As a son of the restaurant operator/barkeeper Johann Behrends and its wife Annchen he studied law in Marburg and existed there in February 1931 its 1. State examination and attained a doctorate on 17 July 1932 to the Dr. iur.

On 1 February 1932 it the NSDAP (member No. 981,960) occurs and the SS (No. 35,815).

From 20 April 1933 to 13 January 1934 it leads the SS-storm 3 IV/24 (3.Sturm/iv. storm spell/24 in Wilhelmshaven. SS-banner "“East Frisia"” (Oldenburg). 1933 he puts to be 2 down. legal state examination. Of 17. March until 31 December 1933 he is a councilman in preparation rings and carried out at the place his legal training service off. On 20 April 1933 it is carried to the

As it pure hard Heydrich for the security agency (SD) to Berlin requests, gave it from the SS-Oberabschnitt northwest first resistances, since a transfer is not presently/immediately possible "“from lack of suitable leaders"” and Behrends must remain preserved "“as active leaders of the SS"”. When Heinrich Himmler intervenes on it personally, Behrends occurs world-descriptive evaluation"” (II 1) on 13 January 1934 the SD-principal office as first leaders and leads the central department "“. In this work area the departments for "“world views"” were, i.e. those the Freimaurer (II 111), the Judentums (II 112), "“konfessionell political currents"” (II 113), "“political opponents"” - the "“Linksbewegung"” (II 121), the "“central movement"” (II 122) and the "“right movement"” (II 123) with the respective paper arrangements. On 1 February 1934 the transport takes place to the on 20 April already to the

On 14 April 1934 he marries Hertha (* 12 February 1909 in preparation rings). From this marriage 3 sons and 1 daughter follow.

In the course of the Putsches it played a crucial role during the preparations: according to statement of Franz of Papen Behrends provided the lists of the SA people who can be murdered and other opponents and of Adolf Hitler and NS-Regimes (1). Further Behrends is assigned to complete within a particularly educated special department II 1 S (in the distribution of business plan this special department for secrecy reasons was not specified) the remachining of the murder actions. Briefly before this action he was appointed on 15 June 1934 the and few days after the action on 4 July the upper tower spell leader. One year later, on 20 April 1934 takes place then the transport to the

From 28 September to 21 November 1936 it participated in several courses to the air defense (Flak) at the coastal artillery school in Wilhelmshaven. On 24 October 1936 he was appointed the Regierungsassesor in the Prussian secret office for state police (Gestapa).

In the year 1937 Heydrich produces a large falsification action, which has as a consequence that documents discredit the Soviet marshal Mikhail Nikolajewitsch Tuchatschewski from the time of the co-operation of the realm resistance in Russia, so that this turns out and is executed under suspicion of the betrayal. Behrends participated in this action, how he abandoned later.

On 27 January 1937 he becomes staff leader of the "“people-German central place"” (VOMI) and he dresses this position by 15 April 1943. The VOMI coordinated the activities of the different "“people-German"” movements in borderlands such as Poland, Slowakei, Luxembourg and the Elsass, organized murder and act of terrorism ions, provided "“people lists"” and beaufsichtigete in and Umwanderzentralen. On 8 February 1940 the black corps appeared the praising article of "“SS-men in the SS-organ, whereupon we are proud"”:

"“(VOMI) the employment staff Lodsch works with no less than four SS-leaders. For its 47 camps 28 SS-leaders and are to it at the disposal. Only one example: The camp forest refuge, which daily 6,000 - 8,000 humans accommodates and cares for, by a SS-leader and a from the earth was literally rammed"”.

Apart from this activity it takes still further posts. So it is since March 1939 member of the realm daily, in the realm sport guidance realm specialized office technical for fencing and swimming and business-prominent vice-president of the national union for the Deutschtum abroad. On 20 April 1937 the transport takes place at the same time to the and to the of the reserve of the weapon SS. From the 1. by 15 June 1940 it participates as reserve Offizie of the weapon SS in the war against France in the Ith department of the SS-artillery-regiment of the SS-order-division. On 1 January 1941 it is carried to the Further it was occasional member in the friend circle SS.

On 1 April 1943 the appointment as the of the reserve of the weapon SS takes place. From 15 April to 5. May 1943 it is kommandiert in the context of the weapon SS to the strength-drivingtechnical institute in Vienna. It is subsequently, to 18 June 1943 with the SS-tank-infantryman-Divison "“the realm"”, where it of 10. May to 5 June a leader training course at the armored troops school Wunstorf completed.

Whereupon it becomes by 1 October 1943 to 10. SS-tank-infantryman division "“Karl the large one"” (later in "“Frundsberg"” renamed) kommandiert. Of 15. until 30 September 1943 he is staff leader with the realm commissioner for strengthening German nationality.

From the 1. until 13 October it serves with the Vth Whereupon it becomes a section sergeant with the 13. SS-Freiwilligen division in Croatia, where he remains by 9 November it is carried, as it to the of the reserve (weapon SS). To the Vth it returns from 9 November to 12 January 1944, around then again by 15 April to 13. To return which carries the name "“hand crowd"” now. To the of the reserve (weapon SS) the transport takes place on 12 January 1944 for it.

To 15. March 1944 it is promoted the major general of the police and appointed the higher SS and police leaders for Serbia, Montenegro and the Sandschak with headquarters in Belgrade, on 1 August 1944 to the SS-group leader and lieutenant general of the police. It held this function, where he was involved against the Yugoslav resistance in numerous actions, by October 1944, in order to then return to the From 30 January to May 1945 it was higher SS and police leader of "“east country and Russia north"”.

On 5 July 1945 it places in Flensburg and in south Wales, Bridgend in Iceland farm Special Camp 11 under the number 560,294 to the British agencies interns itself.

On 16 April 1946 he is delivered to Yugoslavia. There it is hung there on 4 December 1948 in Belgrade (its family another death date published, their inkorrektes date is often indicated).

Literature

• Rupert Butler, pictorial history of the Gestapo, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-86047-163-5 (here the inkorrekte way of writing "“Behrens"” is indicated, which resulted from allied documents).

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