Karl Giering

Karl Giering (17 August 1900, in Skwierzyna – 9 November 1945, in Halle) was SS-Hauptsturmführer and Criminal Councillor in the Geheimes Staatspolizeiamt Berlin (Gestapo) and later Head of Department IV A 2 (Defence against Sabotage) in the Reichssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA). Giering is regarded as one of the most dangerous persecutors of the communist resistance against the Nazi regime. He commanded the Gestapo to smash the apparatus of the ''Betriebsberichterstattung'' (BB) of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) and conducted investigations against the Soviet espionage network known as the Red Orchestra while part of the ''Sonderkommando Rote Kapelle''. Provided by Wikipedia