Helmut Kämpfe (31 July 1909 – 10 June 1944) was a highly decorated Waffen SS "Sturmbannführer" who was abducted and murdered by the French Resistance just before the Oradour massacre in occupied France on 10 June 1944. In total 643 men, women and children were killed in Oradour-sur-Glane by troops from the 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich". The SS commander who ordered the massacre said the death of Kämpfe was the reason for the killings.