Carl Oberg

Carl Albrecht Oberg
Carl Oberg under arrest in June 1945
Born	27 January 1897 (1897-01-27) Hamburg, German Empire
Died	3 June 1965(1965-06-03) (aged 68) Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany
Criminal status	Deceased
Conviction(s)	British Military War crimes French Military Crimes against humanity
Criminal penalty	British Military Death; commuted to life imprisonment French Military Death; commuted to life imprisonment; further commuted to 20 years imprisonment with hard labour
SS service
Nickname(s)	The Butcher of Paris
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Schutzstaffel
Years of service	1933–1945
Rank	SS-Obergruppenführer
Commands held	SS and Police Leader Radom, Poland (August 1941 – May 1942) Higher SS and Police Leader Occupied France (May 1942 — November 1944)

Carl Albrecht Oberg (27 January 1897 – 3 June 1965) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He served as Senior SS and Police Leader (HSSPF) in occupied France, from May 1942 to November 1944, during the Second World War, Oberg came to be known as the Butcher of Paris. From May 1942, under orders from Reinhard Heydrich, Oberg ordered the execution of hundreds of hostages and the roundup and deportation of over 40,000 Jews from France to extermination camps, most infamously during the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup with the assistance of the Vichy French police.

Arrested by American military police in Tyrol in July 1945, Oberg was sentenced to death by two different courts: British and French before being handed over to the French. In 1958 his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and later reduced to 20 years at hard labour. Oberg was eventually released on 28 November 1962 and pardoned by President Charles de Gaulle. He died in West Germany on 3 June 1965.