Gerret Korsemann was a German SS-Gruppenfuhrer and Generalleutnant of Police.
11 Facts About Gerret Korsemann
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Gerret Korsemann was then promoted to SA-Gruppenfuhrer in October 1932 and led the SA Gruppe Niedersachsen until early 1937.
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Gerret Korsemann worked as an administrator in the Orpo Main Office in Berlin until April 1939, working his way up to Oberstleutnant of Police.
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Shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, Gerret Korsemann was sent as a police administrator to the General Government in October 1939.
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Gerret Korsemann became the commander of all Ordnungspolizei forces in the Lublin District from March 1940 through January 1941; during this period he commanded Police Regiment Lublin.
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In July 1942, Gerret Korsemann was promoted to SS-Gruppenfuhrer and Generalleutnant of Police.
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Gerret Korsemann had been slated to lead a newly established command as the Higher SS and Police Leader "Kaukasien" based at Grozny but, in the event, this higher command was never implemented.
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Gerret Korsemann wrote to the Wehrmacht commander who led the withdrawal, Generalfeldmarschall Ewald von Kleist, requesting a letter of exoneration.
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From January 1944 until the end of the war, Gerret Korsemann was deployed at the eastern front as an SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer, commanding a company of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf.
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Gerret Korsemann was convicted of crimes committed there, sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in 1947 and released in November 1949.
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Gerret Korsemann never stood trial for his Holocaust-related crimes in the Soviet Union, and lived in West Germany until his death in Munich in 1958.