10 Facts About Walther Bierkamp

Walther Bierkamp commanded Einsatzgruppe D, in the occupied Soviet Union.

Walther Bierkamp was involved in Holocaust-related war crimes in Poland and the North Caucasus area.

Walther Bierkamp joined the Nazi Party on 1 December 1932.

Walther Bierkamp remained in RSHA at SS headquarters until he was appointed Inspector of the Security Police and SD in Dusseldorf on 15 February 1941, holding this position until 24 June 1942.

At that time, Walther Bierkamp was posted as the Commander of SiPo and SD forces in the General Government with headquarters in Krakow, retaining this position until February 1945.

At the time of the Warsaw Uprising, Walther Bierkamp issued orders for the preventative arrest of thousands of men in the Krakow and Radom districts who were to be shot if the unrest spread.

SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Richard Hildebrandt was named as his replacement on 20 February, but Walther Bierkamp was made Acting HSSPF in Breslau until 17 March 1945 when Hildebrandt arrived to take command.

Walther Bierkamp then returned to his BdS post in Stuttgart until mid-April 1945 when the city was liberated.

Walther Bierkamp committed suicide in Scharbeutz on 15 May 1945.

Walther Bierkamp was buried in the Waldfriedhof cemetery at Timmendorfer Strand in Schleswig-Holstein.