Franz Josef Huber

Franz Josef Huber
Born22 January 1902
Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died30 January 1975(1975-01-30) (aged 73)
Munich, West Germany
AllegianceNazi Germany
BranchMunich Police 1922–1934
Gestapo 1934–1945
Years of service1933–1945
RankSS-Brigadeführer and Generalmajor of Police
CommandsInspekteur der Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) und des Sicherheitsdienst (SD) for Reichsgaue Vienna, Lower Danube and Upper Danube
AwardsWar Merit Cross, 1st and 2nd class with swords

Franz Josef Huber (22 January 1902 – 30 January 1975) was a German police and security service official during the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany eras. He joined the Nazi Party and the Schutzstaffel (SS) in 1937 and worked closely with Gestapo chief Heinrich Müller. After the German annexation of Austria in 1938, Huber was posted to Vienna, where he was appointed Inspector of the Security Police (Sicherheitspolizei; SiPo) and Security Service (Sicherheitsdienst; SD) for the Reichsgaue Vienna, Lower Danube and Upper Danube. He rose to the rank of SS-Brigadeführer and was responsible for mass deportations of Jews from the area. After the end of World War II, Huber underwent denazification proceedings but never served any prison time. He was employed by the West German Federal Intelligence Service from 1955 to 1964. He died in Munich in 1975.