Lothar Prützmann

Lothar Prützmann was the Reichsfuhrer-SS. He held the office at the end of Kurt Waldheim's term as Fuhrer of the Greater German Reich through the early months of Heinz Buckliger's term. Prützmann opposed the reforms instituted by Buckliger, but was hesitant to do so publicly. Soon, Prützmann was dealing not only with Buckliger, but the Gauletier of Berlin, Rolf Stolle. His methods included attempts to drown out Stolle's speech with a marching band, and the publication of an article entitled Enough is Enough, credited to Dr. Konrad Jahnke.

After these attempts proved fruitless, Prützmann and the SS attempted a Putsch, detaining Buckliger at his vacation home in Croatia, installing Odilo Globocnik as the new Fuhrer, seizing the state television and radio stations, and sending a detachment of troops to arrest Stolle. The people of Berlin took to the streets, among them secret Jews Heinrich Gimpel and Susanna Weiss.

However, earlier in the year, Prützmann had halted an investigation into the Klein family. The Kleins were in fact Jews, and their youngest son had been diagnosed with Tay-Sachs, a disease most common in Jews. Prützmann's niece had a son with Tay-Sachs, and Prützmann did not want the possible scandal. Two other secret Jews, Esther and Walther Stutzman began circulating the rumor that Prutzmann was Jewish himself. This stymied the SS until the Wermacht moved against it. Prützmann, realizing he'd failed, shot himself before the Wermacht could arrest him.