Georg-Henning Graf von Bassewitz-Behr

Georg-Henning Graf von Bassewitz-Behr (21 March 1900 – 31 January 1949) was an SS-Gruppenführer who served as an SS and Police Leader in Dnepropetrovsk, Mogilev and Hamburg during the Second World War.

Bassewitz-Behr was born into a noble family, the son of a cavalry officer, and grew up on an estate in Lützow in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

After unsuccessfully trying to start a new life as a farmer in the former colony of German South West Africa in 1930, Bassewitz-Behr returned to Germany, became a member of the Stahlhelm WWI veterans' organization and a supporter of the Nazi Party.

From 11 November 1941 to 1 August 1942 he was appointed to the post of SS and Police Leader (SSPF) of Dnepropetrovsk in Ukraine where Einsatzgruppe D was active.

From November 1942 to April 1943, he served as the Deputy to the Higher SS and Police Leader "Russland Mitte", Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski.