Published: 30 December 2010
Last Updated: 07 April 2012
The V. SS-Baubrigade was a forced labour unit manned by camp inmates that was formed in March 1944 at the Buchenwald camp. It was redesignated 5. SS-Eisenbahn-Baubrigade in October 1944.
Commanders
SS-Hauptsturmführer Gerhard Weigel (1 Mar 1944 – 14 Oct 1944)
Sources used
Karola Fings – Krieg, Gesellschaft und KZ: Himmlers SS-Baubrigaden
Andrew Mollo – Uniforms of the SS: Collected Edition
Reference material on this unit
Karola Fings – Krieg, Gesellschaft und KZ: Himmlers SS-Baubrigaden
