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'''Franz Six''' (1909-1975) was a Nazi security official, with the SS-[[Nazi SS and military ranks|Brigadefuehrer]] rank in the [[SD]], and coming from a strong academic background. He received the PhD in sociology and political science from the University of Koenigsberg, and completed his [[habilitation]] at the University of Heidelberg.By 1938 he was Professor at the University of Koenigsberg, and by 1939, he had obtained the chair for Foreign Political Science at the University of Berlin and was its first Dean of the faculty for Foreign Countries.
==Prewar Nazi affiliations==
He joined the Party in 1930, the [[SA}] in 1932, and of the [[SS]] and [[SD]] in 1935. In the [[RSHA]], he was chief of Amt VII, "written records", which studied ideology, monitored indoctrination, and produced propaganda.
==Eisatzgruppen==
In [[Operation Barbarossa]],  he commanded of Vorkommando Moscow of Einsatzgruppe B.  Had Germany successfully conducted [[Operation Sea Lion]] and occupied the United Kingdom, he was  scheduled to command the Einsatzgruppen there.
==Postwar==
He was briefly member of the [[Gehlen Organization]], working with U.S. intelligence against the Soviet Union,  before German trial and imprisonment in 1951.

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Franz Six (1909-1975) was a Nazi security official, with the SS-Brigadefuehrer rank in the SD, and coming from a strong academic background. He received the PhD in sociology and political science from the University of Koenigsberg, and completed his habilitation at the University of Heidelberg.By 1938 he was Professor at the University of Koenigsberg, and by 1939, he had obtained the chair for Foreign Political Science at the University of Berlin and was its first Dean of the faculty for Foreign Countries.

Prewar Nazi affiliations

He joined the Party in 1930, the [[SA}] in 1932, and of the SS and SD in 1935. In the RSHA, he was chief of Amt VII, "written records", which studied ideology, monitored indoctrination, and produced propaganda.

Eisatzgruppen

In Operation Barbarossa, he commanded of Vorkommando Moscow of Einsatzgruppe B. Had Germany successfully conducted Operation Sea Lion and occupied the United Kingdom, he was scheduled to command the Einsatzgruppen there.

Postwar

He was briefly member of the Gehlen Organization, working with U.S. intelligence against the Soviet Union, before German trial and imprisonment in 1951.