Hartmann Lauterbacher

Hartmann Lauterbacher
Hartmann Lauterbacher, June 1940
Oberpräsident of the Province of Hanover
In office 1 April 1941 – 8 May 1945
Preceded by	Viktor Lutze
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Gauleiter of Southern Hanover-Brunswick
In office 8 December 1940 – 8 May 1945
Preceded by	Bernhard Rust
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Deputy Gauleiter of Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick
In office 8 August 1940 – 8 December 1940
Preceded by	Kurt Schmalz [de]
Succeeded by	August Knop [de]
Deputy Reichsjugendführer and Stabsführer of the Hitler Youth
In office 18 May 1934 – 8 August 1940
Leader	Baldur von Schirach
Preceded by	Karl Nabersberg
Succeeded by	Helmut Möckel
Personal details
Born	(1909-05-24)24 May 1909 Reutte, Tyrol, Austria-Hungary
Died	12 April 1988(1988-04-12) (aged 78) Seeon-Seebruck, Free State of Bavaria, West Germany
Citizenship	Austrian, German
Political party	Nazi Party
Occupation	Drogist [de] Intelligence agent (Gehlen Organization, Federal Intelligence Service, 1950–1963)
Known for	Aktion Lauterbacher
Civilian awards	Golden Party Badge Golden Hitler Youth Badge with Oakleaves
Military service
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Branch/service	Waffen-SS Allgemeine SS
Years of service	1940–1945
Rank	SS-Oberscharführer SS-Obergruppenführer
Unit	SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler
Battles/wars	World War II
Military awards	War Merit Cross, 1st and 2nd class, with Swords

Hartmann Paul Johann Lauterbacher (24 May 1909 – 12 April 1988) was the German Stabsführer of the Hitler Youth (Hitler Jugend), the Gauleiter of Gau Southern Hanover-Brunswick (Südhannover-Braunschweig), the Oberpräsident of the Province of Hanover and an Obergruppenführer of both the SS and the SA in Nazi Germany. Tried and acquitted of war crimes after the Second World War, he lived a shadowy existence, was recruited by the West German spy agency and was involved in many underground intelligence operations.