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portrait of hans-adolf prützmann from 1934 . 1930-1945 23px schutzstaffel kampfgruppe '' , '' rußland-süd '' , '' ostland und rußland-nord '' '' , '' nordost '' , '' nordwest '' -rrb- prützmann , ss-oberabschnitt '' südwest '' '' , hösspf -lrb- '' ukraine lüneburg , germany 21 may 1945 tolkemit , west prussia , german empire nazi germany eisernes kreuz i eastern front -lrb- world war ii -rrb- 31 august 1901 '' obergruppenführer und general der polizei und waffen-ss '' bundesarchiv bild 183-r53525 , hans prützmann.jpg hans-adolf prützmann
 hans-adolf prützmann
hans-adolf prützmann

hans-adolf prützmann -lrb- 31 august 1901 , tolkemit , province of west prussia - 21 may 1945 , lüneburg -rrb- was a higher ss and police leader , as well as an ss - `` obergruppenführer '' .
he was a senior nazi in the administration of latvia following the german conquest of that country in 1941 and as such was involved to an extent not yet fully determined , in carrying out the holocaust in the baltic states .
