Walter Schimana

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Soldiers under Schimana's command somewhere in Russia, with noncombatant women and child.

Walter Schimana (12 March 1898, Troppau - 12 September 1948, Salzburg) was a German Nazi Party and SS member, who rose to General rank (SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS und Polizei) during World War II, and was HSSPF in occupied Greece from October 1943.

Early life

Schimana was born in Troppau. Troppau was at that time a part of Austria-Hungary. He the son of a newspaper editor. In 1915, he entered the Prague cadets school, from which he graduated in December 1918. In 1920, he left the Austrian army with the rank of lieutenant, and was subsequently employed as a librarian and bank clerk.

NSDAP membership and early career

Schimana became an early member of the Nazi Party, on 7 December 1926 (Party-Nr. 49042), and joined the paramilitary SA in Munich. After the Nazis came to power, in 1934 he entered the uniformed Protection Police (Schutzpolizei) with the rank of Captain. In 1936 he was transferred to the Gendarmerie as Major. After the Anschluss, he was transferred to the Police Headquarters at Vienna as Commander of the motorized Gendarmerie for Austria. On 15 August 1939 entered the SS with the rank of Standartenführer. At the outbreak of the war he took over command of a field gendarmerie battalion in Poland, France then Generalgouvernement of Poland up to 1940. He held command of various schools of the motorized gendarmerie then staff duties into Main Office for Uniformed Police Hauptamt Ordnungspolizei from 1940 to 1941.

World War II and war crimes

On 4 September 1941, he was appointed SS and Police Leader (SSPF) for the Saratov area, and later attached to the staff of the Higher SS and Police Leader (HSSPF) for Central Russia until July 1942, taking part in anti-partisan operations. From 21 July 1942 to 15 July 1943 he was SSPF of Belarussia, with headquarters at Minsk. Subsequently he underwent training as a divisional commander and was commander of the newly formed 14th "Galizien" SS Volunteers Division until October 1943. On 18 October, he was appointed HSSPF for Greece, in replacement to Jürgen Stroop, a position he held until the withdrawal of German forces from the country in September–October 1944. He became actively engaged in carrying out the persecution of Greek Jews and the campaign against the Greek Resistance movement. In this capacity he was instrumental in the formation of the infamous Security Battalions. After the German withdrawal, he was appointed HSSPF of the Danube Sector, with headquarters at Vienna, in which position he remained until the German capitulation.

He was captured by the Allies and imprisoned, but committed suicide before he could be brought to trial.

Awards

Iron Cross, Second & First Class
German Cross in Gold (7 August 1943)
War Merit Cross with Swords, 2nd Class
Golden Party Badge of the NSDAP
SS Honour Ring
SA Sports Badge in Gold

References

External links

SS-GRUPPENFÜHRER & GENERALLEUTNANT DER POLIZEI (O-Z), from the Axis Biographical Research
(Italian) Walter Schimana, from olokaustos.org
Andreas Schulz and Dieter Zinke Die Generale der Waffen-SS und der Polizei Band 4 Biblio Verlag 2009
Phil Nix and Georges Jerome The Uniformed Police Forces of the Third Reich 1933-1945 Leandoer and Elkom Forlag 2006

Greece during World War II

1940–41 Balkans Campaign	Occupation and Resistance		Greek government-in-exile

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Crimes	Babi Yar Drobytsky Yar Drohobych Kamianets-Podilskyi Lviv pogroms Mizocz Ghetto Odessa Pripyat Swamps

Major perpetrators	Paul Blobel Werner Braune Lothar Fendler Hans Frank Friedrich Jeckeln Ernst Kaltenbrunner Fritz Katzmann Erich Koch Felix Landau Gustav Adolf Nosske Otto Ohlendorf Paul Otto Radomski Otto Rasch Walter Schimana Erwin Schulz Otto Wächter Dieter Wisliceny

Nazi occupation and organizations	Einsatzgruppen General Government Reichskommissariat Ukraine

Collaborators	Individuals Volodymyr Bahaziy Vladimir Katriuk Petro Voinovsky Petro Zakhvalynsky Organizations Schutzmannschaft Ukrainian Auxiliary Police

Ghettos, camps and prisons	Bogdanovka Drohobych Ghetto Syrets concentration camp Vapniarka

Resistance and survivors	Priest's Grotto Syrets inmate revolt

Planning, methods, documents and evidence	Planning Generalplan Ost Volksliste Evidence Graebe affidavit

Concealment and denial	Sonderaktion 1005

War crimes investigations and trials	Einsatzgruppen Trial Extraordinary (Soviet) State Commission

Righteous among the Nations	Saide Arifova Omelyan Kovch Hermann Friedrich Graebe

Memorials	Babi Yar memorials List of Babi Yar victims

See also History of the Jews in Carpathian Ruthenia Transnistria (World War II)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 98186620 LCCN: no2005103567 ISNI: 0000 0001 1478 406X GND: 130091359

Persondata
Name	Schimana, Walter
Alternative names
Short description	German general
Date of birth	12 March 1898
Place of birth	Troppau, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	12 September 1948
Place of death

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