Rudolf Lehmann (30 January 1914 – 17 September 1983) was a mid-ranking commander the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.

[citation needed] In late 1944, Lehmann moved to the 1st SS Panzer Corps as chief of staff.

He remained in this position until March 1945, when he was made divisional commander of the SS Division Das Reich.

He also drafted the December 1941 “Night & Fog” decree that seized civilians in the occupied lands without any legal due process After the war, Lehmann authored volumes I II and III of the unit history of the Leibstandarte produced under the auspices of HIAG, a lobby group and a revisionist veteran's organisation established by former high-ranking Waffen-SS personnel.

The Oak Leaves award was unlawfully presented by Sepp Dietrich on 6 May 1945, which was announced by the 6th Panzer Army.