Karl-Heinz Bendt
Karl-Heinz Bendt (* July 8, 1908 , † September 27, 1992 ) was a German police officer and SS leader.
Live and act
Bendt joined the NSDAP ( membership number 167.655) and the SS (membership number 280.146) around 1930 , in which he was assigned to the security service (SD).
During the Second World War , Bendt officiated from June 21, 1941 to January 15, 1944 as head of the SD-Leitabschnitts Breslau . In this position, Bendt held his protective hand over his childhood friend Berthold Beitz when he was denounced in the winter of 1942 that he had treated Poland "too well" and helped Jews to leave the German territory by reporting a complaint to the leading section that this Contained allegations, destroyed in the presence of Beitz.
Later, from January 15, 1944 to 1945, Bendt led the SD-Leitabschnitt Düsseldorf .
At the end of World War II Bendt fell into Allied captivity. He was subsequently interrogated as a witness in the context of the Nuremberg trials . Around 1949 Bendt was released from internment by Berthold Beitz, who later gave him a job with Krupp in Brazil .
After the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bendt joined the Free Democratic Party (FDP), for which he organized an intelligence service based on his SD experience. He also served as the FDP district chairman of Jülich in the 1950s .
Promotions
- November 16, 1936: SS-Obersturmführer
- September 11, 1938: SS-Hauptsturmführer
- January 30, 1939: SS-Sturmbannführer
- April 20, 1942: SS-Obersturmbannführer
Individual evidence
- ↑ previously unoccupied information
- ^ Gerhard Hirschfeld: Careers in National Socialism , 2004, p. 112.
- ↑ Stefan Aust: The presence of the past , 2004, p. 62.
- ↑ Wolfgang Buschfort: Secret Guardians of the Constitution , 2004, p. 247.
- ↑ State Secretary knows, in: Der Spiegel of October 26, 1955 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bendt, Karl-Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German police officer and SS leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1908 |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 27, 1992 |