Karl Hanke
Karl Hanke was born on August 24, 1903. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Karl Hanke
Karl August Hanke (24 August 1903 – 8 June 1945) was a German Nazi official and politician who served as the fifth and final Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (SS). He also served as Gauleiter of Gau Lower Silesia from 1941 to 1945 and as Oberpräsident of the Prussian Province of Lower Silesia. Captured on 6 May 1945, he was shot and wounded during an escape attempt and then beaten to death by Czech guards on 8 June, after the war had ended.