Wilhelm Göcke (12 February 1898, Schwelm, German Empire – 20 October 1944, Fontana Liri, Italy) was an SS-Standartenführer, SS-Obersturmbannführer der Reserve der Waffen-SS and a commandant of Warsaw concentration camp and the Kovno Ghetto.
After the outbreak of the First World War, Göcke left his school education and volunteered for the military as a 16-year-old.
Although he was considered a promising student, the outbreak of the war effectively marked the end of his education.
[1] He obtained the rank of Leutnant and after the war ended, he was part of the nationalist Lützow Freikorps in 1919.
Göcke joined the NSDAP (Nazi Party member number 335,455).