Hans Friedemann Götze

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Hans Friedemann Goetze
Born	(1897-11-03)3 November 1897  Rendsburg
Died	27 May 1940(1940-05-27) (aged 42) Le Paradis
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918)  Weimar Republic (to 1922)  Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1914-1940
Rank	SS-Standartenführer
Commands held	SS Heimwehr Danzig SS-Totenkopf Infanterie Regiment 3
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Iron Cross, 1st class

Hans Friedemann Goetze (3 November 1897 – 27 May 1940) was a Nazi Standartenführer (Colonel) of the German Waffen-SS and commander of SS Heimwehr Danzig (Danzig Home Defence). He was a son of SS-Brigadeführer . He was shot and killed by a British sniper while leading Infanterie Regiment 3 of the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf near Le Paradis.

About 1550 members of the SS Heimwehr Danzig took part in an attack on the Polish Post Office in Danzig. On 8 September 1939, members of the SS Heimwehr Danzig killed 33 Polish civilians in the village of Ksiazki.^[1]

From April 1939 to April 1940 some members of his military unit took part in a mass murder near the Forest of Szpęgawsk.

Summary of his military career[]

Dates of rank[]

• SS-Hauptsturmführer - 15 May 1937
• SS-Sturmbannführer - 12 September 1937
• SS-Obersturmbannführer - 20 April 1939
• SS-Standartenführer - 1 September 1939

Notable decorations[]

• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Wound Badge in Black
• Iron Cross Second Class
• Iron Cross First Class
• Baltic Cross
• Reichs Sport Badge in Gold
• Clasp to the Iron Cross Second Class
• in Bronze
• Danzig Cross, 1st and 2nd Class
• SA Sport Badge

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