231 profiles
Profiles are ordered alphabetically by surname. Placement reflects documented function and agency, never a ranking by numbers of victims.
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Walter Adolf Langleist
Commandant of the Kaufering subcamp complex and commander of SS guard personnel.
Sentenced to death in the main Dachau trial; executed on 28 May 1946.Circle V of VII
Wilhelm Altenloh
commander of the Security Police and SD (KdS) in the Białystok District
convicted in West Germany; died in 1985Circle V of VII
Johann Altfuldisch
protective-custody camp leader at Mauthausen
Sentenced to death in the Mauthausen main trial and executed on 28 May 1947.Circle V of VII
Heinrich Andergassen
head of the SD outpost in Merano and Sipo officer in Bolzano
Sentenced to death by a US military commission and executed on 26 July 1946.Circle V of VII
Herbert Andorfer
commandant of the Sajmište camp and commander of Sonderkommando Andorfer in Italy
sentenced in 1969 to two years and six months; released after pretrial detention was creditedCircle V of VII
Hans Aumeier
protective-custody camp leader at Auschwitz
Sentenced to death in the first Auschwitz trial and executed on 24 January 1948.Circle V of VII
Klaus Barbie
head of a Gestapo section in Lyon, responsible for repression, interrogations and deportations
sentenced to life imprisonment in 1987; died in prison in 1991Circle V of VII
Stefan Baretzki
Block leader and commander of the Canada labour detail at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
In 1965 he was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 8 years.Circle V of VII
Rudolf Batz
commander of Einsatzkommando 2, subsequently KdS in Kraków and commander of the Security Police in Dortmund
arrested and investigated; died by suicide in custody before trialCircle V of VII
Heinz Baumkötter
chief camp doctor at Sachsenhausen
convicted in 1947; sentenced to 8 years in West Germany on 19 February 1962Circle V of VII
Hermann Becker-Freyseng
aviation-medicine consultant and co-planner of the Dachau seawater experiments
Sentenced to 20 years; reduced to 10 years and released in November 1952.Circle V of VII
August Becker
RSHA chemist and technical inspector of T4 gassing installations and Einsatzgruppen gas vans
sentenced to ten years; released before completing the term for health reasonsCircle V of VII
Bruno Beger
SS-Ahnenerbe anthropologist involved in the Jewish skeleton-collection project
sentenced to three years for aiding the murder of 86 peopleCircle V of VII
Wilhelm Beiglböck
physician in charge of seawater experiments on prisoners at Dachau
Sentenced in 1947 to 15 years in prison; the term was reduced to 10 years and he was released early in 1951.Circle V of VII
August Bender
second camp physician involved in prisoner selections at Buchenwald
sentenced to 10 years in 1947; reduced to 3 years and released in 1948Circle V of VII
Lothar Beutel
commander of Einsatzgruppe IV during the German invasion of Poland
interned and questioned after the war but never finally convicted for Einsatzgruppe IV's operations in PolandCircle V of VII
Ernst Biberstein
commander of Einsatzkommando 6 in occupied Ukraine
death sentence commuted; released in 1958Circle V of VII
Hans Biebow
head of the German administration of the Łódź ghetto
convicted in Poland and executed in 1947Circle V of VII
Helmut Bischoff
commander of Einsatzkommando 1/IV and head of the Gestapo in Poznań
no final convictionCircle V of VII
Paul Blobel
commander of Sonderkommando 4a and organiser of Aktion 1005
convicted in the Einsatzgruppen Trial and executed in 1951Circle V of VII
Walter Blume
commander of Sonderkommando 7a in 1941 and commander of the Security Police and SD in occupied Greece in 1943–1944
sentenced to death in the Einsatzgruppen Trial; sentence commuted and released in 1955Circle V of VII
Kurt Bode
presiding judge of the field court in the trials of the Polish Post Office defenders, later general prosecutor of the Reich District of Danzig–West Prussia
never convicted; pursued a postwar judicial career in West Germany; died in 1979Circle V of VII
Wilhelm Boger
officer in the investigation and interrogation section of the Auschwitz Political Department
Sentenced in 1965 to life imprisonment plus 5 years; he died in custody on 3 April 1977.Circle V of VII
Ernst Wilhelm Bohle
head of the NSDAP Foreign Organization
In the Ministries Case he pleaded guilty to knowing membership in the criminal SS, received 5 years and was released in December 1949.Circle V of VII
Hans-Joachim Böhme
head of the Gestapo in Tilsit and commander of Einsatzkommando Tilsit
sentenced to 15 years; released on health grounds shortly before his death in 1968Circle V of VII
Johanna Bormann
overseer at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen
Convicted on the Auschwitz charge, acquitted on the Bergen-Belsen charge, and executed on 13 December 1945.Circle V of VII
Friedrich Boßhammer
RSHA IV B 4 official and Jewish-affairs officer with the BdS in Italy
Given a non-final life sentence in 1972; died during the appeal.Circle V of VII
Hans Bothmann
second commandant of the Chełmno killing centre
died by suicide in captivity in 1946Circle V of VII
Herbert Böttcher
SS and Police Leader in the Radom District
extradited to Poland, sentenced to death and executed in 1950Circle V of VII
Otto Bradfisch
head of the Łódź Gestapo office and former commander of Einsatzkommando 8
convicted; released in 1969Circle V of VII
Werner Braune
commander of Sonderkommando 11b of Einsatzgruppe D
sentenced to death in the Einsatzgruppen Trial and executed at Landsberg in 1951Circle V of VII
Pery Broad
official of the Auschwitz Political Department
Sentenced at Frankfurt to four years for aiding murder in twenty-two cases.Circle V of VII
Heinz Brückner
head of Office VI in the Main Office of the Ethnic German Liaison Office, jointly responsible for child abductions, Germanisation, displacement and forced labour
sentenced to 15 years; sentence reduced to time served on 31 January 1951, then releasedCircle V of VII
Anton Brunner
head of ‘commissioning’ in Vienna's assembly camps and employee of the Central Office for Jewish Emigration, known as ‘Brunner II’
sentenced to death by the Vienna People's Court; executed on 24 May 1946Circle V of VII
Fritz Buntrock
Rapportführer in the Roma camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau
sentenced to death in the Auschwitz staff trial and executed on 24 January 1948Circle V of VII
Victor Capesius
Head of the SS pharmacy at Auschwitz and a participant in selections on the Birkenau ramp.
