Max Henze was a German Nazi politician and SS-Brigadefuhrer who was police chief in Kassel, Bromberg, Danzig and Essen.
12 Facts About Max Henze
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Max Henze served in the First World War with a machine gun company in Reserve Infantry Regiment 24 and Infantry Regiment 396.
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Max Henze completed an apprenticeship in business and worked from October 1919 to 1932 as a commercial clerk.
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Max Henze became a member of the SS on 7 June 1927.
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Max Henze was transferred on 20 February 1934 to the leadership of SS-Abschnitt XV in Altona where he remained until 25 August 1934.
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Max Henze next was appointed as a special assignment officer in the office of Reichsfuhrer-SS Heinrich Himmler.
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Also in January 1937, Max Henze was appointed Acting Police President of Kassel in northern Hesse, a position that was made permanent in October.
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Also active in politics, Max Henze was elected as a member of the Prussian Landtag on 24 April 1932 and served until its abolition in January 1934.
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Max Henze was involved at this point in the rounding up and summary executions of the Polish intelligentsia and clergy.
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Max Henze was given the title of Generalmajor der polizei in 1944 and remained in the Essen post throughout the remainder of the war years.
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Max Henze stood trial from 8 October to 4 November 1949 for crimes committed during his tenure as Chief of Police in Bromberg and Danzig, together with SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Richard Hildebrandt who had been the Higher SS and Police Leader in Danzig.
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Hildebrandt and Max Henze were both hanged in the Bydgoszcz prison on 10 March 1951.