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Friedrich Panzinger (born 1 February 1903 in Munich – died 8 August 1959) was a German Nazi SS-''Oberführer''. He served as the head of ''Reichssicherheitshauptamt'' (RSHA) Amt IV A, from September 1943 to May 1944 the commanding officer of ''Einsatzgruppe A'' in the Baltic States and Belarus, and from 15 August 1944 as chief of RSHA Amt V, the ''Kriminalpolizei'' (Kripo; Criminal Police), also known as the ''Reichskriminalpolizeiamt'' (RKPA). After the war he was a member of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND; Federal Intelligence Service). He committed suicide after being arrested for war crimes. ==Biography== Panzinger attended night school and began studying law. He took part in a recruitment test for the police and was admitted as a police officer in the civil service. As a police officer in Bavaria, Panzinger worked with Franz Josef Huber, and Josef Meisinger, both future ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) officials. He finally completed a law degree in 1932. In the summer of 1933 Panzinger joined the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA). He joined the Nazi Party with the number 1,017,341. In April 1937, Panzinger joined the SS with member number 322,118. He was then employed as a ''Kriminalkommissar'' (Chief Inspector) in the state police headquarters in Berlin. On 29 June 1940 he began working in the ''Sicherheitspolizei'' (SiPo; Security Police) in Sofia, Bulgaria. In August 1940 he assumed the position of Secretary of Section IV A (Enemies) of the Gestapo, where he performed the task of fighting communism, Marxism and enemy propaganda within Germany until 4 September 1943. Panzinger's office consisted of the following subdivisions: *IV A 1 (Communism, Marxism and subsidiary organizations, war crimes, illegal and enemy propaganda): ''SS-Sturmbannführer'' and ''Kriminaldirektor'' Josef Vogt, from August 1941 ''SS-Hauptsturmführer'' Günther Knobloch *IV A 2 (Sabotage defense, counter-sabotage, political-police officer defense, political forgery): ''SS-Hauptsturmführer'' and ''Kriminalkommissar'' Horst Kopkow *IV A 3 (Reactionaries, opposition, legitimism, liberalism, emigration, treacherous affairs and opposition): ''SS-Sturmbannführer'' and ''Krimininaldirektor'' Willy Litzenberg *IV A 4 (Protection service, assassination attempts, monitoring, special order, investigation squad): ''SS-Sturmbannführer'' and ''Kriminaldirektor'' Franz Schulz From 4 September 1943 to 6 May 1944 Panzinger succeeded Humbert Achamer-Pifrader as the commander of the three ''Einsatzkommandos'' of ''Einsatzgruppe A'', which oversaw the Security Police matters in the area of Army Group North in the Baltic states and Belorussia as part of the ''Einsatzgruppen''. Panzinger had to perceive issues and at the same time carry out the liquidation of all potential opponents and those deemed "racially inferior". During this time Panzinger was also Commander of the Security Police and SD in Riga. Panzinger was assigned to the headquarters of the ''Sicherheitsdienst'' and Gestapo in Ukraine. A reorganization of Amt IV of the RHSA in March 1944 led to a breakdown of trade and territory divisions in between Panzinger and Achamer-Pifrader. While Panzinger took over leadership of group IV A, he also served under Achamer-Pifrader in group IV B. Panzinger's group now stood as follows: * IV A 1 (Opposition): Panzinger * IV A 2 (Sabotage): Horst Kopkow * IV A 3 (Abwehr): SS-''Obersturmbannführer'' Walter Huppenkothen * IV A 4 (Ideological opponents): SS-''Obersturmbannführer'' Adolf Eichmann * IV A 5 (Special cases): SS-''Standartenführer'' and government director Rudolf Mildner * IV A 6 (Index, files, protective custody): SS-''Sturmbannführer'', government and police superintendent Dr. Emil Berndorff In July 1944, after the 20 July plot, Panzinger was appointed Chief of the Headquarters of the Gestapo, reporting directly to SS-''Gruppenführer'' Heinrich Müller. Panzinger was appointed Chief of RSHA Section V, the Kripo, from 15 August 1944 (with seniority from 21 July 1944) until the end of the war. He succeeded Arthur Nebe in this capacity, who had gone into hiding due to his foreknowledge of the 20 July plot. He collaborated directly with Heinrich Müller, the Gestapo chief. Panzinger was responsible for the murder of prisoner of war French general Gustave Marie Maurice Mesny on 19 January 1945 near the village of Nossen.〔Sebastian Weitkamp: ''"Mord mit reiner Weste". Die Ermordung des Generals Maurice Mesny im Januar 1945'', in: Timm C. Richter (Hg.): ''Krieg und Verbrechen. Situation und Intention: Fallbeispiele''. Meidenbauer, München 2006 S. 31-40 ISBN 3-89975-080-2〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Friedrich Panzinger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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