SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP
11
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NAME:
SS-Gruppenführer
und Generalleutnant der Polizei Jakob Sporrenberg
PW NO:
B193537
RANK: SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant
der Polizei
CAPTURED: Norway
DATE: 11 May 1945
PERSONAL
D.O.B:
16 September 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH : Düsseldorf
DIED
: 6 December 1952,
PLACE OF DEATH: Hanged: Warsaw,
Poland
NATIONALITY:
RELIGION:
OCCUPATION:
HEIGHT:
WEIGHT:
NEXT OF KIN:
NSDAP-No: 25 585 (Joined 1922; left, then rejoined, 15 December 1925)
SS-No: 3 809 (Joined 1 October 1930)
Promotions:
- SS-Sturmführer: 15 December 1930
- SS-Sturmbannführer: 21 November
1931
- SS-Standartenführer: 9 November
1932
- SS-Oberführer: 9 November 1933
- SS-Brigadeführer: 30 January 1936
- SS-Gruppenführer: 1 January 1940
- Generalleutnant der Polizei: 7
July 1943
- 1919: Interrupted mechanic training
to serve in the Freikorps for 1½ years.
- March 1924-August 1925: Imprisoned
by the French for sabotage in the French occupied Ruhr area of Germany.
- 25 August 1925: Joined the Sturmabteilung
(SA).
- 25 August 1925-September 1930:
Member of SA-Standarte 39.
- 1 August 1929: Joined the Hitler
Youth as Hitler Youth leader for Düsseldorf.
- 1 October 1930: Joined the SS.
- 15 December 1930-21 November 1931:
Leader of SS-Sturm 54.
- 21 November 1931-4 July 1932:
Leader of I./20. SS-Standarte in Düsseldorf.
- 4 July 1932-20 July 1933: Leader
of 20. SS-Standarte in Düsseldorf.
- 20 September 1933-20 September
1936: Leader of SS-Abschnitt XX (headquarters in Kiel).
- November 1933-September 1936:
At the same time, commanded the SS garrison in Kiel.
- April 1938-May 1945: Member of
the Reichstag.
- Autumn 1935: On duty with the
Army as a Leutnant der Reserve in Infantry Regiment 26.
- 1937-September 1939: Transferred
to the Reich Central Security Main Office (RSHA) as Inspector of the Security
Police (Sipo) and the Security Service (SD) for Königsberg.
- 26 September 1939-18 June 1940:
Leader of SS-Oberabschnitt "Rhein."
- 1 October 1939-24 July 1940: At
the same time, served as SS and Police Leader "Rhein" (headquarters in
Wiesbaden).
- 18 June 1940-30 April 1941: Leader
of SS-Oberabschnitt "Nordost" (headquarters in Königsberg).
- May 1941-June 1941: Underwent
training with the Ordungspolizei [Order Police] and Reich Central
Security Main 4Office.
- 21 July 1941-14 August 1941: SS
and Police Leader "Weißruthenien" (headquarters in Minsk, Russia).
- August 1941-March 1943: Special
Assignment Officer to Gauleiter Erich Koch.
- 16 August 1943-25 November 1944:
SS and Police Leader "Lublin" in Poland.
- 21 November 1944-May 1945: SS and Police Leader "Süd-Norwegen" (South Norway).
- Known POW Camp transfers:
- 3rd October 1946 transferred
to LDC (London District Cage)
- 3rd October 1946 transferred
to LDC (London District Cage)
Postwar Prosecution: