Herold Hermann

Hermann Herold, according to his SS-Officer file, was only a Uniformtraeger, neither a Party member nor a SS member. 24 Nov 1891, born Stuttgart pre-war history (no details) with Kripo- and/or Stapoleitstelle Stuttgart to Aug 1939, Feldpolizeidirektor, GFP VII/7, France.

Aug 1939-Sept 1944, Feldpolizei Ost, France also: KdS Poitiers, 1942, promotion from KrimRat to Krimdirektor by Stapo Stuttgart. Sept 1944, in Feldlazarett 604. Oct 1944-May 1945, KrimDirektor, Stapo Stuttgart.

10 May 1945, arrested by US forces in Stuttgart, held in Stuttgart Hospital and Mergentheim Prison; subsequently held by US CIC at Dachau; then extradited to the British Zone and held at Wuppertal Prison and Civilian Internment Camp No. 4 at (can't find my notes - I think this was Staumühle). When Oberg was being questioned by the French in 1945, he believed Herold was in already in French hands.

There was going to be a British trial of Herold for crimes at Poitiers but it never happened. I think Herold escaped from the British and was never found. When I was examining files at the BStU in Berlin I seem to recall reading that Herold was found living undercover, hiding from prosecution, in the DDR at some point in the 1950s or 1960s.