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Braune, Karl Rudolf Werner

    Date of birth:
    April 11th, 1909 (Mehrstedt/Thuringia, Germany)
    Date of death:
    June 7th, 1951 (Landsberg am Lech/Bavaria, Germany)
    Buried on:
    Graves German War Criminals (Spöttinger Friedhof)
    Nationality:
    German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

    Biography

    Karl Rudolf Werner Braune reached the rank of SS-Obersturmbannführer. He was executed on June 7th, 1951.

    Career:
    1931: NSDAP;
    1934: SS;
    1940 - 1941: Chef der Gestapo Wesermünde;
    October 1941 - September 1942: Kommandeur Sonderkommando 11b, Einsatzgruppe D;
    1943 - 1944: Leiter des Deutschen Akademischen Auslandsdienstes;
    1945: Kommandeur Sipo/ SD Noorwegen;
    ?: Sentenced in Einsatzgruppen-Prozeß
    April 10th, 1948: Death sentence.

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    SS-Sturmbannführer (Major)
    Unit:
    Sonderkommando 11b, Einsatzgruppe D, Schutzstaffel (SS), Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
    Awarded on:
    January 15th, 1943
    Ordinul Coroana Romaniei Ofiter

    Sources

    • Photo 1: (Public Domain)
    • - Royal Decree No. 78/15 January 1943, published in Monitorul Oficial No. 90/16 April 1943