112 profiles
Profiles are ordered alphabetically by surname. Placement reflects documented function and agency, never a ranking by numbers of victims.
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Gustav Abb
head of the Main Administration of Libraries in the General Government
killed in 1945; never triedCircle VI of VII
Josef Altstötter
chief of the Civil Law and Procedure Division
Acquitted of war crimes and crimes against humanity; sentenced to five years for knowing membership in the SS.Circle VI of VII
Otto Ambros
IG Farben board member responsible for Buna/Monowitz and chemical-warfare agent production programmes
convicted in the IG Farben Trial and sentenced to eight years; released in 1951Circle VI of VII
Walter Andreas Hofer
Hermann Göring's chief art adviser and agent, organising the purchase, confiscation and exchange of looted artworks
sentenced in absentia in France to ten years; never served the sentenceCircle VI of VII
Heinz Auerswald
commissioner for the Jewish residential district in Warsaw
investigated but never tried; died in 1970Circle VI of VII
Wilhelm Bahr
SS medical orderly at Neuengamme and direct participant in killing prisoners with gas
Sentenced to death in the first Neuengamme trial in 1946 and executed on 8 October 1946.Circle VI of VII
Erich Bauer
Sobibor staff member responsible for the gas-chamber engine
death sentence replaced by life imprisonment; died in prison in 1980Circle VI of VII
Werner Alfred Berger
member of the execution unit Kommando 99 at Buchenwald
Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1947 and died in 1964; the cited sources do not establish the later course of his sentence.Circle VI of VII
Franz Böhme
Plenipotentiary Commanding General in occupied Serbia in autumn 1941
indicted in the Hostages Trial but died by suicide in 1947 before trialCircle VI of VII
Greta Bösel
guard assigned to women prisoners’ labour deployment at Ravensbrück
sentenced to death; executed on 2 May 1947 at HamelnCircle VI of VII
Heinrich Bütefisch
member of the IG Farben managing board responsible for the Auschwitz-Monowitz works and mining ventures that used prisoners
sentenced to six years for slave labour; released in 1951Circle VI of VII
Walter Caspar Többens
German entrepreneur exploiting forced labour in the Warsaw ghetto and Poniatowa
convicted after the war, later classified as a 'Mitläufer'; died in 1954Circle VI of VII
Friedrich Christiansen
Wehrmacht commander in the occupied Netherlands
sentenced to twelve years' imprisonment in 1948; released after the remainder of his sentence was remittedCircle VI of VII
Friedrich Class
head of the Gdynia branch of Einsatzkommando 16 and the Gestapo
died in December 1945 without trialCircle VI of VII
Max Daume
Order Police officer in Warsaw responsible for repression and hostage executions
executed in 1947Circle VI of VII
Karl Dönitz
commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine and Hitler's successor as head of state
convicted at Nuremberg; served ten years and died in 1980Circle VI of VII
Anton Dostler
Wehrmacht general and commander of LXXV Army Corps in Italy
convicted of a war crime and executed on 1 December 1945Circle VI of VII
Wilhelm Dreimann
SS Rapportführer at Neuengamme and participant in the Bullenhuser Damm murders
Sentenced to death in the first Neuengamme trial in 1946 and executed on 8 October 1946.Circle VI of VII
Walther Dürrfeld
technical director and construction manager of the IG Farben works at Auschwitz-Monowitz
convicted in the IG Farben Trial and sentenced to eight years; released early in 1951Circle VI of VII
Kurt Eimann
commander of SS-Wachsturmbann Eimann during executions in Pomerania
sentenced in West Germany to four years' imprisonment and served approximately two yearsCircle VI of VII
Anton Endres
SS medical orderly in the Dachau prisoners’ infirmary
Found guilty in the Dachau main trial in 1945 and executed on 28 May 1946.Circle VI of VII
Karl Essig
head of the Security Police and SD post in Kielce
tried in West Germany in cases concerning Kielce crimes and acquitted in one proceeding; no comprehensive reckoningCircle VI of VII
Friedrich Flick
