Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld

Theodor Friedrich Karl von Treuenfeld, as of 20 October 1909 von Fischer-Treuenfeld, as of 27 September 1933 again von Treuenfeld, was a German military officer who served in the German Imperial Army, the Reichswehr and the Waffen-SS. During the Nazi era he held a number of important staff and field command positions. During the Second World War, he commanded the 2 SS Infantry Brigade and the 1 SS Infantry Brigade, which engaged in the killing of Jews, communists and partisans in the Soviet Union. As the commander of the Waffen-SS in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, he led the assault that resulted in the deaths of the assassins of SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich. He later commanded the SS Division Frundsberg in combat on the eastern front. After the end of the war, he was taken prisoner and killed himself while in American custody.