Meet the Wiking Reenactor

Page Updated: 11 August 2011

2/SS-Panzer Pioniere Bataillon 5 Reenactment Unit "Ersten rein und Letzten raus!" (First in, last out!)

Our Mission - We are committed to portraying professional German soldiers in the struggle against Bolshevism of the mid-Twentieth Century. We do this by outfitting ourselves with authentic uniforms, equipment, weapons, and attending public displays to educate the public of the horrors of the second world war. We adhere to original German squad tactics studied from original army documents, manuals and veteran accounts. In looking and acting like original WW II German soldiers our goal is to honor the real military veterans of all nations by showing younger generations what they went through. Please read our disclaimer on the main page to go along with this. The roster below is to give you an idea of the size of our reenacting unit and member's locations in the midwest United States. We portray combat assault engineers (Sturmpioniere) from the 5.SS Panzer Division "Wiking", specifically of the SS-Pioniere Bataillon 5 (core Pioniere formation within "Wiking"), 2.Kompanie (armored/motorized).

RANK NAME LOCATION EMAIL IN SERVICE SINCE: PHOTO SS-Scharführer Alfons Müller Jackson, MI Alfons 1/98 VIEW SS-UnterScharführer Pieter Meltzer Quad Cities, IL 2/02 VIEW SS-UnterScharführer Tedor Sturm Ada, MI   10/07 VIEW SS-UnterScharführer Gerhardt Zellfrau Mitchel, IN   08/10   SS-Rottenführer Fritz Salzgaber Geff, IL 10/07 VIEW SS-Sturmann Bjorn Gangr Tonica, IL   12/04 VIEW SS-Sturmann Rheinhardt Fleischer Crown Point, IN   8/07 VIEW SS-Sturmann Sepp Caesar Grand Rapids, MI   08/10   SS-OberPionier Karl Soodla Columbus, OH Webmaster 7/02 VIEW SS-OberPionier Johann Schleyer Beecher, IL   1/07 VIEW SS-OberPionier Dierk Gebhardt Parma, OH   3/08 VIEW SS-OberPionier Cristof Baumer Indianapolis, IN   7/08 VIEW SS-Pionier Sepp Gordonn Livonia, MI 5/99 VIEW SS-Pionier Theodor Scherer LaPorte, IN   1/03 VIEW SS-Pionier Rolf Neumann Columbus, OH 4/02   SS-Pionier Dietrich Arnold Chatham, Ontario 8/04 VIEW SS-Pionier Albert Bergen Joliet, IL 7/06 VIEW SS-Pionier Franz Steinle Lake Village, IN   9/06 VIEW SS-Pionier Jurgen Hauptmann Greenfield, OH   2/07   SS-Pionier Michael Weiss Fairfield, IL.   6/07 VIEW SS-Pionier Walther Scherer LaPorte, IN   2/07   SS-Pionier Erich Steinle Lake Village, IN   02/08   SS-Pionier Lantz Aldrich Eaton Rapids, MI   8/08   SS-Pionier Friedrich Buehler Jackson, MI   9/08 VIEW SS-Pionier Stefan Neuman Muskegon, MI   1/09   SS-Pionier Winfried Fuchs Indianapolis, IN   5/09 VIEW SS-Pionier Georg Wolf Amherst, OH   6/09   SS-Pionier Hans Wiser Peoria, IL   2/09 SS-Pionier Otto Braun Marshall, MI   12/09   SS-Pionier Günther Hermann Livonia, MI   7/09   SS-Pionier Bruno Peterson North Hammond, IN   11/09 VIEW SS-Pionier Kai Graf Jackson, MI   02/10   SS-Pionier Wilhelm Guentner Scottsburg, IN   08/10   SS-Pionier Klaus Stark Tipton, IN   05/10   SS-Pionier Heinrich Steiner Oxford, MI   08/10   SS-Pionier Johannes Nefziger Dixon, IL   10/10               SS-Bewerber Kurt Hausser Merrillville, IN   05/09   SS-Bewerber Franz Lutz Indianapolis, IN   08/10   SS-Bewerber Wendel Schmitt Morenci, MI   03/11   SS-Bewerber Erwin Spescht Vanlue, OH   04/11   SS-Bewerber Eugen Müller Ballwin, MO   05/11   SS-Bewerber Olaf Thorson Noblesville, IN   06/11   SS-Bewerber Kaspar Krugmann Lorain, OH   06/11   SS-Bewerber Otto Bekken Indianapolis, IN   07/11

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