Walter Rauff (Köthen, Germany, June 19, 1906 – Santiago, Chile, May 14, 1984), was an SS officer in Nazi Germany, attaining the grade of Colonel (Standartenführer) in June 1944. From January 1938 he was an aide of Reinhard Heydrich firstly in the Sicherheitsdienst or SD, the SS security service, later in the Reichssicherheitshauptamt or RSHA, the Reich Security Main Office, a department created by Himmler in 1939 grouping the Gestapo, SD and Kripo, the criminal police. Between 1958 and 1962 he worked for the Bundesnachrichtendienst, West Germany's intelligence service.
Rauff is thought to have been responsible for nearly 100,000 deaths during the Second World War. In the late 1970s and early '80s, he was arguably the most wanted Nazi fugitive still alive.
Read more about Walter Rauff: From The Navy To The SS, Gas Van Engineering, Persecution in North Africa, Secret Police Boss in Northern Italy, Spy Officer in The Middle East, Final Refuge in Chile, Death
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