Theo Saevecke
| Theo Saevecke | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
22 March 1911 Hamburg, Germany |
| Died |
15 December 2004 (aged 93) Hamburg, Germany |
| Allegiance |
.svg.png){kind=small} Nazi Germany |
| Service/branch |
 SS: Sicherheitsdienst, Einsatzgruppe; Gestapo |
| Years of service | 1938—1945 |
| Rank | Hauptsturmführer |
He was born on 22 March 1911. In 1926, he was a member of the Freikorps, fighting against both the Weimar Republic and communists.
On 1 February 1929, Saevecke became a member of the NSDAP (Nazi Party) (member 112,407). In 1938 he became a member of the Schutzstaffel (SS) (member 396,401). After the war in Europe started, he was a member of the mobile SS death squad, Einsatzgruppen IV in Poland through 1940. Later he was promoted to the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer and served in the SS-Sicherheitsdienst (SD; Security Service) in Libya and Tunisa between 1942-1943, under Walter Rauff. During 1943 to 1945, Saevecke was head of the Gestapo and the Italian fascist police in Milan. After the war, in 1962, while a Kriminalrat at Sicherungsgruppe Bonn, he led a police raid on the Spiegel scandal.
Saevecke died on 15 December 2004.
External links
Further reading
- Richard Breitman (4 April 2005). U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis. Cambridge University Press. p. 359. ISBN 978-0-521-61794-9.
CIA report on Saevecke January 8, 1953
CIA report on Saevecke January 8, 1953
CIA report on Saevecke January 8, 1953