Wilhelm Harster – Wikipedia

Wilhelm Harster is a German lawyer who became a police officer at the time of Nazism, born on July 21, 1904 in Kelheim (Germany) and died on December 25, 1991 in Munich. He was sentenced twice, for war crimes and then for crimes against humanity. In all, it only performs 10 years prison on his convictions to 27 years old in all.

Under Nazism, it is ss- Group leader ^{[ a ]} and chief of the security police and SD (BDS) (of) For the Netherlands and then Italy. Sentenced in 1949 to 12 years From prison for war crimes, he was released in 1953 and became a senior official of the Ministry of the Interior of Bavaria. In 1963, following his remarks concerning his ex-Subordinate Erich Rajakowitsch (of) , which has been arrested and must be tried in Vienna, he is removed from his duties and tried again two years later. Harster, which was an essential cog in the extermination of Jews to the Netherlands, then in Italy, is again condemned to 15 years old From prison for crimes against humanity in 1967, but was amnestyed and released two years later.

Harster studied in Munich between 1910 and 1919, becoming doctor of law at the University of Munich in 1927. He became reservist of the Reichswehr in 1920, serving in the first ^is Battalion of the Bunt Oberland. In 1929, he entered the Kriminalpolizei (judicial police) ^{[ b ]} . Harster Devient Membre du Nsdap le first ^is May 1933 ( n ^O 3 226 954).

The November 9, 1933 , he joined the SS ( n ^O 225 932), then, the October 29, 1935 , the SS internal police service, the Sicherheitsdienst (SD). At the start of the war, it is Lieutenant Colonel ^{[ c ]} .

Of July 19, 1940 At August 29, 1943 , he directed the SD in the Netherlands, and is, as such, involved in the death of 104,000 Jews, including Anne Frank. Appointed Leader in November 1941 , Then Brigade Guide and Major General of the police ^{[ d ]} in November 1942 , He becomes Group leader and lieutenant general of the police ^{[ a ]} in November 1944 . After his stay in the Netherlands, he became leader of the SD in Italy, under the command of the Senior group leader ^{[ It is ]} Karl Wolff, you August 29, 1943 until his British arrest by the British May 10, 1945 .

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Extradited to the Netherlands, he was tried and condemned, in 1949, for war crimes, to a sentence of 12 years from prison. He was nevertheless released in an early manner in 1953, having served eight years in prison out of the twelve (including preventive detention).

Harster then becomes a senior official of the Ministry of the Interior of Bavaria. In 1963, following the arrest of the war criminal Erich Rajakowitsch (of) , in which Simon Wiesenthal played an important role, he defends his former subordinate, claiming that he had not dealt with the spoliation of the Jews ^{[ first ]} . His past is then revealed to public opinion, forcing him to resign the same year.

In 1967, he was judged again, and sentenced to 15 years old From prison for crimes against humanity, in particular for the deportation of Jews to Auschwitz and Sobibor. But two years later, he was loosened and released, at the age of 65 years . He died in 1991, aged 87 years old .

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• Christian Ritz, Desk offender in court. The proceedings before the Munich district court because of the deportation of the Dutch Jews (1959-1967) . Paderborn: Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh (in) , 2012; 257 p.