78 profiles
Profiles are ordered alphabetically by surname. Placement reflects documented function and agency, never a ranking by numbers of victims.
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Ludolf-Hermann von Alvensleben
commander of Selbstschutz West Prussia and later regional SS and police commander
escaped to Argentina and was never tried in personCircle IV of VII
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
senior SS commander for anti-partisan warfare and commander of forces suppressing the Warsaw Uprising
imprisoned for prewar murders but never tried for his principal wartime crimesCircle IV of VII
Herbert Backe
agricultural minister and principal planner of the Hunger Plan
died by suicide in Nuremberg custody in 1947 before trialCircle IV of VII
Werner Best
senior Security Police and SD lawyer involved in organising Einsatzgruppen for the 1939 campaign
convicted in Denmark; after release, West German proceedings did not produce a conviction for his role in the security apparatusCircle IV of VII
Walther Bierkamp
commander of Einsatzgruppe D, then commander of the Security Police and SD (BdS) in the General Government
died by suicide on 15 May 1945; never triedCircle IV of VII
Franz Böttger
Arbeitsführer and Rapportführer
He was sentenced to death on 13 December 1945 and executed at Landsberg on 29 May 1946.Circle IV of VII
Philipp Bouhler
head of the Führer's Chancellery and co-director of the T4 killing programme
not tried; died by suicide in US custody in 1945Circle IV of VII
Viktor Brack
head of Office II in the Führer Chancellery and organiser of Aktion T4
convicted in the Doctors' Trial and executed in 1948Circle IV of VII
Walter Braemer
military commander of Bydgoszcz and a rear-area district in September 1939
interned; never tried for BydgoszczCircle IV of VII
Karl Brandt
Hitler's personal physician, co-director of the T4 programme and Reich health commissioner
convicted in the Doctors' Trial and executed in 1948Circle IV of VII
Walter Buch
supreme party judge and Reichsleiter
In July 1949 he was classified as a main offender; the five-year labour-camp term was reduced to three and a half years and deemed served.Circle IV of VII
Josef Bühler
state secretary and head of government in the General Government
convicted in Poland and executed in 1948Circle IV of VII
Rudolf Creutz
Ulrich Greifelt's deputy and head of Main Office Group A in the Main Staff Office of the Reich Commissioner for the Consolidation of German Nationhood
sentenced to 15 years; sentence reduced; released in 1951Circle IV of VII
Gunter d’Alquen
editor-in-chief of Das Schwarze Korps and commander of Waffen-SS propaganda
Classified as a major offender in denazification; received 10 years' confinement and financial penalties.Circle IV of VII
Kurt Daluege
chief of the Order Police and acting Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia
convicted in Czechoslovakia and executed in 1946Circle IV of VII
August Eigruber
Gauleiter and Reich governor of Reichsgau Oberdonau
sentenced to death in the Mauthausen trial; executed on 28 May 1947Circle IV of VII
Heinz Karl Fanslau
chief of Office A V and deputy chief of Office Group A in the WVHA
Convicted in the Pohl trial; released after reductions in March 1954; sentenced again to 3 years in 1963.Circle IV of VII
Karl Fiehler
mayor of Munich
In 1949-01, the Munich denazification chamber classified him in Category II and imposed 2 years in a labour camp, credited against internment, and a 12-year occupational ban; this was not a criminal conviction for Holocaust crimes.Circle IV of VII
Ludwig Fischer
governor of the Warsaw district and head of its civilian occupation administration
convicted in Poland and executed in 1947Circle IV of VII
Albert Forster
Gauleiter and Reich Governor of Danzig–West Prussia
convicted in Poland and executed in 1952Circle IV of VII
Hans Frank
Governor-General of the General Government in occupied Poland
convicted at Nuremberg and executed in 1946Circle IV of VII
Karl Hermann Frank
Higher SS and Police Leader and State Minister in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
convicted in Czechoslovakia and executed in 1946Circle IV of VII
Ulrich Greifelt
chief of staff of the RKFDV and administrator of expulsions and Germanisation
convicted in the RuSHA Trial and died in prison in 1949Circle IV of VII
Arthur Greiser
Gauleiter and Reich Governor of the Warthegau
convicted in Poland and executed in 1946Circle IV of VII
Karl Gutenberger
Higher SS and Police Leader West
On 1948-10-20, a British military court sentenced him to 12 years’ imprisonment, and on 1953-03-10 the Aachen court sentenced him to 2 years and 6 months for aiding the killing of Franz Oppenhoff; he was pardoned and released on 1953-05-09.Circle IV of VII
Robert Heinrich Wagner
