Artur Nebe

Artur Nebe (1894-1945) was a professional German police officer before the rise of Adolf Hitler, initially a Nazi supporter, but, by 1938, joined anti-Nazi conspiracies. Simultaneously, he headed the KRIPO criminal police when it went into the RSHA, and eventually commanded Einsatzgruppe B when it performed field killings in 1941-1942. He was reported, however, to have falsified field reports to reduce the number of killings.

KRIPO

He had hesitated to follow the KRIPO into the SS RSHA, but was persuaded by Hans-Bernd Gisevius to stay and document the crimes of the SS.

He and Dr. Carl Sack (Judge Advocate-General of the German Army)joined, in 1938, to block the plot to discredit the Chief of the Army, General Werner von Fritsch. General Hans Oster recruited him for a planned September 1938 coup, for which he provided logistics and intelligence.

Einsatzgruppe

In late 1942, he secretly informed the resistance of details of the [Final Solution]].

Endgame

When the 20th of July assassination attempt on Hitler took place, he was with Berlin Garrison commander Paul von Hasse, planning to assist the Army when the coup command was given. It was never sent. He was denounced and went into hiding.

Eventually, he was caught in February 1945, sentenced, and hanged on 2 March 1945.