Hans Kammler
| Hans (Heinz) Friedrich Karl Franz Kammler | |
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NSDAP Id photograph, 1932
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| Born |
26 August 1901 Stettin, German Empire |
| Died | Unknown |
| Allegiance |
 Nazi Germany
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| Service/branch |
 Schutzstaffel
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| Rank |
 SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS
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| Awards | Social Welfare Decoration, War Merit Cross |
General Dr.-Ing. Hans (Heinz) Friedrich Karl Franz Kammler (born 26 August 1901; date of death unknown) was a German civil engineer and the last Schutzstaffel (SS) officer in Nazi Germany to be appointed to the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer with date of rank from 1 March 1945. He oversaw SS construction projects and towards the end of World War II was put in charge of the V-2 missile and jet programmes. He is most commonly referred to as Hans Kammler.
Kammler was born in Stettin, German Empire (now Szczecin, Poland). In 1919, after volunteering for army service, he served in the Rossbach Freikorps. From 1919 to 1923, he studied civil engineering at the Technische Hochschule der Freien Stadt Danzig and Munich and was awarded his Dr.-Ing. in November 1932, following some years of practical work in local building administration.
Kammler joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in 1931 and held a variety of administrative positions after the Nazi government came to power in 1933, initially as head of the Aviation Ministry's building department. He joined the SS (no. 113,619) on 20 May 1933. In 1934, he was a councillor for the Reich's Interior Ministry.
In 1934, he also was the leader of the Reichsbund der Kleingärtner und Kleinsiedler (Reich's federation of small gardeners and landowners).
In June 1941, Kammler joined the Waffen-SS.
Kammler eventually became Oswald Pohl's deputy at the SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt (WVHA), which oversaw Amtsgruppe D (Amt D), the administration of the concentration camp system, and was also Chief of Amt C, which designed and constructed all the concentration and extermination camps. In this latter capacity he oversaw the installation of more efficient cremation facilities at Auschwitz-Birkenau as part of the camp's conversion to an extermination camp.
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