After the training at the High School studied agriculture in Goettingen, before it became between 1918 and 1921 member of different free corps. was in these 3 years member, yet he avoided military and free-corps-typical aggressive actions. This changed however 1923, when he broke his study off, and until 1924 a free corps it followed that in the border fight in Upper Silesia was involved.

Afterwards it worked 7 years as a agricultural civil servant in Pommern, Brandenburg and East Prussia, before it occurred 1929 the SA. Since had become by its free corps fights a radical soldier, and it its personal goals with those that clearly moderate gesinnten "“storm department"” not to agree could, did not leave it 1930 the SA and changed in the same year to the protection relay. At the same time its admission took place into the NSDAP.

At this time began a steep career:

Thus it functioned starting from 1932 as a member of Reichstag, in November 1933 the was appointed and received in February 1934 the rank of a SS-group leader. At the same time was appointed the leader of the SS-Oberabschnitts southwest in Stuttgart.

From March 1937 until May 1941 led the SS-Oberabschnitt northeast with the center in king mountain. Already in April 1941 he had been appointed the lieutenant general of the police.

Starting from June 1941 until October 1941 was appointed the higher SS and police leader by Russia north. It held the same function to summers 1944 in the Ukraine and/or Russia south.

One of its last transports took place in September 1944, when was appointed from its superiors to the general inspector for special defense with the realm leader SS. This function meant that was now a boss of the who wolf federations.

Briefly before end of the war came into allied war shank, in which he committed Suizid. Until today the opinion holds itself that this occurred in Lueneburg, another version means that took itself the life in the hearing camp with Diest (Belgium). The date, 21. May 1945, is however historically secured.

As higher SS and police leaders in the USSR Hans Adolf was prominently involved in the extermination politics in relation to the native Jewish population. As a boss of the who wolf organization it hardly went into action; he is to have tried however to lead the intended underground fight war in accordance with with to some extent trained fighters in the style of the and not, how realm propaganda Minister in-whipped Paul Joseph Goebbels over the media, as last despair fight of untrainierter young people and women.

Literature

• Personnel document of the Hans Adolf which the destruction of the Jews in that Ukraine Russia in the years 1941 - 43 led. Document collection Hg. Institutes OF documentation in Israel for the Investigation OF Nazi was Crimes. Hg. T. Friedmann (other way of writing: Friedman, Haifa: Inst. OF documentation in Israel for the Investigation OF Nazi was Crimes, 1997

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