In 1943 Mr. Karkoc would have been about 24 years old. Wouldn't that have been a little young to be a company commander especially since the Nazi military would have been filled with more experienced officers from WW-I?
Good point. Almost no SS officers had died by 1943, the war was kind of a garden party (especially in the East), and battlefield promotions were unheard of.
“In 1943 Mr. Karkoc would have been about 24 years old. Wouldn’t that have been a little young to be a company commander especially since the Nazi military would have been filled with more experienced officers from WW-I?”
maybe, but since this guy was commanding a Ukrainian unit, and not a German one, and he’s Ukrainian himself, his age might have been fairly typical for such an assignment.