Wilhelm Schitli (26 June 1912 in

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– missing in March 1945) was a German SS-''

Hauptsturmführer __NOTOC__ (, ; short: ''Hstuf'') was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was used in several Nazi organizations such as the SS, NSKK and the NSFK. The rank of ''Hauptsturmführer'' was a mid-level commander and had equivalent seniority to a ...

'' and ''

Schutzhaftlagerführer ''Schutzhaftlagerführer'' (head of the "preventive detention camp") was a paramilitary title of the SS, specific to the concentration and extermination camps '' Totenkopfverbande'' ("Death's-Head units"). A ''Schutzhaftlagerführer'' was in ch ...

'' in the

Neuengamme concentration camp Neuengamme was a network of Nazi concentration camps in Northern Germany that consisted of the main camp, Neuengamme, and more than 85 satellite camps. Established in 1938 near the village of Neuengamme in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, th ...

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In 1934, Schitli, a member of the SS, was a member of the guard of the concentration camp

Esterwegen concentration camp The Esterwegen concentration camp near Esterwegen was an early Nazi concentration camp within a series of camps first established in the Emsland district of Germany. It was established in the summer of 1933 as a concentration camp for 2000 so-c ...

and 1936 ''

Rapportführer ''Rapportführer'' (Report Leader; feminine: ''Rapportführerin'') was a paramilitary title of the SS, specific to the '' Totenkopfverbände'' (Concentration Camp Service). An ''SS-Rapportführer'' was usually a mid-level SS-non-commissioned off ...

'' in the

Sachsenhausen concentration camp Sachsenhausen () or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year. It mainly held political prisoners ...

. In early 1940 he was briefly second ''

'' in the

Buchenwald concentration camp Buchenwald (; literally 'beech forest') was a Nazi concentration camp established on hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany's 1937 borders. Many actual or su ...

and was in the course of construction of the Neuengamme concentration camp in the spring of 1940, first ''Schutzhaftlagerführer'' in the Neuengamme concentration camp. From mid-July 1942 he also served as Commandant of the independent concentration camp work village, a pilot project for the arms production at

Wolfsburg Wolfsburg (; Eastphalian: ''Wulfsborg'') is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller. It lies about east of Hanover and west of Berlin. Wolfsburg is famous as the location of Volkswagen AG's hea ...

, and replaced on this post

Martin Gottfried Weiss Martin Gottfried Weiss, alternatively spelled Weiß ( – 29 May 1946), was the commandant of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945 at the time of his arrest. He also served from April 1940 until September 1942 as the commandant of Neuengamme ...

. After the founding of this project, he was employed from October 1942 as Commandant of the "Jewish camp" at the SS training area Heidelager in Dębica (Poland) and remained on this post until September 1943. Then came his transfer to the Higher SS and Police Leader ''Ostland'' in Riga. Schitli has been considered missing since 31 March 1945.

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* Ernst Klee: The person encyclopedia to the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2005, . * Hermann Kaienburg: Neuengamme concentration camp from 1938 to 1945. Dietz, Bonn 1997, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Schitli, Wilhelm 1912 births 1940s missing person cases 1945 deaths Buchenwald concentration camp personnel German military personnel killed in World War II Military personnel from Osnabrück Missing in action of World War II Missing person cases in Germany Nazi concentration camp commandants Neuengamme concentration camp personnel Schutzhaftlagerführer SS-Hauptsturmführer Waffen-SS personnel

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