owner and dominant head of the Flick concern, one of the Reich's principal heavy-industry and armaments complexes
sentenced to 7 years; released early in 1950Circle VI of VII
Johann Frahm
SS man, block leader and deputy satellite-camp leader
On 31 July 1946 a British military court sentenced him to death; the sentence was carried out at Hamelin on 11 October 1946.Circle VI of VII
Roland Freisler
president of the People's Court and a leading architect of Nazi judicial terror
killed in an air raid in February 1945 and never triedCircle VI of VII
Wilhelm Frick
Reich Minister of the Interior and later Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia
convicted at Nuremberg and executed in 1946Circle VI of VII
Erich Fuchs
technician of Operation T4 and Operation Reinhard, associated with the installation of gassing equipment
sentenced in Hagen to four years' imprisonment; died in 1980Circle VI of VII
Günter Fuchs
head of Section II B of the Łódź Gestapo, responsible for Jewish affairs
life sentence in 1963Circle VI of VII
Walther Funk
Reich Economics Minister and president of the Reichsbank
sentenced to life imprisonment; released in 1957 and died in 1960Circle VI of VII
Irmgard Furchner
stenographer in the camp commandant’s office
On 20 December 2022 she was convicted of aiding murder in 10,505 cases and attempted murder in 5 cases and received a suspended sentence of 2 years; on 20 August 2024 the Federal Court of Justice dismissed her appeal.Circle VI of VII
Oskar Gröning
prisoner-money clerk and armed ramp guard
On 2015-07-15 he was sentenced to 4 years’ imprisonment for aiding murder in 300000 cases. His appeal was dismissed on 2016-09-20, and his complaint against postponement being denied on 2017-12-21; he died in hospital on 2018-03-09 before imprisonment began.Circle VI of VII
Fritz Gustav Friedel
head of the Jewish affairs section of the Gestapo in Białystok
sentenced to death; executed in 1952Circle VI of VII
Hellmuth Holland
head of the German Public Prosecutor's Office in Piotrków and prosecutor before the Special Court in Piotrków
convicted twice in Poland; aggregate sentence of 8 years; worked in the West German judiciary after releaseCircle VI of VII
Karl-Adolf Hollidt
Wehrmacht commander
In the High Command Case he was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment.Circle VI of VII
Alfred Ittner
Sobibor staff member; cashier who took victims’ property before the gas chamber
sentenced in 1966 to four years for aiding mass murderCircle VI of VII
Alfred Jodl
chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command
convicted at Nuremberg and executed in 1946Circle VI of VII
Günther Joël
Reich Ministry of Justice criminal-law official, later general prosecutor in Hamm
sentenced to ten years' imprisonment; released in 1951Circle VI of VII
Werner Kampe
NSDAP Kreisleiter and municipal commissioner, later occupation mayor of Bydgoszcz
subject of a postwar investigation; no final conviction establishedCircle VI of VII
Wilhelm Keitel
chief of the Armed Forces High Command
convicted at Nuremberg and executed in 1946Circle VI of VII
Albert Kesselring
field marshal; Commander-in-Chief South-West and commander of Army Group C in Italy
death sentence in 1947; commuted to life; released in 1952Circle VI of VII
Hans Koch
disinfection-unit member who introduced Zyklon B
Sentenced to life imprisonment in the first Auschwitz trial; died in prison in 1955.Circle VI of VII
Anneliese Kohlmann
guard at the Neugraben and Tiefstack subcamps of Neuengamme
sentenced in 1946 to two years’ imprisonmentCircle VI of VII
Franz Konrad
head of the Werterfassung property-seizure apparatus in the Warsaw ghetto
executed in 1952Circle VI of VII
Carl Krauch
chairman of IG Farben's supervisory board and plenipotentiary for chemical production under the Four Year Plan
convicted in the IG Farben Trial and sentenced to six years; released early in 1950Circle VI of VII
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
Industrialist and chairman of the Krupp supervisory board
Charged for the IMT but medically unfit to stand trial; no conviction.Circle VI of VII
Alfried Krupp
