Karl Zech was a German SS-Gruppenfuhrer and Police President of Essen who served as the first SS and Police Leader of Krakau during the Second World War.
10 Facts About Karl Zech
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Karl Zech left the service with the rank of Hauptmann on 1 October 1919, and returned to civilian life working as a miner and mining official.
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From 1921 to 1929 Karl Zech was a member of the paramilitary veterans association, Der Stahlhelm.
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Karl Zech retained the Berlin posting until October 1940 when the SS Main Office was reorganized, simultaneously serving as commander of the SD in Oberabschnitt "Ost," based in Berlin.
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Karl Zech was active in electoral politics for the Nazi Party.
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From April 1932 to its abolition in 1933, Karl Zech sat as a Nazi Party member of the Landtag of Prussia and, on 12 November 1933, he was elected to the Reichstag from electoral constituency 23.
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Karl Zech would continue to be reelected to this body through the last Reichstag election of December 1938.
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Shortly after, on 1 October 1940, Karl Zech was replaced as SSPF by SS-Oberfuhrer Hans Schwedler and moved back to Germany.
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Karl Zech served on the staff of Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler until November 1942 when he was given a staff position with Oberabschnitt "Elbe," headquartered in Dresden.
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Karl Zech was given the posts of Commercial Director and Deputy Operations Manager at the Altenburg plant of the HASAG armaments company, which was one of the largest arms producers and users of forced labor in Germany.