Hanns Albin Rauter
Hanns Albin Rauter | |
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Rauter in 1939 | |
| Born | 4 February 1895 Klagenfurt, Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Died | 24 March 1949 (aged 54) Near Scheveningen, Netherlands |
| Allegiance | German Empire Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Imperial German Army Freikorps Schutzstaffel |
| Years of service | 1914–1919 1921 1935–1945 |
| Rank | SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei |
| Commands | Higher SS and Police Leader of the Netherlands (1940–1945) |
| Battles / wars | World War I World War II |
Johann Baptist Albin Rauter (4 February 1895 – 24 March 1949) was a high-ranking Austrian-born SS functionary and war criminal during the Nazi era. He was the Higher SS and Police Leader in the occupied Netherlands and therefore the leading security and police officer there during the period of 1940–1945. Rauter reported directly to the Nazi SS chief, Heinrich Himmler, and also to the Nazi Reichskommissar of the Netherlands, Arthur Seyss-Inquart. After World War II, Rauter was convicted in the Netherlands of crimes against humanity and executed by firing squad.