Werner Lorenz

Werner Lorenz
Born	2 October 1891 Grünhof, German Empire
Died	13 March 1974(1974-03-13) (aged 82) Hamburg, West Germany
Criminal status	Deceased
Children	Rosemarie Springer
Relatives	Axel Springer (son-in-law)
Conviction(s)	Crimes against humanity War crimes Membership in a criminal organization
Trial	RuSHA trial
Criminal penalty	20 years imprisonment; commuted to 15 years imprisonment
Military career
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Luftstreitkräfte Schutzstaffel Waffen-SS
Years of service	1914–1945
Rank	SS-Obergruppenführer
Unit	SS Race and Settlement Main Office
Commands	VOMI
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	1914 Iron Cross

Werner Lorenz (2 October 1891 – 13 March 1974) was an SS functionary during the Nazi era. He was head of the Volksdeutsche Mittelstelle (VOMI) (Main Office for Ethnic Germans), an organization charged with resettling ethnic Germans in the "German Reich" from other parts of Europe, as well as colonising the occupied lands during World War II. After the war, Lorenz was sentenced to prison for crimes against humanity in 1948. He was released in 1954 and died in 1974.