Hans Woellke
Hans Otto Woellke (born 18 February 1911 in Bischofsburg, Ermland – 22 March 1943 in Guba near Minsk, Belarus) was a German athlete who mainly competed in the shot put, and won the gold medal in the men's shot put competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.[1]
Hans Woellke was in the Berlin Police force. During World War II, he was a Captain in the Security Police attached to a regiment in the Waffen SS. His grave can be found in the Minsk Cemetery. (Moscow Street, Grave 28, Row 22, West Side). He was killed by partisans on 22 March 1943 near Khatyn village which caused a notorious mass killing of inhabitants of Khatyn (149 people killed).[2]
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