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves.