Pancke was appointed as Verbindungsoffizier between the Führerhauptquartier and the SS-Totenkopfverbänden and Einsatzgruppen des SD in 1939. After that he served as Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer "Mitte". From October 1943 until the end of the war he was appointed as the SS- und Polizeiführer "Dänemark" and was promoted to Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei on 20 April 1944, and General der Waffen-SS on 21 March 1945.
During his role in Denmark, he became incensed by the refusal of the Danish police to combat resistance forces or to protect factories from sabotage. He ordered the entire national police force, amounting to approximately 10,000 officers, to be arrested and sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp. Approximately 1,700 were arrested, with the balance eluding capture.[1]
In 1948, Pancke was found guilty of war crimes by a Danish court and sentenced to 20 years in prison. However, he was released early in 1953. Pancke died on 17 August 1973 in Hamburg.
References
^Stephanie A. Lewis and Barbara C. Mallen, The Heel of the Conqueror, p. 107. Time Life series on The Third Reich (Henry Woodhead, Ed.), 1991.
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günther, pancke, günther, friedrich, wilhelm, ludwig, pancke, 1899, august, 1973, german, functionary, during, nazi, served, higher, police, leader, denmark, 1945history, editpancke, born, gnesen, gniezno, province, posen, german, empire, today, part, poland, . Gunther Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Pancke 1 May 1899 17 August 1973 was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era who served as Higher SS and Police Leader of Denmark Gunther Pancke 1945History EditPancke was born in Gnesen Gniezno Province of Posen German Empire today part of Poland He served during the First World War as frontline officer with the rank of Leutnant Between 1920 and 1927 he stayed in South America He joined the Nazi Party on 1 August 1930 and the SS on 1 June 1931 Pancke was appointed as Verbindungsoffizier between the Fuhrerhauptquartier and the SS Totenkopfverbanden and Einsatzgruppen des SD in 1939 After that he served as Hoherer SS und Polizeifuhrer Mitte From October 1943 until the end of the war he was appointed as the SS und Polizeifuhrer Danemark and was promoted to Obergruppenfuhrer und General der Polizei on 20 April 1944 and General der Waffen SS on 21 March 1945 During his role in Denmark he became incensed by the refusal of the Danish police to combat resistance forces or to protect factories from sabotage He ordered the entire national police force amounting to approximately 10 000 officers to be arrested and sent to the Buchenwald concentration camp Approximately 1 700 were arrested with the balance eluding capture 1 In 1948 Pancke was found guilty of war crimes by a Danish court and sentenced to 20 years in prison However he was released early in 1953 Pancke died on 17 August 1973 in Hamburg References Edit Stephanie A Lewis and Barbara C Mallen The Heel of the Conqueror p 107 Time Life series on The Third Reich Henry Woodhead Ed 1991 Sources and external links Edit Wikiquote has quotations related to Gunther Pancke Interrogation of Pancke Gunther in pdf format in Nuremberg pdf Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gunther Pancke amp oldid 1134224422, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
