From horse-riding to Holocaust: Hermann Fegelein and the Waffen-SS by Henning Pieper on November 20, 2014 share 0 In the early 1930s, Hermann Fegelein, one of Germany's most successful jockeys, met Heinrich Himmler. In 1937, he was appointed head of the main riding school of the SS. By July 1941 the SS Cavalry read more