Wilhelm Harster

Wilhelm Harster
Harster, Karl Maria Demelhuber, Erich Deppner, & Hanns Rauter
Born	21 July 1904 Kelheim, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
Died	25 December 1991 (1991-12-26) (aged 87) Munich, Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Schutzstaffel
Years of service	1920–1926 1933–1945
Rank	SS-Gruppenführer
Unit	Freikorps Gestapo
Commands held	Commander of the Security Police (SiPo) and SD (Krakow, 1939–1940; Netherlands, 1940–1943; Italy, 1943–1945)
Other work	Jurist, civil servant

Wilhelm Harster (21 July 1904 – 25 December 1991) was a German policeman and war criminal. A high-ranking member in the SS and a Holocaust perpetrator during the Nazi era, he was twice convicted for his crimes by the Netherlands and later by West Germany. He had been employed by the government of Bavaria as a civil servant and was let go with a full pension after public outcry.