Emanuel Schäfer
Emanuel Schäfer | |
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Schäfer in 1943 | |
| Born | 20 April 1900 Hultschin, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 4 December 1974 (aged 74) Cologne, West Germany |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Imperial German Army Freikorps Schutzstaffel |
| Years of service | 1918 1919–1921 1936–1945 |
| Rank | SS-Oberführer and Oberst of Police |
| Commands | Einsatzgruppe II Commander of SiPo & SD, Serbia; Operational Zone of the Adriatic Littoral |
| Battles / wars | World War I Silesian Uprisings World War II |
| Awards | War Merit Cross |
| Alma mater | University of Breslau |
Emanuel Paul Viktor Schäfer (20 April 1900 – 4 December 1974) was a German lawyer and police official who was also an SS-Oberführer in the Schutzstaffel (SS) and a protégé of Reinhard Heydrich in Nazi Germany. During the Second World War, he was the commander of Einsatzgruppe II during the Polish campaign in 1939. He then served as commander of the security police (SiPo) and SD, first in Serbia and later in northern Italy. He was complicit in Holocaust atrocities and, after the war ended, he was put on trial and convicted of war crimes.