Walter Rauff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Walter Rauff

Nazi War ciminal

Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1906

Place of Birth: Köthen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 14-May-1984

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Walter Rauff

  • Walter (Walther) Rauff (19 June 1906 – 14 May 1984) was a mid-ranking SS commander in Nazi Germany.
  • From January 1938, he was an aide of Reinhard Heydrich firstly in the Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst or SD,), later in the Reich Security Main Office.
  • He worked for the Federal Intelligence Service of West Germany (Bundesnachrichtendienst) between 1958 and 1962, and was subsequently employed by the Mossad, the Israeli secret service.
  • His funeral in Santiago, Chile, was attended by a crowd of old Nazis.Rauff is thought to have been responsible for nearly 100,000 deaths during World War II.
  • He was instrumental in the implementation of the Nazis' genocide by mobile gas chamber.
  • His victims included Communists, Jews, Roma and people with disabilities.
  • He was arrested in 1945, but subsequently escaped and was never brought to trial.
  • In the late 1970s and the 1980s, he was arguably the most wanted Nazi fugitive still alive.

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