Karl-Siegmund Litzmann
Karl-Siegmund Litzmann | |
|---|---|
| Generalkommissar of Generalbezirk Estland | |
| In office 5 December 1941 – 17 September 1944 | |
| Preceded by | Position created |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1893 |
| Died | August 1945 (aged 52) |
| Party | Nazi Party |
| Profession | Military officer Estate manager |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | German Empire |
| Branch/service | Imperial German Army |
| Years of service | 1913–1918 |
| Rank | Leutnant |
| Unit | Reserve Infantry Regiment 261 |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards | Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class House Order of Hohenzollern, Knight's Cross with swords |
Karl-Siegmund Hermann-Julius Litzmann (1 August 1893 – August 1945) was a German Nazi politician and official who served as the Generalkommissar of Generalbezirk Estland in the Reichskommissariat Ostland from December 1941 to September 1944
Litzmann was a distinguished veteran of World War I and an early member of the Nazi Party and Sturmabteilung (SA), becoming responsible for equestrian training and forming cavalry units for the SA and other Nazi organisations. Litzmann was appointed Nazi governor of German-occupied Estonia in 1941, overseeing the Estonian Self-Administration and mass killings by the SS. Litzmann fled the Red Army advance into Estonia in 1944 and was reassigned to the Waffen-SS in Central Europe where he went missing in action in early 1945. Litzmann was found alive in Allied-occupied Germany shortly after the war but died under unexplained circumstances.