| Heinz Auerswald | |
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| Born | July 26, 1908 |
| Died | December 5, 1970 (aged 62) |
| Nationality |
German  |
| Political party | Nazi |
Heinz Auerswald (July 26, 1908 – December 5, 1970) was a German lawyer and member of the SS in Nazi Germany, which he joined in 1933. He was "Kommissar für den jüdischen Wohnbezirk" ("Commissioner for the Jewish residential district") in Warsaw from April 1941 to November 1942. He along with Hans Biebow administrated and managed the Warsaw Ghetto's productionalist policy of economic independence providing the Ghetto with essential materials for it inhabitants continual survival until the adoption of the final solution.
He was investigated by the West German government in the 1960s, but was not tried.
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