This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations.(December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Hermann Reinecke
Born
(1888-02-14)14 February 1888
Wittenberg, German Empire
Died
10 October 1973(1973-10-10) (aged 85)
Hamburg, West Germany
Criminal status
Deceased
Conviction(s)
War crimes Crimes against humanity
Trial
High Command Trial
Criminal penalty
Life imprisonment
Military career
Allegiance
German Empire
Weimar Germany Nazi Germany
Service/branch
Reichsheer Reichswehr Wehrmacht
Years of service
1905–45
Rank
General of the Infantry
Commands held
Chief of General Office of the Wehrmacht OKW
Battles/wars
World War I World War II
Karl Rudolf Ernst Auguste Hermann Reinecke (14 February 1888 – 10 October 1973) generally known as Hermann Reinecke was a German general and war criminal during the Nazi era. As head of the General Office of the Armed Forces in the OKW (Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht) during World War II, he was a major contributor to the prisoner-of-war policy that resulted in the deaths of approx. 3.3 million Soviet prisoners. Reinecke was tried, convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment at the High Command Trial.
Karl Rudolf Ernst Auguste HermannReinecke (14 February 1888 – 10 October 1973) generally known as HermannReinecke was a German general and war criminal...
conductor Edwin Reinecke (1924– 2016), former Lieutenant Governor of California Hans-Peter Reinecke (1941–2005), German actor HermannReinecke (1888–1973)...
it was designated the Wehrwirtschaftsstab (Military Economy Staff). HermannReinecke was made the leader in 1939. Eberle, Henrik; Uhl, Matthias (2005)....
and Slavic & Jewish civilians. Died in custody on 24 December 1949. HermannReinecke I G G I Life imprisonment Former General der Infanterie. Head of the...
State Secretary in the Ministry. On 31 July, Prussian Minister president Hermann Göring appointed him to the recently reconstituted Prussian State Council...
served. Rudolf Lehmann – Guilty, sentenced to seven years' imprisonment HermannReinecke – Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment (released in 1954) Georg-Hans...
1945, from documents found amongst the personal effects of General HermannReinecke, head of the Public Relations Department of the German High Command...
Operations of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht General der Infanterie HermannReinecke, Chief of the General Office of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht Other...
Raeder Adolf Raegener Johann von Ravenstein Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz HermannReinecke Wilhelm Reinhard (pilot) Georg-Hans Reinhardt Ludwig von Reuter Lothar...
Higher SS and Police Leader in the Netherlands, sentenced to death HermannReinecke (1888–1973), German OKW official, sentenced to life imprisonment, later...
regime. From his contacts with the German Ambassador Otto Abetz and HermannReinecke of the OKW, however, he realized that the prisoners were to be used...
organist of Winterthur in Switzerland (thanks to the assistance of Carl Reinecke), where he taught the piano and began to make his name as a composer. In...
War II Walther von Reichenau – General Field Marshal in World War II HermannReinecke – General of Infantry in World War II Ludwig von Reuter – Admiral and...
Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer (/ʃpɛər/; German: [ˈʃpeːɐ̯] ; 19 March 1905 – 1 September 1981) was a German architect who served as the Minister...
Kommunikation. Verlag Braun, Karlsruhe 1974, ISBN 3-7650-7463-2. with Hans-Peter Reinecke and Wilfried Ribke: Hören und Verstehen. Theorie und Praxis handlungsorientierten...
conservatories at Basel, Stuttgart and Leipzig, under Hans Huber and Carl Reinecke. He was an organist and conductor in Zurich from 1892 to 1902, after which...
15 September – Herbert Albert, conductor (born 1903) 10 October — HermannReinecke, Wehrmacht general and convicted war criminal (born 1888) 14 December...
(1819–1880) Clara Schumann (1819–1896) Peter Cornelius (1824–1874) Carl Reinecke (1824–1910) Albert Dietrich (1829–1908) Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) Franz...
Rietz (1848–1860) Carl Reinecke (1860–1895) Arthur Nikisch (1895–1922) Wilhelm Furtwängler (1922–1928) Bruno Walter (1929–1933) Hermann Abendroth (1934–1945)...
Global Information
German Empire
Weimar Germany
Nazi Germany
General of the Infantry