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Wilhelm Altenloh
Wilhelm Altenloh served as commander of the Security Police and SD (KdS) in the Białystok District. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Białystok, the Białystok District and Grodno through documented office, decisions, supervision or operational conduct. It does not assign every crime committed by an institution or region to one individual.
Confirmed findings
- In the occupied Białystok District, Altenloh headed the Security Police and SD structure to which the Gestapo was subordinate; administrative sources of the State Archives in Białystok document this arrangement.
- The IPN Archive holds a copy of the Bielefeld Regional Court judgment of 14 April 1967 and the Federal Court of Justice appeal decision of 5 February 1970 concerning Altenloh and other Security Police officers in the Białystok District.
- Research on the Bielefeld Białystok trial records his conviction for aiding and abetting the murder of Jews from Białystok and Grodno.
Place in the chain of responsibility
This profile identifies the regional level at which the leadership of the Security Police and SD combined police administration, the Gestapo and policy toward the Jewish population. It does not automatically assign Altenloh every crime committed in the district or every decision of the RSHA centre.
Key events and mechanisms
- the operation of KdS Białystok from 1941 to 1943
- the Bielefeld Białystok trial, 1966–1970
The circle records authority, function and agency. Several profiles may describe different parts of the same persecution chain, so profile-level totals must not be added together.
Postwar accountability
The Bielefeld Regional Court sentenced Altenloh in 1967 to eight years' imprisonment for aiding and abetting murder; the ruling was reviewed by the Federal Court of Justice in 1970.
Limits of the evidence
The trial files and scholarship distinguish the responsibility of individuals and separate deportations and executions. The profile does not treat holding the KdS office as proof that Altenloh personally carried out every crime of subordinate formations.
Sources
The source set combines institutional, archival, trial or scholarly material from at least two independent publishers.