Siegfried Fehmer

Siegfried Wolfgang Fehmer (10 January 1911 – 16 March 1948) was a German SS officer during World War II. He was stationed in Norway during the occupation by Nazi Germany, and by the end of the war he was heading the Oslo branch of the Gestapo from its headquarters in Victoria Terrasse, Oslo. Along with Josef Terboven, Fehmer was considered one of the most despised members of the German occupation forces in Norway.

Early life Fehmer was born in Munich, Germany, on 10 January 1911 to Latvian/German parents. His father had Russian citizenship and Fehmer spent the first part of his life in Ukraine and in Moscow, where he experienced the Russian Revolution as a young boy. His family moved to Berlin in 1918 and gained German citizenship. In January 1930, Fehmer joined the National Socialist German Workers Party at the age of 19. He studied law at Berlin University until 1933 and was described as sporty, intelligent, and knowledgeable, with an exceptionally good memory.