Biography
Fritz Knöchlein joined the SS in 1934. Upon the formation of the 3rd SS Division ("Totenkopf") (then organized as a motorized infantry division) at the SS training area near Dachau he was promoted to the rank of Hauptsturmführer (Captain) and appointed to the command of No. 3 Kompanie, I.Abteilung (of which he was also the deputy commander, 2.Regiment ("Brandenberg") of the Totenkopf Division and fought as part of the division during the Battle of France in May–June 1940.
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