Helmut Kleinicke

Helmut Kleinicke (; 19 November 1907 – 1979) was a German engineer who supervised construction projects near Auschwitz concentration camp and saved Jews during the Holocaust. Kleinicke was named Righteous Among the Nations in 2018; he is one of the few Nazi Party members to be given this award, along with Oskar Schindler, Hans Walz, Karl Plagge and Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz.

Early life Helmut Kleinicke was born on 19 November 1907 Although some survivors claimed that he had been an SS officer with the rank of Obersturmbannführer, there is no documentary evidence that Kleinicke served in the SS, and his niece denied it.

Postwar After the capitulation of Germany, Kleinicke was imprisoned by the British, and released in July 1945.