Category:Hans Keller

English: Hans Keller (born on September 29th, 1907) was a member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) and the SS (Schutzstaffel), serving as a Nazi official before and during World War II.

Keller was promoted to SS-Untersturmführer (SS-Ustuf.) on November 9th, 1938, to SS- Sturmbannführer (SS-Stubaf.) on April 20th, 1940, and to SS-Obersturmbannführer on January 30th, 1943. Keller served as leader of Amt I/II under the Befehlshaber of the Sipo/SD (Sicherheitspolizei/Sicherheitsdienst) (BdS) Heinrich Fehlis at the Reichskommissariat Norwegen in Oslo in German-occupied Norway during the war.

In 1945, Keller was tried and convicted by a British Military Court in Oslo, of complicity in the killing of one British and six Norwegian POWs in July 1943. On December 4th, 1945, he was sentenced to life imprisonment (20 years). On May 1st, 1948, he was released from prison, and returned to Germany.

(Information according to Axis History Forum)