The 90. SS-Standarte Franz Kutschera was previously known as the 90. SS-Standarte Kärnten.

Commanders

SS-Obersturmführer Josef Fritz (? Jan 1934 - ? Apr 1934)
SS-Haupsturmführer Otto Schatzmeyer (? Apr 1934 - ? Aug 1934)
Bruno Pardatscher (? Aug 1934 - ? Nov 1934)
Kurt Pohl (? Nov 1934 - ? June 1935)
SS-Obersturmbannführer Franz Kutschera (1 July 1935 - 16 Mar 1938)
SS-Obersturmführer Ernst Maurer (? Apr 1936 - ? Sep 1936) (1)
SS-Sturmbannführer Viktor Nageler (16 Mar 1938 - ? 1943)
SS-Sturmbannführer Werner Schmitz (? 1943 - ? May 1945)

HQ

Klagenfurt (in Spittal February 1934-April 1936 and September 1936-March 1938)

Honor title

It was given the honor title "Franz Kutschera" in October 1944 in honor of SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei Franz Kutschera, SS- und Polizeiführer Warschau, who was assassinated by the Polish resistance (Armia Krajowa) on 1 February 1944.

RFSS Heinrich Himmler visiting Mauthausen with Franz Kutschera in a long coat to the left

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Footnotes

1. Maurer was substitute for Kutschera who held titular command.

Sources used

Michael Miller & Andreas Schultz - The SS-Brigadeführer 1933-1945
Mark C. Yerger - Allgemeine-SS

Reference material on this unit

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