Publication log
On this date, 20 complete profiles were added to the archive in five language editions.
commandant of Buchenwald concentration camp
Commandant of Buchenwald from 1942 to 1945. A US military tribunal sentenced him to death; he died in prison before the sentence was carried out.
SS overseer at Majdanek and Auschwitz
An SS overseer at Majdanek and Auschwitz, described by the Auschwitz Museum as exceptionally brutal toward prisoners. Sentenced to fifteen years in Poland and later to twelve years in the Düsseldorf Majdanek trial.
camp doctor and deputy garrison physician at Auschwitz-Monowitz
Camp doctor and deputy garrison physician at Auschwitz-Monowitz, responsible for selections and documented medically unnecessary operations on prisoners. Sentenced to death by the GDR Supreme Court and executed in 1966.
head of the Waffen-SS Hygiene Institute and chief hygienist of the Waffen-SS
Head of the Waffen-SS Hygiene Institute, convicted in the Doctors’ Trial for participation in criminal medical experiments and executed.
protective-custody camp leader at Mauthausen
Prison-camp leader at Mauthausen, convicted for participation in the camp’s criminal common design and executed.
Auschwitz camp physician and professor of anatomy
An Auschwitz camp doctor who participated in selections and research on prisoners; his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment and he was later tried again.
SS non-commissioned officer and commander of a prisoner labor detail
Commander of a prisoner labor detail at Stutthof, convicted of beating and killing prisoners and executed.
commander of the 286th Security Division and 35th Infantry Division
A Wehrmacht general who commanded units conducting brutal operations against civilians in occupied Belarus and took part in planning deportations to the Ozarichi camps. Sentenced to death and executed.
overseer at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen
An overseer at Auschwitz-Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen whose trial included testimony about violence against prisoners and presence at selections. Convicted on the Auschwitz charge and executed.
chief of the Civil Law and Procedure Division
A Reich Justice Ministry division chief and SS-Oberführer. Acquitted of war crimes and crimes against humanity, but sentenced to five years for knowing membership in the SS.
commander of the Leibstandarte SS, I SS Panzer Corps and 6th SS Panzer Army
A senior Waffen-SS commander convicted at the Malmedy trial on findings concerning an order and command responsibility for killing prisoners and civilians. His life sentence was commuted.
camp Gestapo official and admissions chief at Birkenau
An Auschwitz-Birkenau camp Gestapo official who took part in shootings and numerous selections. Sentenced to life for jointly committed murder in seventy cases; released in 1986.
staff member at the Treblinka II killing centre
A member of the Aktion T4 and Treblinka II staff, convicted for direct participation in murders, including killing children, and in driving victims toward the gas chambers. Sentenced to life imprisonment.
SS medical orderly and head of a disinfection detail at Auschwitz
An SS medical orderly at Auschwitz, convicted in Frankfurt of at least 475 murders and participation in further collective killings. He received life plus fifteen years and was released for health reasons shortly before his death.
commander of guard units in the Auschwitz complex
An SS officer who commanded guard units in the Auschwitz complex and was charged, among other acts, with participation in executions and selections. Poland’s Supreme National Tribunal sentenced him to death; he was executed in Kraków on 24 January 1948.
Christian Wirth’s liaison officer and member of the Bełżec staff
Wirth’s liaison officer at Bełżec who supervised the unloading of transports and procured materials for expanded gas chambers; convicted as an accessory to murder.
Wehrmacht company commander at Falzano di Cortona
A Wehrmacht company commander who ordered retaliation against Italian civilians at Falzano; sentenced to life imprisonment in Italy and Germany.
Higher SS and Police Leader whose jurisdiction included Buchenwald
The Higher SS and Police Leader whose jurisdiction included Buchenwald, sentenced to life imprisonment in the camp’s main trial; his sentence was reduced and he was released early.
camp leader at the Loiblpass, Gross-Raming and Melk subcamps
Camp leader at Mauthausen subcamps who killed prisoners and ordered killings; sentenced to death and executed.
administrative director at Auschwitz
Auschwitz administrative director responsible for keeping the gas chambers and crematoria operational, organized plunder and exploitative forced labor; sentenced to death and executed.