In 1965 he was sentenced to 9 years in prison and was released in 1968.Circle V of VII
Carl Clauberg
gynaecologist who conducted mass-sterilisation experiments on prisoners
convicted in the Soviet Union; released in 1955 and died in West German custody in 1957Circle V of VII
Ernst Damzog
commander of Einsatzgruppe V and later inspector of the Security Police and SD in Poznań
died in 1945 and was never tried for his work in occupied PolandCircle V of VII
Josef “Sepp” Dietrich
commander of the Leibstandarte SS, I SS Panzer Corps and 6th SS Panzer Army
Sentenced to life at the Malmedy trial, later commuted; separately sentenced to eighteen months by a West German court.Circle V of VII
Oskar Dirlewanger
commander of the SS penal formation known as the Dirlewanger unit
never tried; died in detention in June 1945 under uncertain circumstancesCircle V of VII
Wilhelm Dörr
deputy commander of the Kleinbodungen subcamp and its evacuation column to Bergen-Belsen
Convicted in the Belsen Trial and executed on 13 December 1945.Circle V of VII
Klaus Dylewski
officer of the Auschwitz Political Department
On 1965-08-19 he was sentenced to 5 years for aiding murder in 32 cases involving at least 1530 victims; he was released in 1968.Circle V of VII
Irmfried Eberl
Aktion T4 physician and first commandant of the Treblinka II killing centre
died by suicide in custody in 1948 before trialCircle V of VII
Kurt Eccarius
head of the Zellenbau at Sachsenhausen
In 1947 he was sentenced to life at forced labour, and on 1969-12-22 a West German court imposed a combined sentence of 8.5 years, deemed served after credit for his earlier sentence and pre-trial detention.Circle V of VII
Hans Eisele
SS camp physician
Twice sentenced to death by US military courts; the sentences were commuted, he was released in 1952 and later fled to Egypt.Circle V of VII
Heinrich Eisenhöfer
head of prisoner-property administration at Mauthausen
Sentenced to death and executed in late May 1947.Circle V of VII
Friedrich Engel
commander of the Sipo and SD office in Genoa
In 1999 Italy sentenced him in absentia to life; the BGH overturned the German 7-year judgment of 2002 in 2004 and terminated the proceedings.Circle V of VII
Erich Engels
head of the Jewish Affairs Section of the Gestapo under the KdS Lemberg
sentenced to death in Poland on 13 March 1950; executed in 1951Circle V of VII
Friedrich Entress
SS camp physician
Sentenced to death in the Mauthausen trial and executed in 1947.Circle V of VII
Josef Erber
camp Gestapo official and admissions chief at Birkenau
Sentenced to life at the second Frankfurt Auschwitz trial; released on 9 August 1986.Circle V of VII
Heinz Errelis
head of the Gestapo field office in Grodno, subordinate to KdS Białystok
sentenced in West Germany to 6 years and 6 months for aiding deportations; acquitted in a separate caseCircle V of VII
Emil Euler
commander of guard companies in the Mauthausen camp complex
sentenced to 10 years in 1947; extradited to Poland, convicted again and executed on 13 September 1950Circle V of VII
Martin Fellenz
chief of staff to the SS and Police Leader in the Kraków District, directing the field organisation of deportations
sentenced to seven years; released after credit for approximately five years in pretrial detentionCircle V of VII
Paul Hermann Feustel
head of Gestapo offices in Kolín and Benešov responsible for repression and executions
Sentenced to death on 11 December 1972; executed on 8 May 1973.Circle V of VII
Horst Paul Silvester Fischer
camp doctor and deputy garrison physician at Auschwitz-Monowitz
Sentenced to death on 25 March 1966; executed on 8 July 1966.Circle V of VII
Gerhard Flesch
commander of Einsatzkommando 2/VI and first head of the Gestapo in Łódź, later KdS in Bergen and Trondheim
sentenced to death in Norway and shot on 28 February 1948Circle V of VII
Otto Förschner
commandant of Mittelbau-Dora and later the Kaufering subcamp complex
Convicted in the main Dachau camp trial and executed on 28 May 1946.Circle V of VII
Kurt Franz
deputy commandant and final commandant of the Treblinka II extermination camp
sentenced to life imprisonment in the first Treblinka trial; released on health grounds in 1993Circle V of VII
Max Frauendorfer
head of the Main Labour Department of the General Government
interned but not convicted for organising forced labour in the General Government; later resumed his careerCircle V of VII
Karl Frenzel
head of the railway commando at Sobibor
