Wim Henneicke

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Wim Henneicke

Willem "Wim" Christiaan Heinrich Henneicke (born March 19, 1909 in Amsterdam ; † December 8, 1944 there ) was a Dutch collaborator during the Second World War . He led the Henneicke column named after him , which hunted Jews .

biography

Wim Henneicke's father was German . Henneicke was born in the Netherlands , where he grew up, but officially remained stateless his entire life . After graduating from school, he did a three-year apprenticeship as a car mechanic and then worked in several jobs as a market seller, taxi driver and vacuum cleaner representative. He married for the third time on May 15, 1940, the day the Netherlands was occupied by the German Wehrmacht .

In the course of the war, Henneicke, who had a criminal record and had contacts with the underworld, initially took on odd jobs for the security service (SD). He was entrusted with the confiscation of the property of arrested Jews . In April 1942 he became a member of the National Socialist Movement . Two months later he entered the service of the German "plunder bank" Lippmann, Rosenthal & Co. Sarphatistraat , which "kept" confiscated Jewish assets, which in fact amounted to expropriations.

Towards the end of 1942, Wim Henneicke took over the management of a subdivision of the “Household Council Registration Office”, Harman's column , whose members had been dismissed for extortion and embezzlement; Willem Briedé became his superior . The "household effects registration office", subordinate to the task force of Reichsleiter Rosenberg , confiscated Jewish household effects that were needed for the establishment and repair of administrative offices, offices and apartments for employees - including in the Rhineland . It was renamed Kolonne Henneicke , consisted of 30 to 50 people and was given additional tasks. In March 1943, SD chief Willy Lages informed them that from now on a bounty of 7.50 guilders would be paid for every Jews who were extradited , as the number of people deported was stagnating. From March to October 1943 the column tracked down 8,000 to 9,000 Jewish people, most of whom were killed in concentration camps . Henneicke turned out to be particularly "efficient". On October 1, 1944, the column was disbanded because, on the one hand, it had served its purpose - there were almost no Jews left in Amsterdam and it was declared " Jew-free " - and on the other hand because of new allegations of embezzlement, bribery and attacks against women Inmates stood in the room. Henneicke continued to work for the bank and took on orders from the SD.

After the Dolle Dinsdag on September 5, 1944, Henneicke contacted a man whose house he had once searched and who he knew was in contact with the resistance. He gave this man extensive information on the organization of the SD and betrayed his former employees, including Wilhelm Briéde. The resistance group Landelijke Organizatie voor Hulp aan Onderduikers (LO) appreciated his information, but they also remained suspicious. Van Liempt: “It looked like Wim Henneicke was playing a double game. In view of the uncertain future, he forged relationships with the resistance that he hoped would benefit after the war. On the other hand, he was able to subvert the resistance and - should the northern Netherlands not be liberated - be of use to the German security service. "

On December 8, 1944, Wim Henneicke was shot five times near his home by an unknown man - two in the head, one in the right leg, one in the left leg and one in the stomach. Presumably the perpetrator was a member of an Amsterdam group of the Landelijke Knokploegen (LKP). In a memorial book of the resistance, his killing was described as "justified and necessary". After the war it turned out that von Henneicke's widow received 200 guilders a month from the former resistance movement, which apparently viewed him as a resistance because of his betrayal of the Germans.

literature

  • Ad van Liempt: bounty. Paid denunciation of Jews in the occupied Netherlands . Siedler, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-88680-801-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Van Liempt, Kopfgeld , pp. 113–116.
  2. ^ Van Liempt, Kopfgeld , p. 119.
  3. ↑ Van Liempt, Kopfgeld , pp. 13/14.
  4. ↑ Van Liempt, head money , p. 47f.
  5. ↑ Van Liempt, head money , p. 50.
  6. ↑ Van Liempt, head money , pp. 54–55.
  7. ↑ Van Liempt, head money , p. 307.
  8. ^ Van Liempt, head money , p. 308.
  9. ↑ Van Liempt, Kopfgeld , p. 312.
  10. ↑ Van Liempt, Kopfgeld , p. 312.
  11. ↑ Van Liempt, Kopfgeld , p. 312
personal data
SURNAME Henneicke, Wim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henneicke, Willem Christiaan Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch collaborator
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1944
Place of death Amsterdam