page_title: 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer
section_title: Commanders
hierarchical_section_title: 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer / Commanders
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Sowjetunion, SS-Reiter bei Mosyr im Einsatz gegen Partisanen Scherl: Bandenjagd im nassen Dreieck: Der Vormarsch beginnt. Durch versumpfte Felder und Wälder gehen die SS-Reiter vor, dauernd nach allen Seiten spähend. Ort: Mosyr, Datum: Mai 43, Bildberichter: SS-PK Obermüller 2917-43 ADN-ZB-Archiv II.Weltkrieg 1939 -45 In den von den faschistischen deutschen Truppen besetzten Gebieten der Sowjetunion; Mai 1943 Partisanenbekämpfung im sogenannten "nassen Dreieck" bei Mosyr - die SS-reiter beginnen den Vormarsch durch versumpfte Felder und Wälder. Aufnahme: Obermüller 2917-43
context_page_description: The 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer" was a German Waffen-SS cavalry division during World War II. It was formed in 1942 from a cadre of the SS Cavalry Brigade which was involved in the Bandenbekämpfung operations behind the front line and was responsible for the killing of tens of thousands of the civilian population. It continued "pacification" operations in the occupied Soviet Union, leading to further atrocities.
context_section_description: SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Lombard, (March 1942 - April 1942)
  SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein, (April 1942 - August 1942)
  SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich, (August 1942 - 15 February 1943)
  SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Freitag, (15 February 1943 - 20 April 1943)
  SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Lombard, (20 April 1943 - 14 May 1943)
  SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein, (14 May 1943 - 13 September 1943)
  SS-Gruppenführer Bruno Streckenbach, (13 September 1943 - 22 October 1943)
  SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein, (22 October 1943 - 1 January 1944)
  SS-Gruppenführer Bruno Streckenbach, (1 January 1944 - 14 April 1944)
  SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Lombard, (14 April 1944 - 1 July 1944)
  SS-Brigadeführer Joachim Rumohr, (1 July 1944 - 11 February 1945)
caption: SS Cavalry Division on a Bandenbekämpfung sweep, May 1943
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