Bruno Streckenbach
Bruno Heinrich Streckenbach (7 February 1902 – 28 October 1977) held the rank of SS-Brigadeführer (Major General), when he was the head of Amt I (Department I): Administration and Personnel of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (Reich Main Security Office or RSHA), but eventually achieved the rank of SS-Gruppenführer (Lieutenant General) both in Allgemeine-SS and Waffen-SS. He was responsible for many thousands of murders committed by Nazi mobile killing squads known as Einsatzgruppen.
He served in the last year of World War I and was a member of the Freikorps between the wars.
Read more about Bruno Streckenbach: Career in Allgemeine-SS, Career in Waffen-SS, Post-war, Awards
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