Humbert Achamer-Pifrader

Humbert Achamer-Pifrader (November 21, 1900 in Teplitz-Schönau, Bohemia -April 25, 1945 in Linz) was an SS Colonel and Commander of the Einsatzgruppe A from September 1942 to September 1943.

Biography
Achamer-Pifrader joined the Austrian Nazi Party in 1931. In 1935 he became head of the Gestapo in Darmstadt.

By July 1942, he was Chief of Security Police and SD in Wiesbaden. In September 1942 he became, in succession to Walter Stahlecker and Heinz Jost, commander of Einsatzgruppen A, which was responsible for the mass murder of civilians (mostly Jewish). In addition, he was commander of the Security Police (Sipo) in Riga for sometime.

Achamer-Pifrader was, on 31 August 1943, awarded with the Iron Cross 2nd Class award. In 1944 he returned to the Reich Security Main Office in Berlin and took over as Chief of Security Police in the field units of the Unit IV B.

On 25 April 1945, he died in an air raid on Linz.

Portrayal in the media
In the 2004 German production, Stauffenberg, Achamer-Pifrader is portrayed by actor Georg Schramm.

Literature

 * Helmut Krausnick / Hans-Heinrich Wilhelm: Die Truppe des Weltanschauungskrieges, DVA, Stuttgart 1981 ISBN 3-421-01987-8.