Gauleiter of Baden and head of civil administration in occupied Alsace
Sentenced to death by a French military tribunal and executed on 14 August 1946.Circle IV of VII
Eberhard Herf
Order Police commander in occupied Belarus and staff officer in anti-partisan formations
sentenced to death by a Soviet military tribunal and executed in 1946Circle IV of VII
Richard Hildebrandt
Higher SS and Police Leader in Reich District Danzig–West Prussia
convicted in the RuSHA Trial, extradited to Poland, sentenced to death and executed in 1952Circle IV of VII
Hermann Höfle (born 1898)
commander of German forces in Slovakia during suppression of the uprising
sentenced to death by the National Court in Bratislava and executedCircle IV of VII
Otto Hofmann
head of the SS Race and Settlement Main Office (RuSHA)
sentenced to twenty-five years in the RuSHA Trial; released in 1954Circle IV of VII
Rolf-Heinz Höppner
de facto head of the Central Resettlement Office in Poznań and chief of the SD section in the Wartheland
sentenced to life imprisonment in 1949; released under an amnesty in early 1957Circle IV of VII
Ewald Jauch
commander of the Bullenhuser Damm satellite camp
In 1946 a British military court sentenced him to death; he was executed on 11 October 1946.Circle IV of VII
Friedrich Jeckeln
Higher SS and Police Leader in occupied Ukraine and Ostland
convicted by a Soviet military tribunal and executed in 1946Circle IV of VII
Fritz Katzmann
SS and Police Leader in the Radom District and later the District of Galicia
lived under a false identity and died in 1957 without trialCircle IV of VII
Karl Kaufmann
Gauleiter, Reich Governor and head of Hamburg’s administration
Arrested on 4 May 1945, he remained interned until December 1948; in 1951 he was classified as a Group III “lesser offender”. No criminal judgment for Nazi crimes was entered against him.Circle IV of VII
Wilhelm Keppler
state secretary and economic official who participated in establishing the Deutsche Umsiedlungs-Treuhand and organising the seizure of expellees' property
sentenced to ten years; released in 1951Circle IV of VII
Dietrich Klagges
Minister-President of Brunswick
In 1950 he received a life sentence for crimes against humanity; after it was quashed, he received 15 years in 1952 and was released in 1957.Circle IV of VII
Erich Koch
Gauleiter of East Prussia and Reich Commissioner for Ukraine
sentenced to death in Poland; sentence not carried out, died in prison in 1986Circle IV of VII
Wilhelm Koppe
Higher SS and Police Leader in the Warthegau and later the General Government
prosecuted but not convicted; proceedings ended on medical grounds, died in 1975Circle IV of VII
Fritz Kraemer
chief of staff of the 6th SS Panzer Army
Sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment; released in 1952.Circle IV of VII
Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger
Higher SS and Police Leader in the General Government
not tried; died by suicide in 1945Circle IV of VII
Wilhelm Kube
General Commissioner for occupied Belarus
killed by the Soviet resistance in 1943 and never triedCircle IV of VII
Alexander Löhr
commander of Air Fleet 4 during the invasion of Poland
convicted by a Yugoslav court for crimes in the Balkans and executed in 1947; the judgment did not address bombing in PolandCircle IV of VII
Hinrich Lohse
Reich Commissioner for Ostland and head of its civilian occupation administration
convicted in Germany, sentenced to ten years and released in 1951Circle IV of VII
Werner Lorenz
head of the SS Main Office Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle (VoMi)
sentenced to twenty years in the RuSHA Trial; sentence reduced and released in 1955Circle IV of VII
Hanns Elard Ludin
German envoy in Bratislava
sentenced to death by the Bratislava National Court; executed on 9 December 1947Circle IV of VII
Konrad Meyer
head of the RKFDV Planning Office and principal author of Generalplan Ost
convicted only of SS membership and released after time servedCircle IV of VII
August Meyszner
Higher SS and Police Leader in occupied Serbia
sentenced to death in Belgrade; executed on 24 January 1947Circle IV of VII
Martin Mutschmann
Gauleiter, Reich Governor and minister-president of Saxony
On 30 January 1947 the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the USSR sentenced him to death; the sentence was carried out in Moscow on 14 February 1947.Circle IV of VII
Paul Nitsche
psychiatrist, senior medical assessor and, from late 1941, head of the medical section of Aktion T4
sentenced to death for crimes against humanity; executed in 1948Circle IV of VII
Karl Oberg
Higher SS and Police Leader in occupied France
sentenced to death in France, later pardoned and released in 1962Circle IV of VII
Friedrich Opitz
manager of a plant using female prisoner labour
