Biography
Karl Hanke was born August 24, 1903 in Lauban, Province of Silesia, German Empire.
He is an official of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) during their rule over Germany and serves as the last Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (SS). He serves as governor (Gauleiter) of Lower Silesia from 1941 to 1945 and as the final Reichsführer-SS for a few days in 1945.
He was shot and killed by Czech partisans on June 8, 1945 in Neudorf, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czechoslovakia.
