Publication log
On this date, 20 complete profiles were added to the archive in five language editions.
physician in charge of seawater experiments on prisoners at Dachau
As a Luftwaffe physician, he directed seawater experiments on 40 Dachau prisoners in 1944. The Doctors’ Trial sentenced him to 15 years in prison; the term was reduced to 10 years and he was released early in 1951.
officer in the investigation and interrogation section of the Auschwitz Political Department
He headed the investigation and interrogation section of the Auschwitz Political Department. The Frankfurt court convicted him of 5 murders, joint murder in 109 cases and aiding murder in 1,010 cases, imposing life imprisonment plus 5 years; he died in custody.
deputy commander of the Kleinbodungen subcamp and its evacuation column to Bergen-Belsen
As deputy commander at Kleinbodungen, he took part in the April 1945 evacuation of prisoners to Bergen-Belsen; the trial report records testimony that he shot prisoners. Sentenced to death in the Belsen Trial, he was executed on 13 December 1945.
labour-allocation leader responsible for assigning prisoner labour at Mittelbau-Dora
As labour-allocation leader at Mittelbau-Dora, he assigned prisoner labour and admitted in court that he beat prisoners classified as homosexual. Sentenced to life imprisonment on 30 December 1947, he was released early in 1954.
field marshal and commander of Army Group North
Field marshal and commander of Army Group North; convicted in the High Command Case for transmitting the Barbarossa Jurisdiction Order and bearing a measure of responsibility for its illegal application by subordinate units.
SS functionary in supervisory posts at Dachau and head of the prisoners’ camp at Natzweiler
SS functionary at Dachau and Natzweiler; after acquittal in the narrow case concerning 4 SOE prisoners, he was later convicted in France and West Germany, including a life sentence for murdering 2 Jewish prisoners.
first Schutzhaftlagerführer at Neuengamme
First Schutzhaftlagerführer at Neuengamme and later commander of the Riese camp complex; in a postwar statement he admitted personally shooting 5 of a group of 59 Soviet officers. Sentenced to death by a British court and executed.
commander of Motorized Gendarmerie Platoon 62
Commander of Motorized Gendarmerie Platoon 62, which terrorised civilians in the Kielce region; sentenced to death and executed in East Germany in 1973, with the sentence posthumously reduced to life imprisonment in 1994.
SS camp doctor at Ravensbrück and Stutthof
An SS doctor at Ravensbrück and Stutthof. A British military court sentenced him to death in the fourth Ravensbrück trial for participating in selections; he was executed at Hameln on 17 September 1948.
block leader and supervisor of a work detail at the Dachau crematorium
An SS non-commissioned officer, block leader and supervisor of a work detail at the Dachau crematorium. He admitted beating prisoners; a US military court sentenced him to death, and he was executed at Landsberg on 28 May 1946.
RSHA IV B 4 official and Jewish-affairs officer with the BdS in Italy
RSHA section IV B 4 official and Jewish-affairs officer with the BdS in Italy who participated in organising deportations of Jews from Italy. Sentenced to life imprisonment in 1972, but the judgment did not become final because he died.
head of the SD outpost in Merano and Sipo officer in Bolzano
Gestapo and SD officer in South Tyrol; ordered the deportation of Jews from Merano, killed Manlio Longon and participated in the torture and murder of OSS officer Roderick Hall. Sentenced to death by a US military commission and executed.
head of prisoner-property administration at Mauthausen
Head of prisoner-property administration at Mauthausen; in a trial statement he admitted participating in 2 executions in 1943–1944. Sentenced to death in the main Mauthausen trial and executed in 1947.
SS officer responsible for the camp detention block and a guard company at Auschwitz
An SS officer who held senior posts at Auschwitz, including responsibility for the camp detention block and a guard company. Poland’s Supreme National Tribunal found his participation in selections, executions at Block 11 and violence against prisoners; the death sentence was carried out on 24 January 1948.
leader of the crematorium detail and member of Kommando 99 at Buchenwald
Leader of the Buchenwald crematorium detail and a member of Kommando 99, which murdered Soviet prisoners of war; he later commanded the Wansleben subcamp. A US military court sentenced him to death; he was executed on 19 November 1948.
report leader and third protective-custody camp leader at Dachau, later commandant of Allach
An SS officer and senior functionary at Dachau, later commandant of the Allach subcamp. He admitted issuing firing orders and participating in the murder of 1500 Soviet prisoners of war at Hebertshausen; he was sentenced to death and executed on 28 May 1946.
head of the camp prison and block leader of Block 20 at Mauthausen
Head of the camp prison at Mauthausen and block leader of Block 20. He admitted participating on orders in about 400 executions, led the pursuit after the prisoners’ escape and took part in killings; he was sentenced to death and executed on 28 May 1947.
roll-call leader at Dachau and commandant of the Eintrachthütte and Jawischowitz subcamps
An SS functionary at Dachau and later commandant of the Eintrachthütte and Jawischowitz subcamps. At trial he admitted giving firing orders in executions of 40 and 97 Russians; a US military court sentenced him to death, and he was executed at Landsberg in 1948.
work-detail commander and senior functionary in the Dachau camp system
As work-detail commander at Radolfzell, he used documented violence against prisoners and admitted part of it himself. In the main Dachau camp trial he was sentenced to death on 13 December 1945 and executed on 28 May 1946.
Schutzhaftlagerführer at Buchenwald
Schutzhaftlagerführer at Buchenwald from 1940 to 1945. Survivor Gert Schramm recalled that when his transport arrived in July 1944, Schobert received it with a threatening speech. Sentenced to death on 14 August 1947, he was executed on 19 November 1948.