Wilhelm Fuchs
Wilhelm Fuchs | |
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Kurt Daluege (left) and Wilhelm Fuchs (1940) | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 September 1898 Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire |
| Died | 24 January 1947 (aged 48) Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Education | Ph.D. |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig |
| Occupation | Agriculturist |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | German Empire Nazi Germany |
| Branch/service | Imperial German Army Schutzstaffel |
| Years of service | 1914–1918 1932–1945 |
| Rank | SS-Oberführer and Oberst of Police |
| Unit | Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD) |
| Commands | Einsatzgruppe Serbia Einsatzgruppe A Einsatzgruppe E Commander, SiPo and SD (Serbia, 1941–1942); Ostland, (1944) |
| Awards | Clasp to the Iron Cross, 2nd class |
| Criminal conviction | |
| Conviction | War crimes |
| Criminal penalty | Death by hanging |
Wilhelm Fuchs (1 September 1898 – 24 January 1947) was a German Nazi Party member and an SS-Oberführer and Oberst of police. During the Second World War, he led the Einsatzgruppe Serbia and was the commander of the Sicherheitspolizei (Security Police) and the SD (BdS) in occupied Serbia. He was also the commander of Einsatzkommando 3 and Einsatzgruppe A, as well as the BdS of the Reichskommissariat Ostland in the occupied Soviet Union. After the end of the war, he was implicated in the deaths of tens of thousands, and he was tried, convicted of war crimes and hanged in Yugoslavia.