Hans Friedemann Götze

Hans Friedemann Goetze
Born	3 November 1897  Rendsburg
Died	27 May 1940 (aged 42) Le Paradis
Allegiance	German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1922) Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Waffen SS
Years of service	1914-1940
Rank	SS-Standartenführer
Commands held	SS Heimwehr Danzig SS-Totenkopf Infanterie Regiment 3
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Iron Cross, 1st class

Hans Friedemann Goetze (November 3, 1897 - May 27, 1940) was a Nazi Standartenführer (Colonel) of the German Waffen-SS and commander of SS Heimwehr Danzig (Danzig Home Defence). He was a son of SS-Brigadeführer Friedemann Goetze. He was shot and killed by a British sniper while leading Infanterie Regiment 3 of the 3rd SS Division Totenkopf near Le Paradis.

On 8 September 1939 members of the SS Heimwehr Danzig killed 33 Polish civilians in the village of Ksiazki.^[1]

Summary of his military career

Dates of rank

• SS-Hauptsturmführer - May 15, 1937
• SS-Sturmbannführer - September 12, 1937
• SS-Obersturmbannführer - April 20, 1939
• SS-Standartenführer - September 1, 1939

Notable decorations

• Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
• Wound Badge in Black
• Iron Cross Second Class
• Iron Cross First Class
• Baltic Cross
• Reichs Sport Badge in Gold
• Clasp to the Iron Cross Second Class
• Horsemans Badge in Bronze
• Danzig Cross, 1st and 2nd Class
• SA Sport Badge

References

1. Sydnor, Charles W. (1990). Soldiers of destruction : the SS Death's Head Division, 1933-1945. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 44. ISBN 0691008531.