Convicted in 1966, he received a confirmed life sentence in the 1985 retrial for co-perpetrating the murder of at least 150000 people; a separate life sentence for the murder of 1 person also remained in force, and the aggregate sentence became final in 1987.Circle V of VII
Karl Fritzsch
Schutzhaftlagerführer at Auschwitz and Flossenbürg; head of the prisoners’ section
died in 1945 according to the Flossenbürg Memorial; no postwar judgmentCircle V of VII
Karl Gebhardt
chief SS and police surgeon and organiser of experiments at Ravensbrück
convicted in the Doctors' Trial and executed in 1948Circle V of VII
Wilhelm Gerhard Gehring
Blockführer and detention supervisor at Auschwitz who participated in executions
Sentenced to death by the Supreme National Tribunal in 1947 and executed on 24 January 1948.Circle V of VII
Karl Genzken
head of the Waffen-SS Medical Office
On 1947-08-20, he was convicted of war crimes, crimes against humanity and membership in the criminal SS and sentenced to life imprisonment; the sentence was reduced to 20 years, and he was released on parole on 1954-04-17.Circle V of VII
Amon Göth
commandant of the Kraków-Płaszów camp and SS officer in the Kraków district
convicted in Poland and executed in 1946Circle V of VII
Maximilian Grabner
head of the Gestapo Political Department at Auschwitz concentration camp
executed in 1948Circle V of VII
Max Grosskopf
commander of the Security Police and SD in the Kraków district
died by suicide in 1945; never triedCircle V of VII
Wilhelm Haase
chief of staff to the SS and Police Leader in the Kraków District, involved in planning and commanding deportation operations
sentenced to death in Poland; executed on 23 May 1952Circle V of VII
Herbert Hagen
security official responsible for organizing deportations of Jews from France
sentenced in Cologne to twelve years for aiding the murder of seventy-three thousand deported JewsCircle V of VII
Ludwig Hahn
commander of the Security Police and SD in the Kraków district and later in the Warsaw district
convicted in West Germany but not fully held to accountCircle V of VII
Heinrich Hamann
head of the Grenzpolizeikommissariat, a Security Police and SD branch office, in Nowy Sącz
sentenced to life imprisonment; released on health groundsCircle V of VII
Friedrich Hartjenstein
Commandant of Auschwitz II-Birkenau and Natzweiler
Convicted in several trials; died in 1954 before his appeal against the Metz death sentence was heard.Circle V of VII
Karl Hass
Sipo and SD officer in Rome
On 1998-03-07, the appellate court sentenced him to life imprisonment, the judgment was upheld on 1998-11-16, and he served the sentence under house arrest until his death on 2004-04-21.Circle V of VII
Lothar Heimbach
head of Department IV (Gestapo) at KdS Białystok
sentenced to nine years; released after credit for approximately four years in pretrial detention; died in 1968Circle V of VII
Hermann Helbig
leader of the crematorium detail and member of Kommando 99 at Buchenwald
Convicted in the main Buchenwald trial and executed on 19 November 1948.Circle V of VII
Wilhelm Henkel
chief camp dental officer
On 13 May 1946 he was sentenced to death in the parent Mauthausen case; the sentence was carried out on 28 May 1947.Circle V of VII
Gottlieb Hering
commandant of the German Bełżec killing centre
died in 1945 before criminal proceedingsCircle V of VII
Günther Herrmann
commander of Sonderkommando 4b, Einsatzgruppe C, during mass killings in Ukraine
sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in Düsseldorf (1973)Circle V of VII
Werner Heyde
medical director and first chief medical assessor of Aktion T4
died by suicide in custody in 1964 before trialCircle V of VII
Fritz Hintermayer
chief camp physician
He was sentenced to death on 13 December 1945 and executed at Landsberg on 29 May 1946.Circle V of VII
Josef Hirtreiter
staff member at the Treblinka II killing centre
Sentenced to life in 1951 for murders at Treblinka; released for illness in 1977.Circle V of VII
Karl-Friedrich Höcker
adjutant to the commandant of Auschwitz
In 1965, he was sentenced to 7 years’ imprisonment and paroled in 1970-04, while on 1989-05-03 the Bielefeld court sentenced him to 4 years for complicity in mass murder in the Majdanek gas chambers; he was released in 1992.Circle V of VII
Franz Hössler
protective-custody camp leader and supervisor of the women’s camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau
convicted on the Auschwitz charge and acquitted on the Belsen charge; sentenced to death and executed in 1945Circle V of VII
Waldemar Hoven
SS camp physician at Buchenwald and deputy in the typhus research unit.
