Humbert Achamer-Pifrader
Oberführer Humbert Achamer-Pifrader | |
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| Birth name | Humbert Achamer-Pifrader |
| Born | 21 November 1900 Austria, Greater German Reich |
| Allegiance |  Austria-Hungary Austria Nazi Germany |
| Service/ |  SS |
| Rank |  Oberführer |
| Commands held | Einsatzgruppe A |
| Battles/wars | World War I
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| Awards | |
Humbert Achamer-Pifrader (21 November 1900 – 25 April 1945) was an Austrian
Einsatzgruppe A
from September 1942 to September 1943.
Biography
Achamer-Pifrader was born in
doctorate of law there on 7 July 1934.[1]
Achamer-Pifrader joined the Austrian
SS (membership number 275,750) and rose steadily in this Nazi organization. In April 1936, he was transferred to the Gestapo in Berlin, where he worked on "Austrian affairs".[2]
After the beginning of the
Einsatzgruppe A, which was responsible for the mass murder of (mostly Jewish) civilians. In addition, he was commander of the Security Police in Riga for some time.[3]
Achamer-Pifrader was promoted to SS-Oberführer on 1 January 1943, and on 31 August 1943, awarded with the Iron Cross 2nd Class and also the War Merit Cross, 1st class. In 1944 he returned to the Reich Security Main Office in Berlin and took over as Chief of Security Police in the field units of the Unit IV B.[4]
On 25 April 1945, he died in an air raid on Linz.[4]
Achamer-Pifrader married Maria Hauser (born 1906 in Salzburg) in 1929, with whom he had three children.
References
- ^ Wolfgang Graf: Österreichische SS-Generäle. Himmlers verlässliche Vasallen, Hermagoras-Verlag, Klagenfurt/ Ljubljana/ Wien 2012, p. 308
- ^ a b Wolfgang Graf: Österreichische SS-Generäle. Himmlers verlässliche Vasallen, Hermagoras-Verlag, Klagenfurt/ Ljubljana/ Wien 2012, p. 309
- ^ Klee, Ernst (2005). Das Personenlexikon zum Dritten Reich. Wer war was vor und nach 1945. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. p. 10.
- ^ a b Wolfgang Graf: Österreichische SS-Generäle. Himmlers verlässliche Vasallen, Hermagoras-Verlag, Klagenfurt/ Ljubljana/ Wien 2012, p. 312f
Literature
- ISBN 3-421-01987-8.