Walter Harzer
Walter Harzer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 September 1912 |
| Died | 29 May 1982 (aged 69) |
| Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
| Branch | Waffen-SS |
| Service years | 1931–1945 |
| Rank | SS-Oberführer |
| Commands | SS Division Hohenstaufen SS Polizei Division |
| Conflicts | World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Walter Harzer (29 September 1912 – 29 May 1982) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. He commanded the SS Division Hohenstaufen and SS Polizei Division.
After the war, Harzer became active in HIAG, a lobby group established by senior Waffen-SS men in 1951 in West Germany. He acted as the organisation's official historian, coordinating the writing and publications of revisionist unit histories, which appears in German via the Munin Verlag imprint.