Karl Giering
Karl Giering | |
|---|---|
| Director of the Sonderkommando Rote Kapelle | |
| In office 1 November 1942 – 1 June 1943 | |
| Appointed by | Heinrich Müller |
| Succeeded by | Heinz Pannwitz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 August 1900 |
| Died | 9 November 1945 (aged 45) Berlin, Germany (assumed) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | German Empire Nazi Germany |
| Service | Berlin Police 1925–1933 Gestapo 1933–1945 |
| Rank | SS-Hauptsturmführer |
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Karl Giering (17 August 1900 – 9 November 1945) was a German police officer. He was SS-Hauptsturmführer and Criminal Councillor in the Geheimes Staatspolizeiamt Berlin (Gestapo) and later Head of Department IV A 2 (Defence against Sabotage) in the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA). Giering is regarded as one of the most dangerous persecutors of the communist resistance against the Nazi regime. He commanded the Gestapo to smash the apparatus of the Betriebsberichterstattung (BB) of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and conducted investigations against the Soviet espionage network known as the Red Orchestra while part of the Sonderkommando Rote Kapelle.