Sentenced to death in the Doctors' Trial; executed on 2 June 1948.Circle V of VII
Herbert Hübner
head of the labour and resettlement staffs at the Poznań RKFDV office, involved in expelling Poles and forcibly retaining them as labour
sentenced to 15 years; reduced to ten years; released in 1951Circle V of VII
Karl Jäger
commander of Einsatzkommando 3 and author of the Jäger Report
died by suicide in West German custody in 1959 before trialCircle V of VII
Josef Jarolin
report leader and third protective-custody camp leader at Dachau, later commandant of Allach
Sentenced to death on 13 December 1945 and executed on 28 May 1946.Circle V of VII
Heinrich Josten
SS officer responsible for the camp detention block and a guard company at Auschwitz
Convicted in the Kraków Auschwitz trial and executed on 24 January 1948.Circle V of VII
Heinz Jost
head of RSHA Office VI and, from March to September 1942, commander of Einsatzgruppe A
convicted in the Einsatzgruppen Trial and sentenced to life imprisonment; released in 1951 after commutationCircle V of VII
Oswald Kaduk
Rapportführer at Auschwitz
On 1947-08-25 a Soviet military tribunal sentenced him to 25 years of forced labour, he was pardoned on 1956-04-26, and on 1965-08-19 a Frankfurt court sentenced him to life imprisonment for 10 murders and co-perpetration of murder in 2 cases involving at least 1002 victims; he was released in 1989.Circle V of VII
Anton Kaindl
commandant of Sachsenhausen concentration camp from 1942 to 1945
sentenced in 1947 to lifelong forced labour; died at Vorkuta in 1948Circle V of VII
Bronislav Kaminski
commander of the RONA brigade used to suppress the Warsaw Uprising
killed by German authorities in August 1944; accounts of the circumstances differCircle V of VII
Herbert Kappler
commander of the Sipo and SD in occupied Rome
sentenced to life imprisonment; escaped to West Germany in 1977 and died in 1978Circle V of VII
Simon Kiern
block leader and camp clerk
He was sentenced to death on 13 December 1945; the sentence was carried out on 28 May 1946.Circle V of VII
Bruno Kitt
SS physician at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Neuengamme who participated in prisoner selections
sentenced to death in the main Neuengamme trial; executed on 8 October 1946Circle V of VII
Josef Klehr
SS medical orderly and head of a disinfection detail at Auschwitz
Sentenced to life plus 15 years; sentence interrupted on 25 January 1988 and the remainder suspended on 10 June 1988.Circle V of VII
Fritz Klein
SS physician at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen
sentenced to death in the first Belsen Trial; executed on 13 December 1945Circle V of VII
Waldemar Klingelhöfer
Commander of Vorkommando Moskau and a staff officer of Einsatzgruppe B.
Sentenced to death; the sentence was commuted to life and he was released in 1956.Circle V of VII
Helmut Knochen
head of Sipo and SD in occupied France
sentenced to death in France on 9 October 1954; sentence commuted and released in 1962Circle V of VII
Fritz Knöchlein
company commander in the 2nd SS-Totenkopf Infantry Regiment
sentenced to death for the Le Paradis POW massacre; executed on 21 January 1949Circle V of VII
Karl-Otto Koch
first commandant of Buchenwald and Majdanek, after earlier service as commandant of Sachsenhausen
convicted by an SS court and executed by an SS firing squad in Buchenwald in April 1945Circle V of VII
Max Koegel
concentration-camp commandant
He was captured in 1946 but died by suicide in US custody on 1946-06-26 before trial; no judgment was issued against him.Circle V of VII
Josef Kollmer
commander of guard units in the Auschwitz complex
Sentenced to death on 22 December 1947; executed on 24 January 1948.Circle V of VII
Alfred Kramer
SS-Oberscharführer and commandant of the Kaufering I subcamp
Sentenced to death by hanging on 13 December 1945; executed on 29 May 1946.Circle V of VII
Josef Kramer
commandant of Natzweiler-Struthof, Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen
convicted by a British military court and executed in 1945Circle V of VII
Franz Xaver Kraus
Camp administrator and senior officer in Birkenau’s final phase
Sentenced to death in the Auschwitz staff trial; executed in 1948.Circle V of VII
Eduard Krebsbach
SS chief camp physician at Mauthausen
sentenced to death in the Mauthausen Main Case; executed on 28 May 1947Circle V of VII
Johann Paul Kremer
Auschwitz camp physician and professor of anatomy
Sentenced to death on 22 December 1947; the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and he was convicted again after release.Circle V of VII
Hans Krüger
head of the Security Police office in Stanisławów
life sentence; released in 1986Circle V of VII
Hermann Krumey
head of a Łódź Central Resettlement Office branch responsible for operational aspects of the Zamość expulsions
ultimately sentenced to life imprisonment in West Germany for the deportation of Hungarian Jews, not for the Zamość expulsionsCircle V of VII
Franz Kutschera
SS and Police Leader for the Warsaw District
killed by the Polish underground in 1944 and never triedCircle V of VII
Hildegard Lächert
SS overseer at Majdanek and Auschwitz
Sentenced to 15 years in 1947; sentenced again to 12 years in 1981.Circle V of VII
Heinz Lammerding
commander of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
sentenced to death in absentia in 1953; not extradited and died in 1971Circle V of VII
