Hellmuth Reinhard


Hellmuth Reinhard
Birth nameHermann Gustav Hellmuth Patzschke
Born24 July 1911
Hohenmölsen, Province of Saxony, German Empire
Died28 October 2002(2002-10-28) (aged 91)
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service/branch Schutzstaffel
Years of service1933–1945
RankSS-Sturmbannführer
CommandsHead of the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied Norway (January 1942 – February 1945)
Battles/warsWorld 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]

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