Søren Kam
| Søren Kam | |
|---|---|
| Born |
2 November 1921 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 23 March 2015 (aged 93) Kempten, Germany |
| Allegiance |
 Nazi Germany
|
| Service/branch |
 Waffen-SS
|
| Years of service | 1941–1945 |
| Rank | Obersturmführer |
| Unit | |
| Awards | Knight's Cross |
Søren Kam (2 November 1921 – 23 March 2015) was a Danish commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was wanted for murder in Denmark and listed by the Simon Wiesenthal Center as one of the most wanted Nazi war criminals.
Kam was born on 2 November 1921 in Copenhagen, Denmark as the second of six children to agent Rasmus Hansen Kam (b. 1891 in Aunslev, Funen) and wife Inger née Hermansen (b. 1897 in Copenhagen)
The young Kam was a member of the youth faction of the DNSAP (NSU) where he was a close associate of Christian Frederik von Schalburg, one of his socalled "blood boys". In 1939 Kam was entered in the army levy roll for Copenhagen with the name Sören Kam.
Kam's family stayed in the villa after he moved out until his father sold it in 1947. The same year Kam's older brother delisted his phone number from the phone book and two years later his father did the same.
Kam volunteered with the SS in June 1940 and served with the 5. SS-Panzergrenadier-Division on the Eastern Front. He was transferred to SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz and was promoted to SS-Untersturmführer.
From 1 May to 2 September 1943, Kam was heading the school at Høveltegaard responsible for the training of new members of the Schalburg Corps. The initial six week training had 50-70 recruits.
According to Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, in August 1943 Kam participated as a Waffen-SS soldier in a robbery during which the birth records of the Jewish community in Denmark were stolen. He thereby ensured that the German file on Danish Jews was as complete as possible, in preparation for the attempt to arrest and deport them in October that year. Kam denied the allegation.
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