Hans Helwig

Hans Helwig
Helwig c. 1933
Born(1881-09-25)25 September 1881
Hemsbach, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany
Died24 August 1952(1952-08-24) (aged 70)
Hemsbach
AllegianceGerman Empire (to 1918)
Nazi Germany
BranchImperial German Army
Schutzstaffel
Service years1901–1918
1933–1945
RankSS-Brigadeführer
CommandsLichtenburg concentration camp
Sachsenhausen concentration camp
ConflictsWorld War I
World War II
Other workOrganisation Todt

Hans Helwig (25 September 1881 – 24 August 1952) was a German Nazi Party politician, World War I veteran, Schutzstaffel general and Nazi concentration camp commandant. An early member of the Nazi movement he fulfilled a number of roles within Nazism down the years. He was born and died in Hemsbach.

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