Date of birth:

September 14th, 1899 (Munich, German Empire)

Date of death:

March 7th, 1947 (Mokotow prison, Warsaw, Poland)

Service number:

NSDAP Nr.: 3.201.697 /// SS Nr.: 36.134

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Josef Albert Meisinger, also known as the "Butcher of Warsaw", was a SS functionary in Nazi Germany. He held a position in the Gestapo and was a member of the Nazi Party. During the early phases of World War II Meisinger served as commander of Einsatzgruppe IV on Poland. From 1941 to 1945 he worked as liaison for the Gestapo at the German embassy in Tokyo. He was arrested in Japan in 1945, convicted of war crimes and was executed in Warsaw, Poland.

Promotions:
18.01.1919: Vizefeldwebel
05.03.1933: SS-Anwärter
28.06.1933: SS-Truppführer
20.04.1934: SS-Obertruppführer
09.05.1934: SS-Untersturmführer
23.04.1936: SS-Sturmbannführer
30.01.1937: SS-Obersturmbannführer
01.01.1940: SS-Standartenführer
25.01 or 06.02.1943: Oberst der Polizei

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• - Heinz Eberhard Maul, Japan und die Juden. Studie über die Judenpolitik des Kaiserreiches Japan während der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus 1933 – 1945. Doctoral Dissertation, Bonn 2000: Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität.
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