Höfle, Hermann Julius 'Hans'

Date of birth:: June 19th, 1911 (Salzburg, Austria)
Date of death:: August 21st, 1962 (Wien, Austria)
Service number:: SS-Nr.: 307.469 // NSDAP-Nr.: 6.341.873
Nationality:: Austrian

Biography

01.08.1933: joined the SS and the NSDAP in Austria
12.02.1937: promoted to SS-Untersturmführer
17.03.1938: promoted to SS-Haupsturmführer, Führer, I. Sturmbann, 76. SS-Standarte
01.09.1941: promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer (S) der Waffen SS
00.02.1942-00.10.1942: SS-Hstuf, Leiter, Hauptabteilung, Adjutant, "Einsatz Reinhard", Stab, SSPF Lublin
21.07.1942: promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer (F) der Waffen SS
00.00.1944: SS-Stubaf, Stab, SS-Oberabschnitt 'Ost'
00.00.1944: promoted to SS-Obersturmbannführer
00.00.1944: SS-Obersturmbannführer, Umsiedlungskommissar, Warschauer Ghetto
31.01.1961: arrested by the West German police at Salzburg
01.02.1961: extradited to Austria and charged with murders of Jews at Warsaw and Lublin
21.08.1962: commited suicide by hanging himself in the Vienna remand prison while awaiting trial for war crimes

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