In November 1947 a British court sentenced him to death; he was executed at Hamelin on 26 February 1948.Circle IV of VII
Günther Pancke
Higher SS and Police Leader in occupied Denmark
sentenced in Denmark in 1948 to twenty years' imprisonment; pardoned and expelled in 1953Circle IV of VII
Hans-Adolf Prützmann
Higher SS and Police Leader in Ostland and later in southern occupied Soviet territories
died by suicide in British custody in 1945 before trialCircle IV of VII
Hanns Albin Rauter
Higher SS and Police Leader and General Commissioner for Security in the occupied Netherlands
convicted in the Netherlands and executed in 1949Circle IV of VII
Hans-Joachim Riecke
head of the agricultural section of Economic Staff East and senior food-policy official
received a minor denazification sentence and was releasedCircle IV of VII
Gerhard Rose
Luftwaffe physician and initiator of typhus-vaccine experiments on prisoners
Sentenced to life imprisonment; commuted to 15 years and released in June 1955.Circle IV of VII
Alfred Rosenberg
chief NSDAP ideologue and Reich Minister for the Occupied Eastern Territories
convicted at Nuremberg and executed in 1946Circle IV of VII
Fritz Sauckel
Plenipotentiary General for Labour Allocation and Gauleiter of Thuringia
convicted at Nuremberg and executed in 1946Circle IV of VII
Walter Schellenberg
Chief of RSHA Amt VI, the SD foreign intelligence service.
Sentenced to six years in the Ministries Trial; released in December 1950.Circle IV of VII
Eberhard Schöngarth
commander of the Security Police and SD in the General Government
convicted by a British military court for killing an Allied prisoner of war and executed in 1946Circle IV of VII
Arthur Seyss-Inquart
Reich Commissioner for the occupied Netherlands and former Austrian chancellor
convicted at Nuremberg and executed in 1946Circle IV of VII
Albert Speer
Reich Minister of Armaments and War Production and Hitler's chief architect
convicted at Nuremberg; served twenty years and died in 1981Circle IV of VII
Jakob Sporrenberg
SS and Police Leader in the Lublin district and organiser of Operation Erntefest
convicted in Poland and executed in 1952Circle IV of VII
Fritz Suhren
Ravensbrück camp commandant
sentenced to death by a French court and executed in 1950; exact day disputedCircle IV of VII
Harald Turner
chief of the administrative staff of the German military commander in occupied Serbia
sentenced to death in Belgrade; executed on 9 March 1947Circle IV of VII
Friedrich Uebelhoer
president of the Kalisz administrative district and author of the order establishing the Łódź ghetto
missing; later declared deadCircle IV of VII
Edmund Veesenmayer
Reich plenipotentiary and minister in occupied Hungary
convicted in 1949; sentence reduced and released in 1951Circle IV of VII
Alexander von Falkenhausen
military governor of occupied Belgium and northern France
sentenced in Belgium in 1951 to twelve years' hard labour; released after prior detention was creditedCircle IV of VII
Konstantin von Neurath
German Foreign Minister from 1932 to 1938 and Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia from 1939 to 1941
sentenced by the IMT to 15 years’ imprisonment; released for reasons of health in 1954 after serving eight yearsCircle IV of VII
Wolfram von Richthofen
Luftwaffe commander directing air operations during the invasion of Poland
died in American captivity in 1945 and was never triedCircle IV of VII
Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg
SS and Police Leader in the Warsaw District; directed the deportations during the Grossaktion and the first assault on the ghetto on 19 April 1943
never tried; killed in fighting with Yugoslav partisans on 20 September 1944Circle IV of VII
Udo von Woyrsch
commander of a special SS and police operational group in Upper Silesia in 1939
convicted in West Germany for prewar Nazi offences, but not fully tried for the 1939 crimes in PolandCircle IV of VII
Otto Wächter
governor of the Kraków District and later the District of Galicia
evaded trial while in hiding and died in Rome in 1949Circle IV of VII
Richard Wendler
governor of the Kraków and Lublin districts
passed through denazification and resumed a professional career; not convicted for his occupation administration in PolandCircle IV of VII
Friedrich Karl Wilhelm
senior SS medical orderly in the prisoner infirmary
He was sentenced to death on 14 August 1947 and executed at Landsberg on 26 November 1948.Circle IV of VII
Ernst Zörner
governor of the Lublin District of the General Government
missing after 1945; legally declared dead in 1960Circle IV of VII
Josias zu Waldeck und Pyrmont
Higher SS and Police Leader whose jurisdiction included Buchenwald
Sentenced to life imprisonment in August 1947; the sentence was reduced to twenty years, and he was released in November 1950.