Heinz Fanslau
Heinz Karl Fanslau (born June 6, 1909 in Düringshof near Landsberg / Warthe , † March 10, 1987 in Munich ) was a German SS leader , most recently in the rank of SS brigade leader and major general of the Waffen SS . He was in the Nuremberg trials on multiple charges of war crimes , crimes against humanity and membership in criminal organizations found guilty and sentenced.
Life
Youth and early years
Fanslau was born as the son of the businessman Karl Fanslau (1876–1933) and Lydia Heimann (* 1881). From 1916 to 1924 he attended secondary school in Landsberg. Then he was taught at the commercial school in Landsberg until 1925. In May 1925 he began practical training in a steam sawmill. In the same year he became a member of the Stahlhelm-Kampfbund .
From May 1928 to September 1929, Fanslau worked as a timber merchant for the Friedrich Roy company in Dühringshof. In October 1929 he became head of wood purchasing and loading work for the Krakewitz company in Berlin . On January 15, 1930, he gave up this position to work until September 1930 as a travel agent for the Latvian company Feldhun und Schweman. Fanslau then worked in his father's business until the beginning of October 1932.
The NSDAP ( membership number 581867) and SS (SS-Nr. 13200) occurred at Fanslau on July 1, 1931. At first, Fanslau belonged to the SS storm in Landsberg and in January 1932 changed as SS leader z. b. V. to Liebenow to personally accompany Erich von dem Bach-Zelewskis .
time of the nationalsocialism
From January to August 1932, Fanslau was Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski , then leader of SS Section VII as z. b. V. made available for personal support. On September 20, 1932, Fanslau took over the management of the administrative business of the newly created SS Section XII, whose leader was von dem Bach-Zelewski. On October 1, 1932, he was officially the administrator of this section and thus a full-time employee in the party service of the NSDAP. He kept his position with SS Section VII until November 1933.
On January 8, 1934, Fanslau was ordered to serve on the staff of the Reichsführer SS. He stayed there until March 28, 1934, when he was promoted to SS-Obersturmführer in the administration department and assigned to the SS upper section northeast in Königsberg under his old boss von dem Bach-Zelewski, where he headed the auditing department in the administration office.
On July 15, 1934, Fanslau became head of the administrative office of the SS-Oberabschnitt Mitte in Dresden and held this office as regular head from September 1, 1934 to April 15, 1936. During this time, he married Franka Lutz on April 20, 1935 (* July 20, 1915 in Regensburg). The marriage produced at least one son and one daughter.
On April 15, 1936, Fanslau became the leader of the administrative office of the SS upper section "Elbe". With effect from January 1, 1938, Fanslau was appointed staff leader of the head of the SS administration Oswald Pohl and in May 1938 he was appointed head of administration for the inspection of the SS troops.
After the outbreak of the Second World War , Fanslau became the administrator of the SS disposal division and commanded the disabled battalion of the SS division "Wiking" from the beginning of December 1940 to the end of September 1941 . Afterwards he was assigned to the main office for household and buildings . From February 1942, Fanslau headed Office A-5 (Personnel Office) in the newly created Economic and Administrative Main Office (WVHA) and was deputy head of Office Group A under August Frank . From mid-September 1943 until the end of the war in early May 1945, he was head of office group A (troop administration) in the WVHA.
post war period
After his arrest, Fanslau was charged with 17 other accused from January 13, 1947 before the United States Military Tribunal II in the process of Economic and Administrative Main Office of the SS .
Because of his high position in the WVHA, Fanslau was particularly accused of being responsible for the administration and promotion of forced labor and mass murders in the concentration camps . Fanslau was found guilty of war crimes , crimes against humanity and membership in criminal organizations . He was sentenced on November 3, 1947 to twenty years in prison. On January 30, 1951, his sentence was reduced to fifteen years by the High Commissioner John McCloy . On March 31, 1954, after just six and a half years in prison, and waived more than eight years of his original sentence, he was released early from the Landsberg War Crimes Prison . Due to the shooting of the SA member Franz Bläsner during the Röhm affair in 1934, Fanslau was sentenced to three years in prison on July 9, 1963 by the Munich jury court for aiding and abetting murder .
Archival material
- SS leader personnel file from Heinz Fanslau (Bundesarchiv Lichterfelde: holdings SSO film 196 "Falkenberg - Fara", pictures 1392–1497)
| Fanslaus SS ranks | |
|---|---|
| date | rank |
| July 1, 1931 | SS candidate |
| October 15, 1931 | SS man |
| March 1, 1932 | SS troop leader |
| November 9, 1933 | Sturmführer |
| March 28, 1934 | Obersturmführer |
| August 6, 1934 | SS-Hauptsturmführer |
| November 9, 1934 | SS-Sturmbannführer |
| September 15, 1935 | SS-Obersturmbannführer |
| November 9, 1936 | SS standard leader |
| January 15, 1942 | Standartenführer of the Waffen SS |
| July 29, 1943 (June 21, 1943) | SS Oberführer of the Waffen SS |
| November 9, 1944 | SS Brigade Leader and General |
literature
- Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich . Who was what before and after 1945 . 2nd Edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 .
- Jan Erik Schulte : Forced Labor and Extermination: The Economic Empire of the SS. Oswald Pohl and the SS Economic Administration Main Office 1933–1945. Paderborn 2001, ISBN 3-506-78245-2 .
- Andreas Schulz, Günter Wegmann: The generals of the Waffen SS and the police. Volume 1, Biblio-Verlag, Bissendorf, 2003. ISBN 3-7648-2373-9 , pp. 291-293.
- Records of the United States Nuremberg War Crimes Trials , Vol. V. United States Government Printing Office , District of Columbia 1950. (Volume 5 of the " Green Series ")
Web links
- Introduction to NMT Case 4 - USA v. Pohl et al. on www. nuremberg.law.harvard.edu
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Andreas Schulz, Günter Wegmann: The generals of the Waffen SS and the police. Volume 1, Bissendorf 2003, pp. 291-293
- ↑ a b c Jan Erik Schulte: Forced Labor and Destruction: The Economic Empire of the SS. Oswald Pohl and the SS Economic Administration Main Office 1933–1945. Paderborn 2001, p. 465
- ↑ Heinz Fanslau on www.dws-xip.pl
- ↑ Johannes Tuchel: "Case 4: The trial against Oswald Pohl and others." In: Gerd R. Ueberschär : The allied trials against war criminals and soldiers 1943–1952. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-596-13589-3 , pp. 110f.
- ^ Records of the United States Nuremberg War Crimes Trials , Vol. V. District of Columbia 1950, pp. 998f.
- ^ Jan Erik Schulte: Forced Labor and Destruction: The Economic Empire of the SS. Oswald Pohl and the SS Economic Administration Main Office 1933–1945. Paderborn 2001, p. 433
- ^ Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 144.
- ↑ Roth: The Security Service of the SS and June 30, 1934 , p. 91.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fanslau, Heinz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fanslau, Heinz Karl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German SS leader and convict of the Nuremberg trials |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Düringshof near Landsberg / Warthe |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 1987 |
| Place of death | Munich |