Werner Knab (1908–1945) was a German SS-''

Sturmbannführer __NOTOC__ ''Sturmbannführer'' (; ) was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank equivalent to major that was used in several Nazi organizations, such as the SA, SS, and the NSFK. The rank originated from German shock troop units of the First World War ...

'' (major). He served at the German legation in Norway from 1939, and then as head of

Gestapo The (), abbreviated Gestapo (; ), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one organi ...

in Norway from 1940 to 1942, during the

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...

. Among others, he led a crackdown on the

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following the milk strike, and also acted as prosecutor in the court-martial set up in the strike's wake. He died in Germany.

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1908 births 1945 deaths SS-Sturmbannführer German expatriates in Norway Gestapo personnel {{Germany-mil-bio-stub