Siegfried Fehmer

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Siegfried Wolfgang Fehmer (born January 10, 1911 in Munich , † March 16, 1948 in Oslo ) was a Gestapo member during the German occupation of Norway between 1940 and 1945.

biography

After graduating from high school, Fehmer studied law in Berlin, graduating as a lawyer in 1933. In the same year he joined the NSDAP . On April 18, 1934, he married Anni Wille and began working for the police headquarters in the fall.

On April 29, 1940, he flew to Oslo with other members of the RSHA . He had meanwhile held the rank of SS-Obersturmführer and Detective Inspector . In 1943 he was promoted to Kriminalrat and SS-Hauptsturmführer . With the reorganization of the security police in Norway in 1945, Fehmer became head of Division IV of the Gestapo in Oslo. During his time in Norway he learned to speak Norwegian fluently. As a criminal investigator, he was responsible for several tortures during interrogation and the drafting of the relevant guidelines.

Fehmer tried to flee to Sweden after the surrender , but was caught by British secret service agent John Maclean. The officers at the interrogation called him "very intelligent and educated". On 27 June 1947 it condemned the appeals court to death , the Norwegian Supreme Court upheld the sentence on 24 February 1948 against two voices and on March 16, 1948 Fehmer was in the Akershus Fortress in Oslo shot .

reception

In the 2008 film Max Manus , he appears as the antagonist of the title hero.

literature

  • Steinar bridal set: Gestapo officers Fehmer - Milorg's most farlig fiende. Cappelen, 1986, ISBN 82-02-09261-2 (Norwegian).
  • Tore Pryser: Hitler's poor agenter . Universitetsforlaget, 2001, ISBN 82-15-00075-4 (Norwegian).
  • Martin Månsson: Bödeln i Oslo - Gestapo chief Siegfried Wolfgang Fehmer's memo . Bokförlaget Efron & Dotter AB, 2009, ISBN 978-91-85653-24-9 (Norwegian).
  • Siegfried Wolfgang Fehmer: My work in the secret state police: experiences, experiences, findings. 1st part 2nd part

Web links

Commons : Siegfried Fehmer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Siegfried Fehmer Nazistisk polititjenestemann Accessed on August 12, 2018 (Norwegian).
  2. ↑ Norway's resistance veteran Gunnar "Kjakan" Sønsteby in conversation , kulturhusberlin.de, accessed on August 12, 2018
  3. ↑ webarchive Retrieved on August 12, 2018 (English).
  4. ^ Per Hinrichs: Gestapo in Oslo. On the rule practice of the Secret State Police in Norway 1940 to 1945. In: Master's thesis. GRIN Verlag Munich, 2000, accessed on August 12, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Fehmer, Siegfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fehmer, Siegfried Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Gestapo member in Norway during World War II
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich , Germany
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 1948
Place of death Oslo , Norway