Karl Leib
Karl Leib (b. 24 August 1909 in Gammertingen, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire; d. 1991) was an SS officer, in charge of a Norwegian recruitment and propaganda office.
Life
- In 1940 he was appointed as head of the SS office Ergänzungstelle Norwest in the Hague in the Netherlands. With the rank of SS-Sturmbannführer (Major), Leib was in charge of the Norwegian recruitment and propaganda office Germanische Leitstelle, at Drammensveien in Oslo. His office also published Germansk Budstikke and SS-Heftet, which was the Norwegian edition of SS-Leitheft. The recruiting footwork was done by the Norwegian SS-Untersturmführers Felix Thoresen and Brun Evers from Haugesund. The latter was killed in 1944 at Narva, fighting in 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland. Before that Evers was said to have recruited the third company of the Norwegian skijegerbatallion, which became part of the 6th SS Mountain Division Nord.
After the war, he received a short sentence. Leib received a rather light sentence, as did most of the German SS-officers in Norway. After serving his sentence, Leib emigrated to the United States along with most of his family and was married, and had children.
