Ernst Korn

Ernst Korn as a witness at the Nuremberg trials.

Ernst Korn (born June 11, 1899 ; † unknown, after 1948 ) was a German police officer and SS leader.

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After attending school, Korn took part in the First World War from 1917 to 1918 as a lieutenant in the Rhenish Jäger Battalion No. 8 . During the Weimar Republic , Korn joined the police force, where he remained after the National Socialists came to power in 1933. In the 1930s, Korn joined the NSDAP ( membership number 2,332,466) and the SS (SS number 327,376).

During the Second World War , Korn was battalion commander of a replacement battalion of Police Regiment 2 from August to November 1941 February to April 30, 1942 Korn was seconded to the staff of the commanding officer of the Waffen-SS in the Netherlands, where he acted as the commander's representative and head of all official business of the staff.

From July 23, 1942 to January 31, 1943, Korn served as Chief of Staff of the Higher SS and Police Leader Central Russia. Subsequent to this activity he acted from February 1, 1943 to March 26, 1943 as Chief of Staff of Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski , the representative of the Reichsführer SS (RFSS) for fighting gangs. In this capacity he was responsible for numerous mass shootings, such as B. the shooting of 25 people in a village near Kolki .

On March 27, 1943, he was finally appointed Ia agent of the Reichsführer SS for fighting gangs in the field command post of the RFSS Heinrich Himmler . On June 21, 1943, Korn was appointed director of the Statistics and Cartography Office on the staff of the Chief BKV.

From October 1943 to April 1944, Korn was head of the management staff at the representative of the Reichsführer SS for Croatia, Kammershofer, with his office in Agram. In this position he was primarily entrusted with the processing of police operations, in particular the organizational development of gang-fighting companies.

In 1944 Korn became chief of staff of the Higher SS and Police Leader Russia Center and commander of the SS Police Regiment Brixen.

After the end of the war, Korn, who last held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the security police, was taken prisoner by the Allies. In the following years he took part in the Nuremberg trials as a witness .

Promotions

• May 1, 1939: SS-Sturmbannführer
• February 1, 1943: Lieutenant Colonel of the Security Police

literature

• Philip W. Blood: Hitler's Bandit Hunters. The SS and the Nazi Occupation of Europe. 2006.