Herbert Lange
commander of Sonderkommando Lange and first commandant of the Chełmno killing centre
killed in 1945; never triedCircle V of VII
Rudolf Lange
commander of Einsatzkommando 2 and commander of the Security Police and SD in Latvia
never tried; died in Poznań in 1945, probably by suicide, although a combat death cannot be excludedCircle V of VII
Otto Lätsch
Lagerführer of the Auschwitz subcamp Gleiwitz IV
Sentenced to death on 22 December 1947; executed on 24 January 1948.Circle V of VII
Peter Leideritz
head of the Security Police and SD field office in Kołomyja
sentenced to death in Poland; executed on 22 February 1949Circle V of VII
Arthur Liebehenschel
commandant of Auschwitz I and commander of the Auschwitz garrison, later commandant of Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp
sentenced to death by the Supreme National Tribunal; executed in 1948Circle V of VII
Fritz Liphardt
commander of Einsatzkommando 2/III in 1939, then commander of the Security Police and SD (KdS) in the Radom District
died in a Polish prison before trial in 1947; suicide was the officially reported causeCircle V of VII
Arno Lippmann
SS-Obersturmführer and commandant of the Kaufering II and VII subcamps
Sentenced to death by hanging on 13 December 1945; executed on 29 May 1946.Circle V of VII
Franz Lucas
SS camp physician at Auschwitz and Mauthausen implicated in prisoner selections
initially sentenced in 1965; judgment overturned in 1969; finally acquitted on retrial in 1970Circle V of VII
Julius Ludolf
camp leader at the Loiblpass, Gross-Raming and Melk subcamps
Found guilty and sentenced to death on 13 May 1946; executed at Landsberg on 28 May 1947.Circle V of VII
Albert Lütkemeyer
first Schutzhaftlagerführer at Neuengamme
Sentenced to death and executed on 26 June 1947.Circle V of VII
Franz Magill
commander of a mounted detachment of the 2nd SS Cavalry Regiment during mass executions in Polesia
sentenced in 1964 to five years' penal servitudeCircle V of VII
Maria Mandl
senior overseer and head of the women's camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau
convicted in Poland and executed in 1948Circle V of VII
Heinrich Matthes
head of the Treblinka II extermination area
sentenced to life imprisonment on 3 September 1965; died in prison in 1978Circle V of VII
Josef Meisinger
commander of the Security Police and SD in the Warsaw district
executed in 1947Circle V of VII
Josef Mengele
SS physician at Auschwitz-Birkenau who conducted selections and criminal experiments
never tried; escaped to South America and died in 1979Circle V of VII
Friedrich Mennecke
director of the Eichberg institution, T4 medical assessor and travelling physician who selected prisoners under Aktion 14f13
sentenced to death in a judgment that did not become final; died in prison before his appeal was heardCircle V of VII
Willi Mentz
SS-Unterscharführer and gunman at the sham infirmary in Treblinka II
Sentenced to life imprisonment on 3 September 1965; appeals dismissed on 30 June 1970; released for health reasons on 31 March 1978.Circle V of VII
Hans Merbach
protective-custody camp leader and evacuation-transport commander
Sentenced to death in the Buchenwald main trial and executed on 14 January 1949.Circle V of VII
Kurt Meyer
Waffen-SS commander
In 1945 he was sentenced to death, the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and he was released on 1954-09-07.Circle V of VII
Georg Michalsen
Operation Reinhard staff officer involved in deportations from Warsaw and Białystok
twelve years’ imprisonment; released in 1979Circle V of VII
August Wilhelm Miete
Treblinka staff member responsible for the so-called infirmary and supervision of prisoner labor details
sentenced to life imprisonment in the Treblinka trialCircle V of VII
Rudolf Mildner
head of the Gestapo in Katowice and presiding officer of the police summary court at Auschwitz
never tried; later fate unresolvedCircle V of VII
Karl Ernst Möckel
administrative director at Auschwitz
Sentenced to death in the first Auschwitz trial and executed on 24 January 1948.Circle V of VII
Otto Moll
commandant of Fürstengrube and head of the Auschwitz-Birkenau crematoria
Sentenced to death by a US military court and executed on 28 May 1946.Circle V of VII
Max Montua
Commander of the Order Police in Warsaw, later commander of Police Regiment Centre
died by suicide in April 1945; never triedCircle V of VII
Hans Karl Möser
protective-custody camp leader at Mittelbau-Dora
Sentenced to death in the Mittelbau-Dora staff trial and executed on 26 November 1948.Circle V of VII
Joachim Mrugowsky
head of the Waffen-SS Hygiene Institute and chief hygienist of the Waffen-SS
Sentenced to death in the Doctors Trial and executed on 2 June 1948.Circle V of VII
Kajetan Mühlmann
special commissioner for the seizure of works of art in the General Government
questioned by the Allies and escaped internment; never tried for the plunder carried out in PolandCircle V of VII
Erich Naumann
commander of Einsatzgruppe B and earlier commander of Einsatzgruppe VI
convicted in the Einsatzgruppen Trial and executed in 1951Circle V of VII
Arthur Nebe
chief of the Criminal Police and commander of Einsatzgruppe B in 1941
executed by the Nazi regime in 1945 for involvement in the 20 July plotCircle V of VII
Ruth Neudeck
SS overseer and head of the Uckermark death-camp section.
