Wilhelm Rosenbaum

Wilhelm Karl Johannes Rosenbaum (27 April 1915 – 4 April 1984) was a German SS officer who was involved in numerous murders and other war crimes committed during World War II at the Sipo-SD Academy where he maintained a leadership role through a majority of its earlier years.

[2] Rosenbaum worked on a farm as a transport manager in the eastern Zone, but after a few months moved to Hamburg where he was worked various jobs such as an Insurance Agent, Private Detective and a Traveling Salesman.

In 1949, he purchased a sweet shop in Hamburg, and then moved into the Wholesale Confectionery business where he had annual sales of approximately 1.3 million DM.

In 1968, he was found guilty of ordering mass executions of 159 Jews in the Cracow district and of having himself shot at least 10 persons, including children.

[4] Rosenbaum was sentenced to life in prison, but released in 1982 due to chronic rheumatic disease.