Hanns Albin Rauter
Austrian-born Higher SS and Police Leader, SS-Obergruppenführer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Johann Baptist Albin Rauter (4 February 1895 – 24 March 1949) was a high-ranking Austrian-born SS functionary and war criminal during the Nazi era. He was the highest SS and Police Leader in the occupied Netherlands and therefore the leading security and police officer there during the period of 1940–1945. Rauter reported directly to the Nazi SS chief, Heinrich Himmler, and also to the Nazi governor of the Netherlands, Arthur Seyss-Inquart. After World War II, he was convicted in the Netherlands of crimes against humanity and executed by firing squad.
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Hanns Albin Rauter | |
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Born | 4 February 1895 Klagenfurt, Austro-Hungarian Empire |
Died | 24 March 1949 (1949-03-25) (aged 54) Near Scheveningen, Netherlands |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Schutzstaffel |
Years of service | 1914–1919, 1921, 1927–1945 |
Rank | SS-Obergruppenführer |
Unit | Gestapo |
Commands held | Chief of the SS & Police of the Netherlands (1940–1945) |
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