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	'''Theodor Emil Saevecke''' ({{birth date\|1911\|3\|22\|df=y}}–{{death date\|2000\|12\|16\|df=y}}) was an SS officer and perpetrator of the [[Holocaust in Poland]] and the [[Holocaust in Italy]].		'''Theodor Emil Saevecke''' ({{birth date\|1911\|3\|22\|df=y}} – {{death date\|2000\|12\|16\|df=y}}) was an SS officer and perpetrator of the [[Holocaust in Poland]] and the [[Holocaust in Italy]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	In 1926, he was a member of the ''[[Freikorps]]'', fighting against both the [[Weimar Republic]] and communists. On 1 February 1929, Saevecke became a member of the [[NSDAP]] (Nazi Party) (member 112,407). In 1938 he became a member of the ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' (SS) (member 396,401). After the war in Europe started, he was a member of the mobile SS [[death squad]], ''[[Einsatzgruppen]]'' IV in Poland through 1940. Later he was promoted to the rank of SS-''[[Hauptsturmführer]]'' and served in the SS-''[[Sicherheitsdienst]]'' (SD; Security Service) in Libya and Tunisia between ~~1942–1943~~, under [[Walter Rauff]]. Between ~~1943–1945~~, Saevecke was head of the [[Gestapo]] and the Italian fascist police in [[Milan]]. During his time he was responsible for the deportation of at least 700 Italian Jews to extermination camps.<ref name="Saevecke" />		In 1926, he was a member of the ''[[Freikorps]]'', fighting against both the [[Weimar Republic]] and communists. On 1 February 1929, Saevecke became a member of the [[NSDAP]] (Nazi Party) (member no. 112,407). In 1938 he became a member of the ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' (SS) (member no. 396,401). After the war in Europe started, he was a member of the mobile SS [[death squad]], ''[[Einsatzgruppen]]'' IV in Poland through 1940. Later he was promoted to the rank of SS-''[[Hauptsturmführer]]'' and served in the SS-''[[Sicherheitsdienst]]'' (SD; Security Service) in Libya and Tunisia between 1942 and 1943, under [[Walter Rauff]]. Between 1943 and 1945, Saevecke was head of the [[Gestapo]] and the Italian fascist police in [[Milan]]. During his time he was responsible for the deportation of at least 700 Italian Jews to extermination camps.<ref name="Saevecke" />

	After the war, in 1962, while a ''Kriminalrat'' at ''Sicherungsgruppe'' Bonn, he led a police raid on the [[Spiegel scandal]]. From 1947 on he worked for the CIA. The responsibility for his case was moved from American to British side and back and he was never accused of anything. A group of historians therefore concluded, he was under protection of American intelligence service by then (T. Naftali: The CIA and ~~Eichmann’s~~ Associates. 2005, p. 356).		After the war, in 1962, while a ''Kriminalrat'' at ''Sicherungsgruppe'' Bonn, he led a police raid on the [[Spiegel scandal]]. From 1947 on he worked for the CIA. The responsibility for his case was moved from American to British side and back and he was never accused of anything. A group of historians therefore concluded, he was under protection of American intelligence service by then (T. Naftali: The CIA and Eichmann's Associates. 2005, p. 356).

	Protected through his connections in post-war Germany, Saevecke was sentenced in absentia in [[Turin]] in 1999 to life imprisonment for his involvement in the execution of hostages in Milan in August 1944 but never extradited to Italy.<ref name="Saevecke" >{{cite web \|url=https://www.gedenkorte-europa.eu/content/article/581/-/ \|title=Saevecke, Theo (1911–2000) \|publisher=Gedenkorte Europa 1939–1945 \|access-date=11 September 2018 \|language=de }}</ref>		Protected through his connections in post-war Germany, Saevecke was sentenced in absentia in [[Turin]] in 1999 to life imprisonment for his involvement in the execution of hostages in Milan in August 1944 but never extradited to Italy.<ref name="Saevecke" >{{cite web \|url=https://www.gedenkorte-europa.eu/content/article/581/-/ \|title=Saevecke, Theo (1911–2000) \|publisher=Gedenkorte Europa 1939–1945 \|access-date=11 September 2018 \|language=de }}</ref>
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[~~http~~://~~www~~.~~foia.cia.gov/document~~/~~519bdecc993294098d51418f~~ Saevecke's CIA file]		*[https://archive.org/search?query=Theo+Saevecke Saevecke's CIA file]

