Kurt Gerstein

SS officer; aid to Nazi resistance

• Born: 1905-08-11 (Münster)
• Died: 1945-07-25 (Paris)
• Country of citizenship: Germany
• Occupation: art thief; engineer; military personnel
• Member of political party: Nazi Party (period: 1933-05-02 through 1933-10-02)
• Member of: Corps Teutonia Marburg; Schutzstaffel; World Alliance of YMCAs
• Participant in: Nazi plunder
• Significant person: F. K. Otto Dibelius (role: acquaintance); Martin Niemöller (role: friend); Odilo Globočnik (role: colleague; since: 1942-08-17); Wilhelm Pfannenstiel (role: colleague; since: 1942-01-01)
• Military rank: Obersturmführer
• Military branch: Schutzstaffel
• Employer: Concentration Camps Inspectorate; SS Leadership Main Office
• Educated at: Technical University of Berlin (date: 1931-01-01)
• Place of detention: Welzheim concentration camp (period: 1938-07-14 through 1938-08-28)
• Residence: Halbestadt (period: 1919-01-01 through 1921-01-01); Münster (period: 1905-01-01 through 1911-01-01); Neuruppin (period: 1921-01-01 through 1925-01-01); Saarbrücken (period: 1911-01-01 through 1919-01-01)
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/89089114
• ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000100430316
• WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85062973
• Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85062973