Hans Latza
German SS-Obersturmbannführer
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Hans Latza (1908–1975) was a German SS-Obersturmbannführer. He served as SS-judge in Munich from 1939 to 1940, in Prague in 1940, and in Oslo from 1940 to 1945.[1] Latza was the principal judge at SS- und Polizeigerat in Norway. He was responsible for more than 25 death sentences. In the legal purge in Norway after World War II Latze and two co-judges were prosecuted for war crimes for their role when five persons had been sentenced to death in a court-martial reprisal following the assassination of police chief Karl Marthinsen, but Latza was acquitted by the Supreme Court in 1948.[2]
Hans Latza | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1908 |
| Died | 1975 (aged 66–67) |
| Allegiance |  Nazi Germany |
Branch |  Schutzstaffel |
Rank | SS-Obersturmbannführer |
Conflicts | World War II |