In 1948 she was sentenced to death in the third Ravensbrück trial and executed.Circle V of VII
Josef Niedermayer
head of the camp prison and block leader of Block 20 at Mauthausen
Sentenced to death on 13 May 1946 and executed on 28 May 1947.Circle V of VII
Engelbert Valentin Niedermeyer
block leader and supervisor of a work detail at the Dachau crematorium
Convicted in the main Dachau trial and executed on 28 May 1946.Circle V of VII
Gustav Adolf Nosske
commander of Einsatzkommando 12, Einsatzgruppe D, in 1941–1942
sentenced to life, later reduced to ten years; released in 1951Circle V of VII
Josef Oberhauser
Christian Wirth’s liaison officer and member of the Bełżec staff
Sentenced in Munich to four years and six months for aiding murder; other judgments had preceded and followed that conviction.Circle V of VII
Otto Ohlendorf
commander of Einsatzgruppe D and head of the RSHA domestic SD office
convicted in the Einsatzgruppen Trial and executed in 1951Circle V of VII
Benno Orendi
SS camp doctor at Ravensbrück and Stutthof
Sentenced to death in the fourth Ravensbrück trial and executed on 17 September 1948.Circle V of VII
Adolf Ott
commander of Sonderkommando 7b within Einsatzgruppe B
death sentence in 1948; commuted to life imprisonment; later releasedCircle V of VII
Paul Otto Geibel
SS and Police Leader in the Warsaw district
sentenced to life imprisonment; died in prison in 1966Circle V of VII
Max Pauly
commandant of Stutthof concentration camp, subsequently Neuengamme concentration camp and its satellite-camp network
sentenced to death by a British military court and executed on 8 October 1946Circle V of VII
Alexander Piorkowski
commandant of Dachau concentration camp from February 1940 to September 1942
sentenced to death and executed on 22 October 1948Circle V of VII
Hermann Pister
commandant of Buchenwald concentration camp
Sentenced to death in 1947; died in prison on 28 September 1948 before execution.Circle V of VII
Erich Priebke
Gestapo and SD officer; participant in the Ardeatine Caves massacre
life imprisonment; sentence served under house arrest until deathCircle V of VII
Karl Pütz
commander of the Security Police and SD in Rivne, subsequently in Lublin
never tried; died by suicide on 6 May 1945Circle V of VII
Walter Quakernack
Auschwitz Political Department officer, subcamp commandant and evacuation-march commander.
Sentenced to death in the Belsen Trial; executed on 11 October 1946.Circle V of VII
Karl Rahm
last commandant of the Theresienstadt ghetto
A court in Litoměřice sentenced him to death, and he was executed on 1947-04-30.Circle V of VII
Sigmund Rascher
SS physician who conducted high-altitude and hypothermia experiments on prisoners.
He was never tried; the SS killed him at Dachau on 26 April 1945.Circle V of VII
Otto Rasch
commander of Einsatzgruppe C during the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union
indicted in the Einsatzgruppen Trial, but proceedings were discontinued for illness; died in 1948 without judgmentCircle V of VII
Walter Reder
commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS
sentenced to life imprisonment in 1951; released on parole in 1985Circle V of VII
Michael Redwitz
Schutzhaftlagerführer responsible for discipline and camp punishments at Dachau
Sentenced to death on 13 December 1945; executed on 29 May 1946.Circle V of VII
Franz Reichleitner
commandant of the Sobibór killing centre after Franz Stangl
killed by partisans in 1944 and never triedCircle V of VII
Heinz Reinefarth
commander of a combat group during the suppression of the Warsaw Uprising
not extradited or convictedCircle V of VII
Josef Remmele
roll-call leader at Dachau and commandant of the Eintrachthütte and Jawischowitz subcamps
Sentenced to death in September 1947 and executed at Landsberg in 1948.Circle V of VII
Johann-Georg Richert
commander of the 286th Security Division and 35th Infantry Division
Sentenced to death at the Minsk trial on 29 January 1946 and executed the next day.Circle V of VII
Rolf Rosenthal
SS camp doctor at Ravensbrück involved in forced abortions and criminal procedures
Sentenced to death on 3 February 1947; executed on 3 May 1947.Circle V of VII
August Richard Ruhnke
deputy camp leader of the Dachau subcamp at Riederloh
sentenced to death on 18 April 1947 for the murder of at least 19 prisoners; executed on 14 November 1947Circle V of VII
Friedrich Wilhelm Ruppert
Dachau protective-custody camp leader
Sentenced to death by a US military court and executed in 1946.Circle V of VII
Theo Saevecke
Commander of the German Security Police and SD in Milan.
