Rudolf Lange

Rudolf Lange
Lange as an SS-Sturmbannführer c. 1941–1943
Birth name	Martin Franz Rudolf Erwin Lange
Born	(1910-04-18)18 April 1910 Weißwasser, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Died	23 February 1945 (aged 34) Posen, Warthegau, Nazi Germany
Cause of death	Killed in action or suicide
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Schutzstaffel
Years of service	1936–1945
Rank	SS-Standartenführer
Unit	Gestapo
Commands held	Einsatzgruppe A, Einsatzkommando 2 SiPo and SD Commander, Latvia SiPo and SD Commander, Wartheland
Known for	The Holocaust in Latvia Wannsee Conference participant
Battles/wars	Battle of Poznań (1945)
Awards	German Cross in Gold Iron Cross, 1st and 2nd class

Rudolf Lange (18 April 1910 – 23 February 1945) was a German SS-Standartenführer and police official during the Nazi era. After the invasion of the Soviet Union, he served in Einsatzgruppe A before becoming a commander of the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) and Sicherheitsdienst (SD) forces in Riga, Generalbezirk Lettland (today, Latvia). He participated in the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which the genocidal Final Solution to the Jewish Question was planned, and was largely responsible for implementing the murder of Latvia's Jewish population during the Holocaust. He died at the Battle of Poznań in the closing months of the Second World War in Europe.