Hans Friedemann Götze

Hans Friedemann Goetze
Hans Friedemann Goetze
Born	3 November 1897 ; Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein, German Empire
Died	27 May 1940 (aged 42); Le Paradis, France
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 Friedemann Goetze. He was shot and killed by a British sniper while leading Infanterie Regiment 3 of the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf near Le Paradis. Following the battle, the British soldiers who were taken prisoner were kiled during the Le Paradis massacre.

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
Horsemans Badge in Bronze
Danzig Cross, 1st and 2nd Class
SA Sport Badge

References

Sydnor, Charles W. (1990). Soldiers of destruction : the SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 44. ISBN 0691008531.

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[1] Sydnor, Charles W. (1990). Soldiers of destruction : the SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 44. ISBN 0691008531.