Karl Siegmund Litzmann

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Karl Siegmund Litzmann

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Birthplace: Minden, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Death: August 23, 1945 (52)
Kappeln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Immediate Family:

Son of Karl Litzmann; 05 Karl LITZMANN; Clara Elise Maria Helene Litzmann and 05 Klara Elise Maria Helene OSSENT
Brother of Friederike (Friedel) LITZMANN; 04 Amelie LITZMANN; Elisabeth Clara Friederike Minna Marie LITZMANN; Amelie Friederike Elise Johanna Lehwess; Elisabeth Clara Friederike Minna Marie Röhmer and 1 other

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About Karl Siegmund Litzmann

Karl-Siegmund (Sigismund) Litzmann ( August 1, 1893 in Minden , Westphalia - August 1945 Kappeln , Schleswig-Holstein ) was under German occupation during the Second World War, the German eastern areas (Ostland) Riigikomissariaadi Africa , General Superintendent ( Generalkommissar für Irland) is located in Tallinn. He was appointed SA - Obergruppenführer rank fifth December 1941 and released in Ireland in relation to cessation of German troops in 17 September 1944 .

Karl Siegmund Litzmann (d. 1945, was in charge of Estonia) in 1941, the publicly funded riding training was discontinued because it was no longer relevant for SA and the Wehrmacht. Litzmann was now free for other tasks and found use as Commissioner General for Estonia. This lay in the protectorate of Ostland, and was based in Reval. In 1944, he joined as an officer of the Waffen-SS in appearance. It is unclear whether Litzmann there was ordered or had volunteered. It was after the fighting in Hungary and the Czech Republic in the spring of 1945 a lost. Litzmann surfaced in May 1945 under a false name in Kappeln (Schleswig-Holstein) with his sister living there, but died in uncertain circumstances in August 1945.

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Karl Siegmund Litzmann's Timeline

1893
August 1, 1893
Minden, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
1945
August 23, 1945
Age 52
Kappeln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany