SS-Obersturmbannführer

Hans Latza
Born1908
Died1975
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service/branch Schutzstaffel
RankSS-Obersturmbannführer
Battles/warsWorld War II

Hans Latza (1908–1975) was a German SS-Obersturmbannführer. He served as SS-judge in Munich from 1939 to 1940, in Prague in 1940, and in Oslo from 1940 to 1945.[1] Latza was the principal judge at SS- und Polizeigerat in Norway. He was responsible for more than 25 death sentences. In the legal purge in Norway after World War II Latze and two co-judges were prosecuted for war crimes for their role when five persons had been sentenced to death in a court-martial reprisal following the assassination of police chief Karl Marthinsen, but Latza was acquitted by the Supreme Court in 1948.[2]

References

  1. ^ Nøkleby, Berit (1995). "Latza, Hans". In Dahl; Hjeltnes; Nøkleby; Ringdal; Sørensen (eds.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–1945 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. ISBN 82-02-14138-9. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  2. ^ Nøkleby, Berit (2004). "Latza-saken". Krigsforbrytelser. Brudd på krigens lov i Norge 1940–45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Pax Forlag. pp. 94–96. ISBN 82-530-2710-9.
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