Hans Woellke Explained

Birth Date:	18 February 1911
Birth Place:	Bischofsburg, German Empire
Death Date:	22 March 1943 (aged 32)
Death Place:	near Khatyn, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height:	178 cm
Weight:	105 kg
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Shot put
Club:	PSV Berlin
Pb:	16.60 m (1936)^[1]
Show-Medals:	yes

Hans-Otto Woellke (18 February 1911 – 22 March 1943) was a German shot putter, who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1938 European Championships.^[2]

Woellke served with the Order Police. During World War II, he was a captain in the Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 attached to a regiment in the Waffen-SS. He was killed by partisans on 22 March 1943 near Khatyn village, after which a retaliatory mass killing of civilians took place by Schutzmannschaft and Waffen-SS soldiers.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=7290&Gender=M Hans Woellke
2. Web site: Hans Woellke . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174556/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wo/hans-woellke-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 22 March 2013. Sports Reference.
3. http://khatyn.by/en/genocide/expeditions/khat/ Genocide Policy
4. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.