Otto Hofmann (March 16 1896 – December 31 1982) was an Austrian SS-Gruppenführer and an official of Nazi Germany's "Race and Settlement Main Office". He was present at the Wannsee Conference planning the Holocaust against the Jews. Hofmann was born in Innsbruck, Tyrol. He served as a military pilot in World War I. Originally trained as a wine salesman, he became a member of the SS in 1931. From 1937-43 Hofmann was head of the RuSHA (Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt – the Race and Settlement Main Office) within the SS. In this capacity he took part in the Wannsee Conference on 20 January 1942. In 1943 he was transferred to Stuttgart as SS and Police Leader for South-Western Germany. In 1948 Hofmann was sentenced to 25 years in prison for war crimes, but he was pardoned in 1954. He died in Bad Mergentheim. In the 2001 HBO film Conspiracy he was played by Nicholas Woodeson.
