Hermann Höfle
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Hermann Julius Höfle, also known as Hans Höfle (19 June 1911 – 21 August 1962), was an Austrian-born SS commander and Holocaust perpetrator during the Nazi era. Höfle was deputy to Odilo Globočnik in the Aktion Reinhard program. He served as Globočnik's main deportation and extermination expert. He was arrested in 1961 in connection with these crimes. After that, Höfle committed suicide in prison before he could be tried.