18 Facts About Heinz Roch

Heinz Roch was a German Nazi Party politician, SS-Oberfuhrer and SS and Police Leader in the Crimea, the Bialystok District and northern Norway during the Second World War.

Heinz Roch committed suicide at the end of the war.

Heinz Roch then held a variety of jobs, in agriculture, forestry, manufacturing and mining.

Heinz Roch eventually worked at a car dealership from 1928 to 1931.

Heinz Roch joined the Nazi Party in 1922, and as an early member would later be awarded the Golden Party Badge.

Heinz Roch was briefly imprisoned but released due to an amnesty.

Heinz Roch left the SA and joined the SS on 1 August 1930.

Heinz Roch went on to command the 46th SS-Standarte in Dresden and the 7th SS-Standarte in Plauen.

Heinz Roch's next posting was again a district-wide command at SS-Abschnitt XXII, headquartered in Allenstein.

Heinz Roch would retain this command for the duration of his career.

Heinz Roch served during that time in the provincial parliament of the Rhine Province.

Heinz Roch was promoted to SS-Obersturmfuhrer with the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler on 1 September 1941.

Heinz Roch left the Waffen-SS for police duties in January 1942, and was assigned to the office of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, the Higher SS and Police Leader "Russland-Mitte".

Heinz Roch was placed in charge of security for the construction of Durchgangsstrasse IV, a main military supply road stretching from Lwow in the General Government through the Reichskommissariat Ukraine to Rostow.

Heinz Roch was promoted to Oberst of Police in April 1942 and named Inspector of the project through February 1943.

On 3 March 1943 Heinz Roch was appointed Acting SS and Police Leader "Taurien-Krim-Simferopol", serving as the Deputy to SS-Gruppenfuhrer Ludolf von Alvensleben until 6 October when Alvensleben left, and then as the permanent replacement until 25 December 1943.

Heinz Roch was then briefly assigned, until mid-July 1944, to the office of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Hans-Adolf Prutzmann, the Supreme SS and Police Leader Ukraine.

Heinz Roch next was transferred from 18 July to 22 October 1944 to become the last SSPF "Bialystok" before it was overrun by the Red Army.