Richard Hildebrandt 1897 – 1951

Biography

Richard Hildebrandt was born on March 13, 1897, in Worms, Germany. He would go on to serve as a general in the SS and held the position of chief of the RuSHA, the Reich’s Main Race and Settlement Office. His career placed him in a significant administrative role during a dark chapter of history.

Hildebrandt’s life came to an end on March 10, 1951, in Bydgoszcz, Poland, just three days before what would have been his fifty-fourth birthday. He died by hanging, a sentence that reflected the legal reckoning that followed World War II. The circumstances of his death marked the conclusion of a life defined by his involvement in Nazi Germany’s institutional apparatus.

Though his burial location remains unrecorded, Hildebrandt’s legacy is preserved in historical documentation of the period. His life serves as part of the documented record of those who held positions of authority and responsibility during the Nazi regime.