Lothar Prutzmann

Lothar Prutzmann 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. Prutzmann opposed the reforms instituted by Buckliger, but was hesitant to do so publicly. Soon, Prutzmann was dealing not only with Buckliger, but the Gauletier of Berlin, Rolf Stolle.

Prutzmann 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, Prutzmann 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. Prutzmann's niece had a son with Tay-Sachs, and Prutzmann 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. Prutzmann, realizing he'd failed, shot himself before the Wermacht could arrest him.