Fritz Katzmann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fritz Katzmann

German general

Date of Birth: 06-May-1906

Place of Birth: Langendreer, Free State of Prussia, Germany

Date of Death: 19-Sep-1957

Profession: judge, politician, military officer

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Fritz Katzmann, also known as Friedrich Katzmann, (6 May 1906 – 19 September 1957) was a German SS and police official during the Nazi era.
He perpetrated genocide in the cities of Katowice, Radom, Lemberg (Lwów), Danzig (Gdansk), and across the Nazi German District of Galicia during the Holocaust in occupied Poland, making him a major figure during the Holocaust there.
Katzmann was responsible for many of the atrocities that were perpetrated by the SS during Operation Barbarossa.
He personally directed the slaughter of between 55,000 and 65,000 Jews of Lemberg in 1941-1942 followed by mass deportations to death camps including Janowska (pictured).
In 1943, Katzmann wrote a top-secret report summarizing Operation Reinhard in Galicia.
The Katzmann Report is now considered one of the most important pieces of evidence of the extermination process.
He managed to escape prosecution after the war, living under a false identity.