Fritz Katz man (* 6. May 1906 in Langendreer; "† 19 September 1957 in Darmstadt) - also: Friedrich Katz man - were a German SS-group leader and lieutenant general of the weapon SS (police).

The learned Carpenter stepped 1928 into the NSDAP (member No. 98,528) and 1930 into the SS (SS-NR. 3,065). On 1 July 1930 he was appointed the on 23 January 1931 the on 20 August 1931 the on 1 December 1932 the on 20 April 1933 the

From 1918 to 1933 Katz man was unemployed, after that seizure of power of the national socialists became he a councilman in Duisburg. Starting from 1934 it served full-time in the SS. The transport to the took place on 30 January 1934. From 4 April 1934 up to 21. March 1938 it befehligte the 75. SS-banner "Widukind" in its location Berlin.

On 17 August 1934 Katz man became the Starting from 1936 it was member of the meeting of the city delegates in Berlin. In the same time it belonged to the people's court as an assessor. To 21. March 1938 he became commander of the SS-section VI in Breslau. On 9 November 1938 it was carried to the

SS and police leader of radome was he from 30 November 1939 to 8 August 1941. The appointment as the took place on 21 June 1941. Afterwards it was SS and police leader of Galizien with seat in Lemberg (Lwow) by 20 April 1943. The transport to the major general of the police took place on 26 September 1941, the appointment as the SS-group leader and lieutenant general of the police on 30 January 1943.

While its command in Galizien it was considerably involved in the Holocaust (when sea-conference). With support of his staff and the associated state police most Jews in Ostgalizien up to the summer 1943 were murdered. In a report (1) with the title "solution of the Jew question in the district Galizien" from 30 June 1943 at the SS and police leader Friedrich William of the Generalgouvernement described he details his measures and the Jewish resistance arising with it.

Further establish Katz man and its staff a network of camps with forced laborers in Ostgalizien, among them in Lemberg, in Drogobytsch Boryslaw and at the durchgangsstrasse IV. from 20 April 1943 up to 8. May 1945 it befehligte the SS-Oberabschnitt Weichsel/Danzig - west Prussia in the military district XX with seat in Danzig. On 1 July 1944 it was promoted to lieutenant general of the weapon SS. Under its command it was responsible for the evacuation measures of the KZ Stutthoff.

it submerged and accepted 1945 an identity under the name "Bruno Albrecht", resident in Darmstadt. Briefly before its death it indicated its actual identity.

Related links

• The Katz man report
• 171 Orig. - Documents of and over F.K in the Simon Wiesenthal center L.A. and further 220 over fiber plastic and other war criminals in radome.

Literature

• Ruth Bettina Birn, the higher SS and police leaders. Himmlers representative in the realm and in the occupied areas, Duesseldorf 1986 ISBN 3770007107
• (2) Joseph Wulf, the third realm and its executor, Wiesbaden 1989, P. 232, ISBN 3598046030

Reference

• (1) The message (2) at F.W. from 30 June 1943 read:

"Tgb. No. 42/43 g.R. - Ch/Fr.

Concerned one: Solution of the Jew question in Galizien - purchase: lying close report -1. Execution (bind).

In the plant I present the final report as 1. Execution over Jew question in the district Galizien with the request for information.

sgd.: Katz man,

SS-group leader and lieutenant general of the police

On page 14 of the report it meant:

"In the meantime the further evacuation was energetically operated, so that effective 23 June 1943 all Jew residential areas could be dissolved. The district Galizien is thereby, with the exception of the Jews, who are under control of the SS and police leader in camps, j u D e n f r e i. still isolates taken up Jews from respective Ordnungspolizei-und Gendarmerieposten is specialtreated (*). By 27 June 43 insgesamt434 329 Jews was evacuated"

(*) SS-jargon for measuremeasure measures

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