sole owner and head of the Krupp industrial group from 1943
sentenced to twelve years in the Krupp Trial; released and his property restored in 1951Circle VI of VII
Walter Kuntze
deputy Wehrmacht commander in the Southeast
On 19 February 1948 he was convicted on Counts I, III and IV and sentenced to life imprisonment; he was medically released in February 1953 without the conviction being set aside.Circle VI of VII
Erwin Lambert
construction specialist involved in building gas chambers
sentenced to four years’ imprisonment in 1965Circle VI of VII
Hans Lammers
head of the Reich Chancellery and Hitler's senior legal-administrative intermediary
convicted in the Ministries Trial; released early and died in 1962Circle VI of VII
Ernst Lautz
chief public prosecutor at the People's Court in Berlin
sentenced to ten years' imprisonment; released in 1951Circle VI of VII
Rudolf Lehmann
head of the OKW Legal Department and Generaloberstabsrichter, a co-architect of the legal framework for wartime terror
sentenced to seven years; released early in 1950Circle VI of VII
Wilhelm List
commander of the 12th Army and Wehrmacht Commander Southeast during the occupation of Yugoslavia and Greece
sentenced to life imprisonment in 1948; released early in December 1952Circle VI of VII
Jakob Lölgen
commander of an Einsatzkommando 16 detachment in Bydgoszcz
acquitted in 1966Circle VI of VII
Waldemar Macholl
border police commissioner in Suwałki, then head of the Białystok Gestapo's Section IV A-3 for combating resistance
sentenced to death in Poland; executed on 15 July 1949Circle VI of VII
Erich von Manstein
field marshal; commander of the Eleventh Army and later army groups on the eastern front
convicted by a British military court in 1949; released early in 1953Circle VI of VII
Elisabeth Marschall
head nurse in the Ravensbrück camp infirmary
sentenced to death in the first Ravensbrück trial; executed on 2 May 1947Circle VI of VII
Gerulf Mayer
commander of Gendarmerie-Hauptmannschaft Kielce
sentenced in Graz in 1969 to eleven years for murders and participation in the Skałka Polska pacificationCircle VI of VII
Erhard Milch
State Secretary in the Reich Air Ministry; Inspector General and field marshal of the Luftwaffe
guilty on Counts I and III; not guilty on Count II; life sentence reduced to fifteen yearsCircle VI of VII
Bruno Müller
commander of Einsatzkommando 2/I and Security Police and SD commander in Kraków
interned and questioned after the war but not convicted for Sonderaktion KrakauCircle VI of VII
Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller
commander of the 22nd Infantry Division and commandant of Fortress Crete
sentenced to death in Greece; executed by firing squad on 20 May 1947Circle VI of VII
Horst Neubauer
judge of the German Special Court in Łódź
not convicted after the war for judgments delivered in occupied ŁódźCircle VI of VII
Johann Niemann
deputy commandant of the German Sobibór killing centre
killed during the Sobibór prisoners' uprising in 1943Circle VI of VII
Alice Orlowski
SS guard at Majdanek, Płaszów and Auschwitz-Birkenau
sentenced to fifteen years on 22 December 1947; released in 1957Circle VI of VII
Helmut Ortwin Pohl
officer on Odilo Globocnik's staff who participated in deportations and resettlement in the Lublin District during the first half of 1942
indicted; trial interrupted and proceedings discontinued without a judgmentCircle VI of VII
Peter Paulsen
SS archaeologist and commander of Sonderkommando Paulsen
not convicted for Sonderkommando Paulsen's activity and continued an academic career after the warCircle VI of VII
Johann Pauls
SS non-commissioned officer and commander of a prisoner labor detail
Sentenced to death in the first Stutthof trial and executed on 4 July 1946.Circle VI of VII
Gerhard Pchalek
prosecutor before the special courts in Bielitz and Kattowitz and at the Office of the General Prosecutor attached to the Higher Regional Court in Kattowitz
sentenced in East Germany to 4 years; conditionally released in 1962Circle VI of VII
Walter Pelzhausen
commandant of the Radogoszcz police prison in Łódź
executed in 1948Circle VI of VII
Paul Pleiger