In 1999 he was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment and never served the sentence.Circle V of VII
Martin Sandberger
commander of Sonderkommando 1a and Security Police and SD commander in Estonia
sentenced to death in the Einsatzgruppen Trial; sentence commuted and released in 1958Circle V of VII
Emanuel Schäfer
commander of Einsatzgruppe II during the invasion of Poland
convicted in West Germany for security-police crimes in Serbia, not separately for Einsatzgruppe II's work in PolandCircle V of VII
Wilhelm Schäfer
SS-Hauptscharführer and member of Kommando 99 at Buchenwald
Sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of the GDR on 20 May 1961; executed on 16 June 1961.Circle V of VII
Robert Schefe
commander of Einsatzkommando 2/V in 1939, later head of the Gestapo in Łódź
missing at the end of the war; later declared dead with 1945 recorded as the date of death; not triedCircle V of VII
Julian Scherner
SS and Police Leader in the Kraków District
killed near the end of the war and never triedCircle V of VII
Josef Scheungraber
Wehrmacht company commander at Falzano di Cortona
Sentenced to life imprisonment in Italy in 2006 and Germany in 2009; he did not begin serving the sentence for health reasons.Circle V of VII
Gerhard Schiedlausky
chief camp physician involved in selections and prisoner selection for experiments
sentenced to death; executed on 3 May 1947 in HamelnCircle V of VII
Claus Schilling
doctor directing malaria experiments
On 1945-12-13, a US military court in the main Dachau trial sentenced him to death, and the sentence was carried out at Landsberg on 1946-05-28.Circle V of VII
Hans Theodor Schmidt
adjutant to the commandant of Buchenwald concentration camp
sentenced to death in 1947 and executed on 7 June 1951Circle V of VII
Heinrich Schmitz
contract physician and head of the Flossenbürg prisoner hospital
Sentenced to death and executed on 26 November 1948.Circle V of VII
Kurt Emil Schmutzler
satellite-camp commandant and Waffen-SS officer
On 23 June 1947 a U.S. military court sentenced him to death; he was executed at Landsberg on 29 October 1948.Circle V of VII
Max Schobert
Schutzhaftlagerführer at Buchenwald
Sentenced to death on 14 August 1947 and executed on 19 November 1948.Circle V of VII
Robert Scholz
head of the Fine Arts Special Staff in the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg and organiser of the selection and exchange of looted artworks
sentenced in absentia in France to ten years; never served the sentenceCircle V of VII
Heinz Schubert
Otto Ohlendorf’s adjutant in Einsatzgruppe D; supervised a mass shooting near Simferopol
death sentence in 1948; commuted to 10 years in 1951; free by January 1952Circle V of VII
Erwin Schulz
commander of Einsatzkommando 5 within Einsatzgruppe C
sentenced to twenty years’ imprisonment in 1948Circle V of VII
Albert Hugo Schuster
commander of Motorized Gendarmerie Platoon 62
Executed in 1973; in 1994 the sentence was posthumously reduced to life imprisonment.Circle V of VII
Fritz Schwalm
chief RuSHA representative at the Central Immigration Office in Łódź, later chief of staff of RuSHA
sentenced to 10 years; released early in 1951Circle V of VII
Albert Schwartz
labour-deployment officer who organized prisoner forced labour at Buchenwald and Mittelbau
sentenced to death in 1947; commuted to life imprisonment in 1948; released in 1954Circle V of VII
Heinrich Schwarz
commandant of Auschwitz III-Monowitz and the Natzweiler camp system
sentenced to death for Natzweiler crimes and executed on 20 March 1947Circle V of VII
Willi Seibert
de facto deputy commander of Einsatzgruppe D and officer linking command with the reporting of executions
sentenced to death in 1948; sentence commuted to fifteen years, released in 1954Circle V of VII
Siegfried Seidl
Commandant of the Theresienstadt ghetto and an official in the deportation apparatus.
Sentenced to death in 1946 by the Vienna People's Court and executed.Circle V of VII
Josef Seuß
work-detail commander and senior functionary in the Dachau camp system
Found guilty on 13 December 1945 and executed on 28 May 1946.Circle V of VII
Wolfgang Seuss
SS functionary in supervisory posts at Dachau and head of the prisoners’ camp at Natzweiler
Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1960; released in 1970.Circle V of VII
Max Simon
Waffen-SS division commander
A British military court in Padua sentenced him to death in 1947; in 1948 the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment, and he was released on 1954-11-30.Circle V of VII
Wilhelm Simon
labour-allocation leader responsible for assigning prisoner labour at Mittelbau-Dora
Sentenced on 30 December 1947 to life imprisonment; released early in 1954.Circle V of VII
Franz Alfred Six
commander of Vorkommando Moscow in Einsatzgruppe B and senior RSHA official
found guilty on Counts I–III in the Einsatzgruppen trial; sentenced to twenty years and released early in 1952Circle V of VII
Gerhard Sommer
commander of the 7th Company, SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 35, during the Sant’Anna di Stazzema massacre
Italian life sentence in absentia; German proceedings ended without a merits judgmentCircle V of VII
Walter Sonntag
Garrison physician and chief camp physician at Ravensbrück.
