Hermann Pister (21 February 1885 – 28 September 1948) was an SS Oberführer (Senior Colonel) and commandant of Buchenwald concentration camp from 21 January 1942 until April 1945.

Pister was given the command of Hinzert concentration camp and served there from 9 October 1939 to 21 December 1941.

The prisoners were ordered evacuated from Buchenwald in early April 1945 to prevent their liberation by Allied troops.

It took until 27 April for the train to arrive at Dachau with many aboard dying of starvation and illness.

Pister died in Landsberg Prison of an acute heart attack on 28 September 1948.