Gustav Lombard was an SSBrigadefhrer who served in World War II. During the war, Lombard commanded 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer and the 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division. He was a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross.
Lombard was born in Klein Spiegelberg, near Prenzlau, Province of Brandenburg. After his fathers death in 1906 he visited his relatives in the USA in 1913, where he graduated from high school and started studying Modern Languages at the University of Missouri. After the end of World War I he returned to Germany in Autumn 1919 and worked for American Express and the Chrysler Motor Company in Berlin.
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