(1903-07-10)10 July 1903 Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse, German Empire
Died
23 June 1989(1989-06-23) (aged 85) Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Alma mater
University of Heidelberg
Profession
Lawyer
Military service
Allegiance
Nazi Germany
Branch/service
Schutzstaffel
Years of service
1931–1945
Rank
SS-Obergruppenführer
Commands
Amt I, RSHA
Battles/wars
World War II
Karl Rudolf Werner Best (10 July 1903 – 23 June 1989) was a German jurist, police chief, SS-Obergruppenführer, Nazi Party leader, and theoretician from Darmstadt. He was the first chief of Department 1 of the Gestapo, Nazi Germany's secret police, and initiated a registry of all Jews in Germany. As a deputy of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich, he organized the World War II SS-Einsatzgruppen, paramilitary death squads that carried out mass-murder in Nazi-occupied territories.
Best served in the German military occupation administration of France (1940–1942), and then became the civilian administrator of occupied Denmark (1942–1945). Convicted of war crimes in Denmark, he was released from prison in 1951. Following his release, Best campaigned for an amnesty for Nazi war criminals and against the abolition of the statute of limitations. He escaped further prosecution in West Germany in 1972 due to ill health and died in 1989, aged 85.
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in Nazi-occupied Europe: The German Reich plenipotentiary of Denmark, WernerBest, despite instigating the roundup via a telegram he sent to Hitler on...
until he was replaced on 5 November 1942 by SS-Obergruppenführer WernerBest. Best remained in this post until the German surrender in Denmark on 5 May...
great-uncle's house in Saint-Malo after Paris is invaded by Nazi Germany, and Werner Pfennig, a bright German boy who is accepted into a military school because...
SD), the police, and the Gestapo. Heydrich placed SS-Obergruppenführer WernerBest in command, who assigned Hans-Joachim Tesmer [de] to choose personnel...
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November 1942, the plenipotentiary, Cecil von Renthe-Fink, was replaced by WernerBest and the commander of the German forces in Denmark Erich Lüdke was replaced...
Workers' Party of Denmark (DNSAP) and German Reichsbevollmächtigter. Dr. WernerBest abandoned plans to create a government under Danish Nazi leader Frits...
Germany. Often present at these equestrian outings were Heydrich and WernerBest. Their alleged friendship aside, Canaris was careful around Schellenberg...
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Croatian Naval Legion. Leonhard Kaupisch, Military commander of Denmark. WernerBest, served as a civilian administrator in Denmark. Erik Scavenius, Prime...
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