Hellmuth Reinhard | |
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Birth name | Hermann Gustav Hellmuth Patzschke |
Born | 24 July 1911 Hohenmölsen, Province of Saxony, German Empire |
Died | 28 October 2002 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | (aged 91)
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service | Schutzstaffel |
Years of service | 1933–1945 |
Rank | SS-Sturmbannführer |
Commands | Head of the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied Norway (January 1942 – February 1945) |
Battles / wars | World War II |
Hellmuth Reinhard (born Hermann Gustav Hellmuth Patzschke; 24 July 1911 – 28 October 2002) was a German SS-Sturmbannführer who is best known for being head of the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied Norway from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. After the war, Reinhard evaded capture for nearly two decades before being arrested in 1964. He died in 2002.[1][2][3][4]