Walter Schmitt | |
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Born | Hamburg, German Empire | 13 January 1879
Died | 18 September 1945 Prague, Czechoslovak Republic | (aged 66)
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Rank | SS-Obergruppenführer |
Commands | SS Personnel Main Office |
Battles/wars | World War I, World War II |
Walter Schmitt (13 January 1879 – 18 September 1945) was a German SS-Obergruppenführer and General of the Waffen-SS who served as the Chief of the SS Personnel Main Office. He was also a member of the Reichstag from 1943 to 1945. He was executed as a war criminal.[1]