Walter Renken

Walter Renken (born November 13, 1905 in Danzig - Neufahrwasser ; † unknown) was a German SS leader.

Life

After attending school, Renken studied law . In the 1930s he became a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 959.943) and the SS (SS number 150.396).

In the mid-1930s, Renken joined the SD main office as an employee . Around 1940 he was transferred to the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA). There he initially headed Section II A 4 ("Reich Defense Affairs") in Office Group II. Later, his section changed to Office Group IV ( Gestapo ), into which it was incorporated as Section IV E 1 ("Defense Matters"). During the war years, Renken led, among other things, the investigations into the former SPD Reichs MP Helmuth Klotz , who was executed in 1943 for his journalistic activities against the Nazi government.

On January 30, 1944, Renken was promoted to SS-Obersturmbannführer . In January 1945 he took over the organization of the so-called "withdrawal movement", d. H. the escape of Gestapo officers underground and abroad.

Then his traces are lost.

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 .
Michael Wildt : Generation of the Unconditional. The leadership corps of the Reich Security Main Office. Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-930908-75-1 .

Individual evidence

↑ Herbert Linder: From the NSDAP to the SPD. The political life of Dr. Helmuth Klotz (1894-1943). UVK, Konstanz 1998, ISBN 3-87940-607-3 ( Karlsruhe contributions to the history of National Socialism. Vol. 3), p. 327.
^ Norbert Frei: Exploitation, Destruction, Public: New Studies on National Socialist Camp Policy. Saur, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-598-24033-3 ( representations and sources on the history of Auschwitz. Vol. 4), p. 28.
^ Ernst Klee: The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. 2nd Edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 , p. 491.

personal data
SURNAME	Renken, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German SS leader in the Reich Security Main Office
DATE OF BIRTH	November 13, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neufahrwasser , Danzig
DATE OF DEATH	after 1945

[1] Herbert Linder: From the NSDAP to the SPD. The political life of Dr. Helmuth Klotz (1894-1943). UVK, Konstanz 1998, ISBN 3-87940-607-3 ( Karlsruhe contributions to the history of National Socialism. Vol. 3), p. 327.

[2] Norbert Frei: Exploitation, Destruction, Public: New Studies on National Socialist Camp Policy. Saur, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-598-24033-3 ( representations and sources on the history of Auschwitz. Vol. 4), p. 28.

[3] Ernst Klee: The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. 2nd Edition. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8 , p. 491.