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{{Short description|German SS officer (1911-2000)}}
{{Expand German|Theo Saevecke|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
|name= Theo Saevecke
|birth_name=
|birth_date={{birth date|1911|3|22|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[Hamburg, Germany]]
|death_date={{death date and age|2000|12|16|1911|3|22|df=y}}
|death_place=[[Hamburg, Germany]]
|image = File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-B0221-0056-001, Theo Saevecke.jpg
|caption=
|allegiance={{flag|Nazi Germany}}
|branch=[[File:Flag Schutzstaffel.svg|23px]] [[Schutzstaffel|SS]]: [[Sicherheitsdienst]], [[Einsatzgruppe]]; [[Gestapo]]
|serviceyears=1938—1945
|rank=[[Hauptsturmführer]]
|commands=
}}

'''Theodor Emil Saevecke''' ({{birth date|1911|3|22|df=y}}–{{death date|2000|12|16|df=y}}) was an SS officer and perpetrator of the [[Holocaust in Poland]] and the [[Holocaust in Italy]].

==Biography==
In 1926, he was a member of the ''[[Freikorps]]'', fighting against both the [[Weimar Republic]] and communists. On 1 February 1929, Saevecke became a member of the [[NSDAP]] (Nazi Party) (member 112,407). In 1938 he became a member of the ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' (SS) (member 396,401). After the war in Europe started, he was a member of the mobile SS [[death squad]], ''[[Einsatzgruppen]]'' IV in Poland through 1940. Later he was promoted to the rank of SS-''[[Hauptsturmführer]]'' and served in the SS-''[[Sicherheitsdienst]]'' (SD; Security Service) in Libya and Tunisia between 1942–1943, under [[Walter Rauff]]. Between 1943–1945, Saevecke was head of the [[Gestapo]] and the Italian fascist police in [[Milan]]. During his time he was responsible for the deportation of at least 700 Italian Jews to extermination camps.<ref name="Saevecke" />

After the war, in 1962, while a ''Kriminalrat'' at ''Sicherungsgruppe'' Bonn, he led a police raid on the [[Spiegel scandal]]. From 1947 on he worked for the CIA. The responsibility for his case was moved from American to British side and back and he was never accused of anything. A group of historians therefore concluded, he was under protection of American intelligence service by then (T. Naftali: The CIA and Eichmann’s Associates. 2005, p. 356).

Protected through his connections in post-war Germany, Saevecke was sentenced in absentia in [[Turin]] in 1999 to life imprisonment for his involvement in the execution of hostages in Milan in August 1944 but never extradited to Italy.<ref name="Saevecke" >{{cite web |url=https://www.gedenkorte-europa.eu/content/article/581/-/ |title=Saevecke, Theo (1911–2000) |publisher=Gedenkorte Europa 1939–1945 |access-date=11 September 2018 |language=de }}</ref>

Saevecke died on 16 December 2000.

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|author=Richard Breitman|author-link=Richard Breitman|title=U.S. Intelligence and the Nazis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GnkBYN8ipYcC&pg=PA359|date=4 April 2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-61794-9|pages=359}}

<gallery>
File:CIA Saevecke 8. Januar 1953 Seite 1.jpg|CIA report on Saevecke January 8, 1953
File:CIA Saevecke 8. Januar 1953 Seite 2.jpg|CIA report on Saevecke January 8, 1953
File:CIA Saevecke 8. Januar 1953 Seite 3.jpg|CIA report on Saevecke January 8, 1953
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.foia.cia.gov/document/519bdecc993294098d51418f Saevecke's CIA file]

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{{Holocaust Italy}}
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[[Category:Gestapo personnel]]
[[Category:Reich Security Main Office personnel]]
[[Category:Einsatzgruppen personnel]]
[[Category:Holocaust perpetrators in Tunisia]]
[[Category:Holocaust perpetrators in Poland]]
[[Category:Holocaust perpetrators in Italy]]
[[Category:People of the Central Intelligence Agency]]
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[[Category:2000 deaths]]
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Dhwanika Joshi: fixed citations after review for consistency

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