Werner Knab

Military Person

1908 – 1943

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Who was Werner Knab?

Werner Knab was a German SS-Sturmbannführer. He served at the German legation in Norway from 1939, and then as head of Gestapo in Norway from 1940 to 1942, during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. Among others, he led a crackdown on the University of Oslo following the milk strike, and also acted prosecutor in the court-martial set up in the strike's wake. He died in Germany.

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Born
1908
Nationality
  • Germany
Died
1943

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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