Nickname(s) Type Leader(s) Equipment Size el>Headquarters Historical Information Established Fragmented Reformed Dissolved Notable Conflicts Affiliation [Source] The 3. Panzer Division Totenkopf was an SS panzergrenadier division of the Wehrmacht during WWII. The 3. SS Division was first formed in 1939 and soon became infamous because of the fact that a large majority of the first members of the division were actually previous guards of the German concentration camps and executioners. Furthermore, many of the early commanders of the Totenkopf Division were men who had served in the campaign in Poland in the month before the division was formed in October.