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Hans Friedemann Goetze
Born(1897-11-03)3 November 1897 
Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire
Died27 May 1940(1940-05-27) (aged 42)
Le Paradis, France
Allegiance German Empire (to 1918)
 Weimar Republic (to 1922)
 Nazi Germany
Service / branch Waffen-SS
Years of service1914-1940
RankSS-Standartenführer
CommandsSS Heimwehr Danzig
SS-Totenkopf Infanterie Regiment 3
Battles / warsWorld War I
World War II
AwardsIron Cross, 1st class

Hans Friedemann Goetze (3 November 1897 – 27 May 1940) was a Nazi Standartenführer (Colonel) of the German Waffen-SS and commander of SS Heimwehr Danzig (Danzig Home Defence). He was a son of SS-Brigadeführer Friedemann Goetze. He was shot and killed by a British sniper while leading Infanterie Regiment 3 of the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf near Le Paradis. Following the battle, the British soldiers who were taken prisoner were killed during the Le Paradis massacre.

About 1550 members of the SS Heimwehr Danzig took part in an attack on the Polish Post Office in Danzig. On 8 September 1939, members of the SS Heimwehr Danzig killed 33 Polish civilians in the village of Ksiazki.

From April 1939 to April 1940 some members of his military unit took part in a mass murder near the Forest of Szpęgawsk.

Summary of his military career

Dates of rank

Notable decorations

Military offices
Preceded bynone Commander of SS Heimwehr Danzig
July 1939 - 29 September 1939
Succeeded bynone
Preceded bynone Commander of Infanterie Regiment 3, 3rd SS Division Totenkopf
6 October 1939 - 3 June 1940
Succeeded bySS-Standartenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp

References

  1. Sydnor, Charles W. (1990). Soldiers of destruction : the SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 44. ISBN 0691008531.
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