Sentenced to death in the fourth Ravensbrück trial; executed on 17 September 1948.Circle V of VII
Franz Walter Stahlecker
commander of Einsatzgruppe A and later commander of the Security Police and SD in Ostland
died from wounds in March 1942 and was never triedCircle V of VII
Walter Stamm
inspector of the Security Police and SD in Warsaw and superior of the prison and execution apparatus
no final conviction was handed down for his activity in WarsawCircle V of VII
Franz Stangl
commandant of the Sobibór and Treblinka killing centres
sentenced to life imprisonment; died in prison in 1971Circle V of VII
Franz Stärfl (Stofel)
SS commander of the Kleinbodungen subcamp and its evacuation column
convicted on the Bergen-Belsen charge and executed on 13 December 1945Circle V of VII
Eugen Steimle
commander of Sonderkommando 7a and later Sonderkommando 4a
death sentence commuted; released in 1954Circle V of VII
Eduard Strauch
commander of Einsatzkommando 2 and commander of the Security Police and SD in occupied Belarus
twice sentenced to death; died in custody in 1955Circle V of VII
Karl Streibel
commandant of the SS training camp in Trawniki
acquitted in Hamburg in 1976; died in 1986Circle V of VII
Arnold Strippel
Rapportführer at Buchenwald, later a satellite-camp commander and regional camp-network chief
After a retrial, sentenced in 1970 to 6 years for aiding the collective murder of 21 prisoners; sentenced again in 1981 to 3 years and 6 months for aiding murder at Majdanek.Circle V of VII
Jürgen Stroop
commander of the German forces that liquidated the Warsaw ghetto
convicted in Poland and executed in 1952Circle V of VII
Paul Szczurek
guard and Blockführer at Auschwitz who took part in selections and killings
Sentenced to death on 22 December 1947; executed on 24 January 1948.Circle V of VII
Helmut Tanzmann
head of the Gestapo in Gdańsk, then commander of the Security Police and SD (KdS) in Lwów
died by suicide in British internment on 6 March 1946; never triedCircle V of VII
Willi Tessmann
commandant of the police prison
A British military court sentenced him to death in September 1947; he was executed at Hamelin on 29 January 1948.Circle V of VII
Anton Thumann
senior prisoner-camp officer at Majdanek and Neuengamme
sentenced to death on 3 May 1946; executed on 8 October 1946Circle V of VII
Johannes Thümmler
commander of the Security Police in Katowice and presiding judge of the police summary court operating at Auschwitz concentration camp
subject to multiple investigations but never finally convicted; died in 2002Circle V of VII
Percival “Percy” Treite
SS camp doctor at Ravensbrück who performed forced abortions and sterilizations
Sentenced to death on 3 February 1947; died by suicide on 8 April 1947 before the sentence was carried out.Circle V of VII
Rudolf Tröger
commander of Einsatzkommando 16 and head of the Gestapo in Danzig
killed while serving with the Wehrmacht in France in 1940; never triedCircle V of VII
Andreas Trum
Rapportführer and Arbeitseinsatzführer at Mauthausen responsible for punishments, executions and prisoner labour
Sentenced to death on 13 May 1946; executed on 28 May 1947.Circle V of VII
Helmut Vetter
SS physician at Auschwitz and Gusen
sentenced to death by a US military courtCircle V of VII
Elisabeth Volkenrath
head overseer at Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen
sentenced to death; executed at Hameln on 13 December 1945Circle V of VII
Kurt von Behr
head of the ERR structures in Western Europe, subsequently of Dienststelle Westen and the Möbel-Aktion
never tried; died by suicide in April 1945Circle V of VII
Richard von Hegener
official of the Chancellery of the Führer and deputy head of the Reich Committee responsible for the administrative organisation of the murder of children and patients
sentenced to life imprisonment; released under an amnesty in 1956Circle V of VII
Eberhard von Künsberg
diplomat and commander of Sonderkommando Künsberg who organised the supraregional seizure of archives, libraries, works of art and economic records
never tried; missing since April 1945; date of death undeterminedCircle V of VII
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
field marshal and commander of Army Group North
Sentenced in 1948 to 3 years; pre-trial detention was credited as time served.Circle V of VII
Ernst von Leyser
General of Infantry and corps commander
In 1948 he was found guilty on counts 3 and 4 and sentenced to 10 years; he was released in 1951.Circle V of VII
Helmuth von Pannwitz
commander of the First Cossack Cavalry Division and the Fifteenth Cossack Cavalry Corps
sentenced to death by a Soviet court and executedCircle V of VII
Gustav Wagner
deputy commandant and quartermaster of the Sobibór killing centre
never tried; died in Brazil in 1980 in a death officially classified as suicideCircle V of VII
Wilhelm Wagner
SS-Hauptscharführer, prisoner work-detail leader and commandant of the Landsberg subcamp
Sentenced to death by hanging on 13 December 1945; executed on 29 May 1946.Circle V of VII
Erich Wasicky
SS pharmacist at Mauthausen involved in prisoner selections and in handling agents used for killing
sentenced to death in 1946; executed on 28 May 1947Circle V of VII
Martin Gottfried Weiss
concentration-camp commandant
On 1945-12-13 a US military court sentenced him to death; the sentence was carried out at Landsberg on 1946-05-29.Circle V of VII
Paul Werner Hoppe
commandant of Stutthof concentration camp from September 1942 to spring 1945
finally sentenced in West Germany to 9 years' imprisonment; died in 1974Circle V of VII
Waldemar Wolter
chief SS physician at Mauthausen concentration camp
Sentenced to death in the Mauthausen main trial and executed on 28 May 1947.Circle V of VII
Franz Ziereis
commandant of the Mauthausen concentration-camp complex
not tried; fatally shot during capture in May 1945