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Fritz Katzmann was a SS

Schutzstaffel

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-Gruppenführer

Gruppenführer

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(Major General) and Polizei leader who perpetrated genocide

Genocide

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in Lemberg (Lwów), Danzig, and the District of Galicia during The Holocaust

The Holocaust

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. Katzmann was responsible for many of the atrocities that were perpetrated in the District of Galicia. He managed to escape prosecution after the Second World War.

Born in Darmstadt, Westphalia – May 6, 1906
Joined the SA – Dec. 1927
Joined the NSDAP (# 98,528) – Sept. 1928
Joined the SS (# 3,065) – July 1, 1930
Commissioned as an SS 2nd Lieutenant – Aug. 20, 1931
Promoted to SS Captain – Dec. 1, 1932
Promoted to SS Major – Jan. 30, 1933
Promoted to SS Lt. Colonel – April 20, 1933
Promoted to SS Colonel – Aug. 17, 1934
Commander SS 25th Standard “Ruhr” – Jan. 10, 1934 – Sept. 25, 1934
Commander SS 75th Standard “Widukind”– April 4, 1934 – March 21, 1938
NSDAP member of the Reichstag –
Commander SS Section VI Breslau – March 21, 1938 – Jan. 1, 1942
Promoted to SS Oberfuhrer – Nov. 9, 1938
Higher SS and Police Leader of Radom – Nov. 30, 1939 – Aug. 8, 1941
Awarded NSDAP Golden Party Badge – April 15, 1940
Promoted to SS Brig. General – June 21, 1941
Higher SS and Police Leader in Lemberg (Lwow) – Aug. 8, 1941 – April 20, 1943
Higher SS and Police Leader of Galicia – Aug. 1941 – fall 1943
Promoted to Brig. General of Police – Sept. 26, 1941
Promoted to SS and Police Major General – Jan. 30, 1943
Leader SS Higher Section “Vistula” – April 20, 1943 – May 8, 1945
Higher SS and Police Leader Danzig-West Prussia – April 20, 1943 – May 8, 1945
Promoted to Waffen SS Major General – July 1, 1944
Went into hiding after the war
Died in Darmstadt – Sept. 19, 1957

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