Friedrich Panzinger

Friedrich Panzinger
Born	1 February 1903 Munich, German Empire
Died	8 August 1959(1959-08-08) (aged 56) Munich, West Germany
Allegiance	Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Sturmabteilung, Schutzstaffel and Sicherheitsdienst
Years of service	1933–1945
Rank	Oberführer (senior colonel)
Commands	Einsatzgruppe A

Friedrich Panzinger (1 February 1903 – 8 August 1959) was a German SS officer during the Nazi era. He served as the head of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA) Amt IV A, from September 1943 to May 1944 and the commanding officer of three sub-group Einsatzkommando of Einsatzgruppen A (mobile killing squads) in the Baltic States and Belarus. From 15 August 1944 forward, he was chief of RSHA Amt V, the Kriminalpolizei (Kripo; Criminal Police). After the war, Panzinger was arrested in 1946 and imprisoned by the Soviet Union for being a war criminal. Released in 1955, he was a member of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND; Federal Intelligence Service). In 1959, Panzinger committed suicide in his jail cell after being arrested for war crimes.