Otto Hofmann(1896-1982)

SS-Obergruppenführer (General). Originally trained as a wine salesman, but from 1931 member of the SS. From 1937-1943 Hofmann was head of the RuSHA (Rasse- und Siedlungshauptamt – the Race- and Colonisation Main Office) within the SS. In this capacity he took part in the Wannsee Conference on 20 January 1942. In 1943 he was transferred to Stuttgart as SS- and Police Chief for South-western Germany. In 1948 Hofmann was sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes, but he was pardoned in 1954.