Bernhard Siebken

Bernhard Siebken
HIAG members laying a wreath at Siebken's grave in 1959; photo originally appeared in HIAG's periodical Der Freiwillige ("The Volunteer")
Born4 April 1910
Pinneberg, Province of Schleswig-Holstein, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died20 January 1949(1949-01-20) (aged 38)
Hamelin Prison, Hamelin, Allied-occupied Germany
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Allegiance Nazi Germany
BranchSchutzstaffel
Waffen-SS
Service years1931–1945
RankSS-Obersturmbannführer
Service numberNSDAP #558,752
SS #44,894
UnitSS Division Leibstandarte
SS Division Hitlerjugend
CommandsSS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 "LSSAH"
ConflictsWorld War II
AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Bernhard Siebken (4 April 1910 – 20 January 1949) was a German SS commander during World War II and a convicted war criminal. He was sentenced to death for the killing of Canadian prisoners of war and was executed in 1949.

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