Paul August Ernst Hennicke (31 January 1883 - 25 July 1967) was a German Nazi Party politician, SS-Gruppenführer and Generalleutnant of Police.

[1] Hennicke met Adolf Hitler in April 1922 and joined the Nazi Party that month (membership number 36,492).

During this time, he advanced steadily through the ranks, being promoted to SS-Oberführer on 9 November 1933, SS-Brigadeführer 20 April 1934 and SS-Gruppenführer on 30 January 1938.

After German military reverses following the Battle of Stalingrad, Rostow fell to the Red Army in mid-February 1943, but Hennicke nominally remained in his post until it was formally abolished on 1 May 1943.

[5] Hennicke was then transferred to the office of Supreme SS and Police Leader "Ukraine," SS-Obergruppenführer Hans-Adolf Prützmann, as an SSPF for Special Assignments.

[3] In June 1944 he moved to a staff position in the SS Main Office under SS-Obergruppenführer Gottlob Berger, and in January 1945 he was made Inspector of Volkssturm "Mitte" in central Germany, remaining in this post through the end of the war in Europe on 8 May 1945.