Walter Schimana

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Walter Schimana
SS-Gruppenführer Walter Schimana
Born	(1898-03-12)12 March 1898 Opava, Austria-Hungary
Died	12 September 1948(1948-09-12) (aged 50) Salzburg, Allied-occupied Austria
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen-SS
Rank	SS-Gruppenführer and Police Lieutenant General
Commands held	SS and Police Leader (SSPF) Central Russia and Belarus Higher SS and Police Leader Greece

Walter Schimana (12 March 1898 – 12 September 1948) was an Austrian functionary in the German SS during the Nazi era. He was SS and Police Leader in the occupied Soviet Union in 1942 and Higher SS and Police Leader in occupied Greece from October 1943. Responsible for numerous war crimes and atrocities in the occupied territories, Schimana was arrested by the Allies after the war and died by suicide while awaiting trial.