Erwin Rösener

Erwin Friedrich Karl Rösener (2 February 1902 – 4 September 1946) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) commander during the Nazi era.

Rösener was put on trial for war crimes and sentenced to death on 30 August 1946, then executed by hanging on 4 September 1946.

He was a member of the Freundeskreis der Wirtschaft, or "Circle of Friends of the Economy",[1] a group of German industrialists whose aim was to raise funds for racial research within Nazi Germany.

[3] Rösener worked closely with Leon Rupnik in fighting the Partisans,[5][6] and ordered the formation of the pro-Nazi Domobranci, the Slovenian Home Guard forces on 24 September 1943.

He was executed by hanging on 4 September 1946, aged 44, and was buried the same day in an unmarked grave at Ljubljana's Žale cemetery.