Wolfgang Berger (criminalist)

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Wolfgang Berger (born January 20, 1897 in Berlin ; † unknown) was a German criminalist . During the Second World War he was one of the leading figures in the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA).

life and career

In 1940 Berger took over the VF department of the Reich Security Main Office, which was responsible for economic affairs, special training and equipment for the criminal investigation department. In March 1941 he became head of the VC department responsible for "identification service and manhunt" in the same authority, as senior government and criminal adviser. In these positions he belonged to the leadership corps of the central authority of the Nazi state responsible for the surveillance and suppression of the population .

In 1943 Berger took over the management of the police control center in Frankfurt am Main. In May 1945 he was arrested by the British Army.

In the 1960s, Berger was questioned as part of the investigation by the public prosecutor's office at the Berlin Superior Court against the former top officials of the Reich Security Main Office.

swell

  • George C. Browder: Hitler's Enforcers. The Gestapo and the SS Security Service . 1996.
  • Michael Wildt: Generation of the Unconditional. The leadership corps of the Reich Security Main Office . 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Interrogation from November 5, 1960, quoted in Wildt: Generation, p. 322
personal data
SURNAME Berger, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German criminalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH after 1960