Joachim Hamann

Joachim Hamann (18 May 1913 in Kiel – 13 July 1945 in Heikendorf) was an officer of the Einsatzkommando 3, a killing unit of Einsatzgruppe A, responsible for tens of thousands of Jewish deaths in Lithuania.

Nevertheless, Martin C. Dean estimates the death toll of Rollkommando Hamann as 60,000 Jews in Lithuania alone.

[8] In 1942, Hamann participated in Operation Zeppelin, a scheme to recruit Soviet POWs for espionage behind Russian lines.

He was involved in apprehending and executing suspected members of the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler.

[8] He was appointed aide to Ernst Kaltenbrunner, director of the Reich Security Main Office.