Georg Michalsen | |
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Birth name | Georg Michalczyk |
Born | 13 September 1906 Wendrin (today, Vendryně), Austrian Silesia, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 21 May 1993 (age 86) Hamburg, Germany |
Allegiance | ![]() |
Service | Schutzstaffel |
Years of service | 1932–1945 |
Rank | SS-Sturmbannführer |
Commands | SS and Police Leader, "Trieste" |
Battles / wars | World War II |
Georg Wilhelm Johannes Michalsen (13 September 1906 – 21 May 1993) was a German SS-Sturmbannführer. During the Second World War, he was involved in the systematic deportation and murder of Polish Jews (Operation Reinhard) and later served as the SS and Police Leader in Trieste. Decades after the war, he was tried as an accomplice to murder, convicted and sentenced to twelve years in prison.