Hans Latza (1908–1975) was a German ''SS-Obersturmbannführer''. He served as SS-judge in

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from 1939 to 1940, in

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in 1940, and in

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from 1940 to 1945. Latza was the principal judge at SS- und Polizeigerat in Norway. He was responsible for more than 25 death sentences. In the

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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

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, but Latza was acquitted by the

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in 1948.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Latza, Hans 1908 births 1975 deaths SS-Obersturmbannführer German expatriates in Norway Gestapo personnel People acquitted of international crimes Judges in the Nazi Party