Hans Refior (born 29 October 1906, died 1973)[1] was an officer in the German Army during World War II.
On 18 March 1945, Colonel Refior became the Chief of Staff for Lieutenant General (Generalleutnant) Helmuth Reymann during the Battle for Berlin.
Goebbels' feeble response made it clear to Refior and Reymann that he had never considered nor had he any idea of the logistics required for such a mass evacuation.
[2] To determine how many soldiers and weapons could be counted on, Refior and Reymann attempted to make an accounting of what was available to them in the "Berlin Defense Area".
[4] On 23 April, Hitler replaced Reymann with General der Artillerie Helmuth Weidling as the commander of the Berlin Defense Area.