Hermann Höfle | |
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Hermann Julius Höfle as Hauptsturmführer
(before his promotion) |
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Birth name | Hermann Julius Höfle |
Nickname(s) | Hans |
Born |
Salzburg, Austria |
19 June 1911
Died | 21 August 1962 Vienna, Austria |
(aged 51)
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/branch | Schutzstaffel |
Years of service | 1933–1945 |
Rank | Sturmbannführer, SS (Major) |
Commands held |
Operation Reinhard Coordinator |
Other work | Auto mechanic |
Hermann Julius Höfle pron. also Hans (or) Hermann Hoefle (19 June 1911 – 21 August 1962) was an Austrian-born SS-Sturmbannführer (major). He was deputy to Odilo Globocnik in the Aktion Reinhard program, serving as his main deportation and extermination expert. As such he was heavily involved in crimes against humanity during the Holocaust.
Born in Salzburg, Austria, Höfle joined the NSDAP on 1 August 1933, with party number 307,469. He joined the SS at the same time. Before the war, he worked as an auto mechanic.
After the conquest of Poland, Höfle served in Nowy Sącz, in Southern Poland. In November 1940 he served as an overseer of a Jewish labour camp southeast of Lublin. Up to December 1941 Höfle was in Mogilev, Russia. He was involved in deportations to the camps of Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka. He lived and worked from the Aktion Reinhard headquarters with the Julius Schreck Barracks, Ostland Strasse, in Lublin.