Carl Oberg
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| Carl Albrecht Oberg | |
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 Pierre Laval (on left) and Carl Oberg in Paris |
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| Born | 27 January 1897 Hamburg |
| Died | 3 June 1965 Flensburg |
| Motive | Nazism |
| Conviction(s) | Crimes against humanity |
| Penalty | Sentenced to death by hanging, commuted to life imprison, later released. |
| Occupation | Nazi official. |
General Carl Albrecht Oberg (b. 27 January 1897 in Hamburg; died 3 June 1965 in Flensburg) was the Higher SS and Police Leader (HSSPF) of France during the Second World War.
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[edit] Nazi career
From 1942 to 1944, Oberg headed all German police units in France, including SD and Gestapo, then headed by SS colonel Helmut Knochen. Oberg was therefore the supreme authority in France for managing anti-Jews policy and battle against the French Resistance. He thus drove the rounding up of Jews in the Paris Velodrome d'Hiver ( "la rafle du Vel d'hiv") in 1942. According the Spartacus Educational Website, "Oberg was also responsible for applying the Final Solution in France. This action resulted in 75,000 Jews being deported from France to extermination camps in Nazi Germany and Poland." [1]
[edit] Post-war trial, sentence, and reprieve
Sentenced to death then to life imprisonment (presidential pardon gotten in 1958). Oberg and Knochen were released on 28 November 1962 ; a decision taken by De Gaulle in the context of rapprochement between France and Germany.[citation needed]
[edit] Ranks and positions
- Nov 1935 - Jan 1937. SS-Standartenführer for 22.SS-Standarte, "Mecklenburg", in Schwerin[2]
- Jan 1937 - Dec 1938. Still a SS-Standartenführer. Also Stabsführer for SS-Abschnitt IV, Hannover.[3]
- ?? (at least May 1942) - Apr 1943. SS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor der Polizei[4]
- Nov 1939 - Aug 1941. SSPF "Radom"[5]
- May 1942 - Nov 1944. HSSPF "Frankreich"[4]
- Apr 1943. SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant der Polizei[4]
- Aug 1944. SS-Obergruppenführer[4]
- Mar 1945. General der Waffen-SS[4]
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- (German) Birn, Ruth Bettina, Die höheren SS- und Polizeiführer. Himmlers Vertreter im Reich und in den besetzten Gebieten Düsseldorf 1986 (Seite 252ff, 341)
- (German) Lappenküper, Ulrich Der "Schlächter von Paris". Carl-Albrecht Oberg als Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer in Frankreich (1942-1944) in: Deutschland und Frankreich im Krieg (Nov. 1942 - Herbst 1944). Okkupation, Kollaboration, Résistance Hg. S. Martens, M. Vaisse, Bonn: Bouvier, 2000 (Seite 129-143)
- (German) Die faschistische Okkupationspolitik in Frankreich (1940- 1944) Dokumentenauswahl. Hg. und Einl. Ludwig Nestler. Berlin: Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, 1990 (Orts-, Personenregister) ISBN 3326002971 (zahlreiche Einträge im Index)
- Simkin, John. "Carl Oberg: Nazi Germany". Spartacus Educational Website. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERoberg.htm. Retrieved 2009 2 20.
- (German) Weiß, Hermann (Hrsg.): Biographisches Lexikon zum Dritten Reich, Frankfurt 2002 ISBN 3-596-13086-7
- Yerger, Mark C. (1997). Allgemeine-SS. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing.
- "Sparing the Butcher's Life". Time. 1958-05-5. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,863320,00.html.
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