chairman of Reichswerke Hermann Göring and head of the coal economy, using forced-labour allocations and ventures with the SS
sentenced to 15 years; reduced to ten years; released in 1951Circle VI of VII
Helmut Poppendick
SS physician and head of the personnel office of the Reich Physician SS and Police
sentenced to ten years solely for membership in the criminal SSCircle VI of VII
Emil Puhl
Reichsbank vice-president responsible for implementing arrangements with the SS concerning stolen valuables
sentenced at Nuremberg to five years' imprisonment; died in 1962Circle VI of VII
Karl Rasche
member of the Dresdner Bank management board responsible for the bank's expansion, financing SS enterprises and acquiring assets in occupied Europe
sentenced to seven years; released in 1950Circle VI of VII
Hans-Joachim Rehse
judge of the First Senate of the People's Court who participated in repressive death sentences under the presidency of Roland Freisler
five-year sentence overturned; acquitted on retrial; appeal proceedings ended after his deathCircle VI of VII
Walter von Reichenau
commander of the Sixth Army and author of the criminal Severity Order
died on active service in January 1942 and was never triedCircle VI of VII
Hermann Reinecke
head of the Allgemeines Wehrmachtamt in the OKW, responsible for central directives concerning prisoners of war
sentenced to life imprisonment in 1948; released early in October 1954Circle VI of VII
Georg-Hans Reinhardt
commander of the 3rd Panzer Group, subsequently the 3rd Panzer Army, and acting commander of Army Group Centre
sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment; released in 1952Circle VI of VII
Hans Reiter
president of the Reich Health Office
Interned and questioned after the war, but neither charged nor convicted.Circle VI of VII
Robert Ritter
physician and child psychiatrist; head of the unit that registered and pseudoscientifically classified Roma and Sinti for the Nazi apparatus of persecution
never tried; a preliminary investigation opened in Frankfurt in 1950 was dismissedCircle VI of VII
Franz Romeikat
Auschwitz staff member connected with the clothing store and the plunder of victims’ property
sentenced to fifteen years in 1947; released in 1956Circle VI of VII
Wilhelm Rosenbaum
commandant of the Security Police and SD school in Rabka
sentenced to life imprisonment; later conditionally releasedCircle VI of VII
Oswald Rothaug
presiding judge of the Nuremberg Special Court and later Reich prosecutor at the People's Court
sentenced to life imprisonment in the Judges' Trial; released in 1956Circle VI of VII
Curt Rothenberger
president of the Hanseatic Court of Appeal and state secretary in the Reich Justice Ministry
sentenced to seven years in the Justice Case; died by suicide in 1959Circle VI of VII
Franz Schlegelberger
state secretary (1931–1942) and acting Reich minister of justice (1941–1942)
life sentence; medical parole granted in 1951Circle VI of VII
Ferdinand Schörner
Wehrmacht field marshal convicted for unlawful killing and attempted killings of subordinate soldiers
sentenced in 1957 to four years and six months in prisonCircle VI of VII
Martin Sommer
arrest-block supervisor and direct perpetrator of murders
On 3 July 1958 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for 25 murders; on 5 May 1959 the Federal Court of Justice dismissed his appeal. Enforcement was interrupted for health reasons, but he was not released on parole.Circle VI of VII
Gustav Hermann Sorge
Sachsenhausen Rapportführer involved in violence and killings of prisoners
convicted in the Soviet Sachsenhausen trial and again at Bonn; life plus 15 yearsCircle VI of VII
Alfred Spilker
commander of Sonderkommando Spilker in Warsaw
died in 1945; never triedCircle VI of VII
Otto Stadie
Stabsscharführer and administrative head of personnel at Treblinka
Sentenced on 3 September 1965 to 7 years in prison; the judgment was upheld on 30 June 1970.Circle VI of VII
Hans Stark
block leader and Political Department officer at Auschwitz
Convicted in Frankfurt as a co-perpetrator of murder and sentenced under juvenile law to 10 years’ imprisonment.Circle VI of VII
