About Theo Saevecke
Lived 1911 – 2000 (aged 89). Theo Saevecke was a German police officer and gestapo employee.
Theodor Emil Saevecke ( – ) was an SS officer and perpetrator of the Holocaust in Poland and the Holocaust in Italy.
Biography In 1926, he was a member of the Freikorps, fighting against both the Weimar Republic and communists. On 1 February 1929, Saevecke became a member of the NSDAP (Nazi Party) (member no. 112,407). In 1938 he became a member of the Schutzstaffel (SS) (member no. 396,401). After the war in Europe started, he was a member of the mobile SS death squad, Einsatzgruppen IV in Poland through 1940. Later he was promoted to the rank of SS-Hauptsturmführer and served in the SS-Sicherheitsdienst (SD; Security Service) in Libya and Tunisia between 1942 and 1943, under Walter Rauff. Between 1943 and 1945, Saevecke was head of the Gestapo and the Italian fascist police in Milan. During his time he was responsible for the deportation of at least 700 Italian Jews to extermination camps.
Saevecke died on 16 December 2000.
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Who was Theo Saevecke?
German officer (1911-2000)
When was Theo Saevecke born?
Theo Saevecke was born on 22 March 1911 in Hamburg.
When did Theo Saevecke die?
Theo Saevecke died on 16 December 2000 in Dissen am Teutoburger Wald.
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Theo Saevecke was a police officer and gestapo employee.
What nationality was Theo Saevecke?
Theo Saevecke was German.
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