Walter Hensch ( German: Walter Haensch ; March 3, 1904 , Hirschfelde , German Empire after 1955 ) - Obersturmbannführer SS , commander of the Sonderkommando 4b, which was part of Einsatzgruppe C. After the war he was convicted at the Nuremberg trials in the case of the Einsatzgruppen .
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Biography
Walter Hensch was born March 3, 1904 in the family of the doctor Heinrich Walter Hensch. From 1923 to 1924 he was a member of the Mladogerman Order [1] . He studied law at the University of Leipzig . In June 1931 he joined the NSDAP (party ticket No. 537,265). Passed the state exam in 1934. He worked in the city administration of Döbeln until July 1935. August 1, 1935 became a member of the SS (No. 272 573). Headed Division I D2 (Disciplinary Matters) at the General Directorate of Imperial Security . In 1939 he received a doctorate in law.
World War II
From March 21 to July 5, 1942, he headed the Sonderkommando 4b , which carried out mass killings in Ukraine . On April 3, 1942, under his command, the Sonderkommando captured 50 hostages and shot half of them. In late April - early May 1942, there were 1,038 prisoners in Gorlovka , of which 727 were killed by members of the Sonderkommando 4b. Of these 727 victims, 421 were “partisans, saboteurs, saboteurs, communist activists and agents of the NKVD” [2] . In 1943 he was seconded to Denmark , where he became the Commissioner for Internal Affairs.
After the war
After the war, he appeared before the American military tribunal. On April 10, 1948, he was sentenced to death by hanging. [3] In 1951, pardoned by the American Commissioner in Germany, John McCloy . Hensh's death sentence was commuted to 15 years in prison. [4] In 1955 he was released from Landsberg prison .
Notes
- ↑ Wildt, 2003 , S. 57-59.
- ↑ Records of the United States Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, Vol. 4, US Government Printing Office, District of Columbia 1950, S. 547-549.
- ↑ Records of the United States Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, Vol. 4, US Government Printing Office, District of Columbia 1950, S. 547–555.
- ↑ Norbert Frei, 1996 , S. 195–233.
Literature
- Norbert Frei. Vergangenheitspolitik: die Anfänge der Bundesrepublik und die NS-Vergangenheit. - München: CH Beck, 1996 .-- ISBN 3-406-41310-2 .
- Peter Klein. Die Einsatzgruppe C // Die Einsatztruppen in der besetzten Sowjetunion 1941/42. - Berlin: Edition Hentrich, 1997. - S. 71–87. - ISBN 3-89468-200-0 .
- Trials of War Criminals Before the Nuernberg Military Tribunals Under Control Council Law No. 10, Vol. 4: United States of America vs. Otto Ohlendorf, et al. (Case 9: „Einsatzgruppen Case“). US Government Printing Office, District of Columbia 1950. In: “National Archives Microfilm Publications”, NM Series 1874–1946, Microfilm Publication M936. National Archives and Record Service, Washington 1973. (Auszüge aus der Vernehmung von Walter Haensch S. 313–323, Urteil gegen Walter Haensch S. 547–555.)
- Michael Wildt. Die Generation des Unbedingten: das Führungskorps des Reichssicherheitshauptamtes. - Hamburg: Hamburger Edition, 2003 .-- S. 57-59. - ISBN 3-930908-87-5 .