Franz Suchomel
Treblinka staff member; head of the Goldjuden unit
Sentenced in Düsseldorf to six years for aiding the joint murder of at least 300,000 people.Circle VI of VII
Fritz ter Meer
IG Farben executive-board member and chair of its Technical Committee; convicted of spoliation in occupied countries and participation in forced labour
convicted on Counts II and III in the IG Farben Trial and sentenced to seven years; released in 1950Circle VI of VII
Bruno Tesch
co-owner and managing director of a principal distributor of Zyklon B
convicted by a British military court in the Zyklon B case and executed in 1946Circle VI of VII
Adolf Theuer
SS medical orderly and member of the Auschwitz disinfection squad; participant in gassing operations
sentenced to death and executed at Opava on 23 April 1947Circle VI of VII
Otto Georg Thierack
Reich Minister of Justice and former president of the People's Court
not tried; died by suicide in Allied custody in 1946Circle VI of VII
Alfred Trzebinski
SS physician at Neuengamme; participant in the Bullenhuser Damm murders
sentenced to death on 3 May 1946; executed on 8 October 1946Circle VI of VII
Werner Ventzki
lord mayor of occupied Łódź and an official of the Wartheland administration
never tried; continued an administrative career in West GermanyCircle VI of VII
Eberhard von Mackensen
colonel general and commander of the German 14th Army in Italy
death sentence for involvement in the Ardeatine Caves massacre; commuted to life; released in 1952Circle VI of VII
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Reich Foreign Minister and diplomatic agent of German expansion
convicted at Nuremberg and executed in 1946Circle VI of VII
Karl von Roques
commander of the Army Group South Rear Area, subsequently the Army Group A Rear Area
sentenced to 20 years; died while serving his sentence in 1949Circle VI of VII
Hans von Salmuth
army commander and Wehrmacht general
sentenced to 20 years in 1948; sentence reduced and released in 1953Circle VI of VII
Max von Schenckendorff
commander of the Army Group Centre Rear Area and organiser of the anti-partisan conference in Mogilev
died in 1943; never triedCircle VI of VII
Baldur von Schirach
Reich Youth Leader and later Gauleiter and Reich Governor of Vienna
convicted at Nuremberg; served twenty years and died in 1974Circle VI of VII
Ernst von Weizsäcker
State Secretary in the Foreign Office involved in administrative approval of Jewish deportations
convicted in 1949; seven years reduced to five; released in 1950Circle VI of VII
Otto Wagener
military governor of the Italian Dodecanese and commander on Rhodes
An Italian military court sentenced him to fifteen years' imprisonment in 1948.Circle VI of VII
Walter Warlimont
head of the National Defence Department and deputy chief of the Wehrmacht Operations Staff in the OKW
sentenced to life imprisonment; commuted to 18 years; released in 1954Circle VI of VII
Erwin Wester
presiding judge of the German Special Court in Stanislau
extradited to Poland and indicted, but died in prison in July 1948 before trialCircle VI of VII
Adolf Winkelmann
camp physician at Ravensbrück; participant in selections of women prisoners
found guilty; died on 1 February 1947 before sentencingCircle VI of VII
Georg Wippern
head of SS Standortverwaltung Lublin, responsible for the inventory and transfer of stolen property
no conviction established in the sources used; died in 1993Circle VI of VII
Ernst Woermann
head of the Political Department and undersecretary of state in the Foreign Office who participated in the administrative approval of deportations of Jews from France
ultimately convicted under count 5 and sentenced to five years; released in 1950Circle VI of VII
Hermann Worthoff
head of the Jewish affairs section of the Lublin Gestapo and commander of a liquidation unit
sentenced to eight years in 1975Circle VI of VII
Emma Zimmer
camp guard; deputy senior guard
sentenced to death; executed in 1948 at HamelnCircle VI of VII
Adolf Zutter
adjutant to the Mauthausen commandant; staff link in the processing of execution orders
sentenced to death on 13 May 1946; executed on 27 May 1947