1. Hans Haltermann was a German engineer, Nazi Party politician and SS officer.
15 Facts About Hans Haltermann
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Hans Haltermann attended a realgymnasium in Berlin-Lankwitz until August 1914 and, upon the outbreak of the First World War, left school to join the 2nd Guards Field Artillery of the Imperial German Army as a one-year volunteer.
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Hans Haltermann served on the western front throughout the war, earned the Iron Cross 2nd class, and was discharged from army service on 31 March 1919.
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Hans Haltermann became an electrical engineer in Berlin and from 1927 to 1933 he was a manager in an electrical company in Bremen.
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Hans Haltermann first commanded an SA company in Steglitz as an SA-Sturmfuhrer in SA-Standarte II.
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In November 1930, Hans Haltermann was elected as a Nazi member of the Burgerschaft of Bremen.
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Hans Haltermann served on the staff of SS-Abschnitt XIV, headquartered in Bremen.
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Hans Haltermann was promoted to SS-Oberfuhrer on 30 January 1939 and SS-Brigadefuhrer on 20 April 1940.
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Hans Haltermann fought in the Polish campaign, was promoted to Oberleutnant in January 1940 and participated in the Battle of France.
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Hans Haltermann was returned to SS and police duties at the request of Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler in August 1941, and was appointed the first SS and Police Leader of Kiev on 1 October 1941.
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Hans Haltermann was named as a war criminal by a Soviet special commission set up to investigate German crimes and atrocities in Kiev.
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Hans Haltermann served there until September 1943 when he replaced Franz Kutschera as SSPF of Mogilew in Byelorussia.
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Hans Haltermann was the last holder of this post, as it was abolished 12 July 1944 following the Mogilev offensive in which the Red Army succeeded in expelling the occupying German forces.
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From July 1944 to 9 January 1945, Haltermann served as the Deputy Higher SS and Police Leader "Nordost" based in Konigsberg, deputizing for the incumbent, Hans-Adolf Prutzmann.
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Hans Haltermann was then briefly posted to the SS Personnel Main Office, and from mid-March 1945 to the end of the war he worked in the office of the Police President of Bremen.