Bruno Lettow
Bruno Lettow (born January 19, 1910 in Calbe , Saxony-Anhalt; † March 9, 1986 in Kulmbach , Upper Franconia), was SS-Sturmbannführer and government advisor in the National Socialist German Reich , head of the special service in Bohemia and Moravia as well as Division IV D 1 ( Protectorate matters, Czechs in the Reich) of the Reich Security Main Office , Gestapo chief in Karlsbad and Chemnitz .
Life
Bruno Lettow was born on January 19, 1910 in Calbe an der Saale. He studied law and obtained a doctorate in law . jur.
He became a member of the SS and from 1939 to 1941 he was deputy head of the state police station in Brno . There he was also the chairman of the court martial, which sentenced 29 people to death during this time and referred another 200 to the Gestapo , of whom at least 42 were also killed.
From September 1942, Lettow took over as SS-Sturmbannführer and Government Councilor in the successor to Gustav Jonak, Division IV D 1 (Protectorate Affairs, Czechs in the Reich) of the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA). Before that, he was head of the “Special Service Bohemia and Moravia”, which developed in June 1939 from the Gestapa's Section II T, which was newly established by Gustav Jonak in May 1939 and which he was in charge of. The special service then led to Section IV D 1 of the RSHA. In November 1943, SS-Obersturmbannführer Kurt Lischka , who had previously been deputy commander of the Security Police and the SD in Paris , took over Division IV D 1, while Lettow was appointed head of the Karlsbad Gestapo . From August 31, 1944 to February 1945, he finally worked as the head of the Chemnitz state police headquarters.
After the end of the war, Lettow was employed as a sales representative in Kulmbach, Franconia . The judgments of the court court in Brno, which he presided over, were the subject of preliminary proceedings by the Frankfurt am Main public prosecutor's office
Bruno Lettow died on March 9, 1986 in Kulmbach .
literature
- Michael Wildt: Generation of the Unconditional. The leadership corps of the Reich Security Main Office . Hamburger Edition , 2002, ISBN 3-930908-75-1
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lettow, Bruno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German SS-Sturmbannführer and councilor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Calbe , Saxony-Anhalt |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1986 |
| Place of death | Kulmbach , Upper Franconia |