Otto von Apenburg
Otto von Apenburg was head of the Gestapo in Hamburg.
Otto von Apenburg was transferred from the Gestapo in Hamburg to Neuengamme concentration camp in 1942 as a Kriminalsekretär (duty sergeant).[1] He did not belong to the SS.[2] Until 1945 he served as head of the Political Department of the Gestapo. He was the only head of the department who dressed in civilian clothes. His duties included keeping Gestapo files on the camp prisoners.
The camp commander of Neuengamme nominated him for the Kriegsverdienstkreuz 2. Klasse on 30 December 1944.[1] On 16 January 1945 Von Apenburg reported verbally to the KZ-Standesamt Neuengamme that Fritz Pfeffer had died on 20 December 1944.[3]
The story goes that Von Apenburg died during the bombing of the SS Cap Arcona.[4] However, a committee of former political prisoners claimed on 16 November 1946 that he was still in contact with his wife. As far as is known, there are no definitive details regarding his death.[1]
Footnotes
- a, b, c KZ‑Gedenkstätte Neuengamme, Einzel-Biografie: Otto von Apenburg.
- ^ KZ‑Gedenkstätte Neuengamme, Geländeplan, Die Lager-SS, Die Abteilung der KZ-Verwaltung: Die politische Abteilung.
- ^ KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme: Standesamt Hamburg-Neuengamme A, akte Nr. IX/107.
- ^ De Cap Arcona was een Duits passagiersschip dat op 3 mei 1945 zonk na te zijn gebombardeerd door de Royal Air Force. Wikipedia: SS Cap Arcona.