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Knab, Werner

Date of birth:
December 18th, 1908 (Munich/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
February 19th, 1945 (Weissenfels/Saxony, Germany)
Service number:
SS-Nr. 191.584 / NSDAP-Nr. 3.269.940
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Werner Knab was killed by an Allied air raid on 19 February 1945.

1935-1939: Stapo(Leit)stelle in München;
1941-1943: Einsatzgruppe "C";
1943 Leiter (Head) of Abteilung IV (Gestapo) of the office of the BdS in Kiew;
April 1943-August 1944 - KdS -Kommandeur der Sicherheitspolizei und des SD in Lyon.

Promotions:
April 20th, 1939: SS-Sturmbannführer;
June 21st, 1943: SS-Obersturmbannführer / Oberregierungsrat

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmbannführer / Oberstleutnant der Schutzpolizei
Unit:
Amt VI, Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA)
Awarded on:
January 13th, 1945
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse

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