13 Facts About Werner Lorenz

Werner Lorenz was an SS functionary during the Nazi era.

Werner Lorenz was head of the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle, an organization charged with resettling ethnic Germans in the "German Reich" from other parts of Europe, as well as colonising the occupied lands during World War II.

Werner Lorenz was released in 1954 and died in 1974.

Werner Lorenz was born in Grunhof near Stolp, Pomerania.

Werner Lorenz served in World War I first as a cavalry officer then as a pilot in the Luftstreitkrafte.

Werner Lorenz later acquired land and industrial property in Danzig.

In 1929 Werner Lorenz joined the Nazi Party and the SS in 1931.

In November 1933 Werner Lorenz was promoted to SS-Gruppenfuhrer and led the SS Upper Division North in Altona from 1934 until 1937.

In respect to his international work, Werner Lorenz was plenipotentiary for foreign relations for Adolf Hitler's deputy, Rudolf Hess.

Werner Lorenz remained in charge of Volksdeutsch settlements in these ethnically cleansed areas.

In late 1942 Werner Lorenz was seriously injured in a vehicle accident in Bosnia while overseeing the VOMI evacuation of ethnic Germans from the region.

Werner Lorenz was sentenced to 20 years in prison at the RuSHA Trial at Nuremberg on 10 March 1948.

Later, his sentence was reduced and Werner Lorenz was released from prison in 1954.