Biographies

• Article by Robert Jan Noks
• Published on October 29th, 2023

Rudolf Lange

Rudolph Lange was a German lawyer and SS officer. After a career in the Gestapo, he became SD chief in Latvia after the German invasion of the Soviet Union. He was responsible for the mass murders on Latvian Jews and Reichsjuden. In January 1942, he participated in the notorious Wannsee Conference. In February 1945, he died during the occupation of Poznan by the Red Army.