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Adolf Theuer
Adolf Theuer served as SS medical orderly and member of the Auschwitz disinfection squad; participant in gassing operations. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Auschwitz · occupied Poland through documented office, decisions, supervision or operational conduct. It does not assign every crime committed by an institution or region to one individual.
Confirmed findings
- Adolf Theuer was born on 20 September 1920 at Heneberky. He served at Auschwitz as an SS medical orderly and member of the disinfection squad. (Source: Police of the Czech Republic, Printed p. 142, item 1052 (Adolf Teuer/Theuer))
- Testimony by former prisoners Tadeusz Paczuła and Filip Müller individualises Theuer as a participant in gassing operations; Müller described him wearing a gas mask and carrying a Zyklon B canister. (Source: Fritz Bauer Institute — Auschwitz Trial, PDF p. 55; testimony of Tadeusz Paczula identifying Adolf Theuer as involved in conducting gassing operations; Source: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Filip Müller quotation, Auschwitz Inferno, pp. 33–34; paragraph describing the silence in the crematorium and biographical note)
- A Czechoslovak court sentenced him to death after the war, and he was executed at Opava on 23 April 1947. (Source: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Filip Müller quotation, Auschwitz Inferno, pp. 33–34; paragraph describing the silence in the crematorium and biographical note; Source: Police of the Czech Republic, Printed p. 142, item 1052 (Adolf Teuer/Theuer))
Place in the chain of responsibility
The evidence connects Theuer to the technical execution of killing by gas, not to deportation policy or the selection of every victim. Two independent prisoner accounts reinforce the identification of his role. (Source: Fritz Bauer Institute — Auschwitz Trial, PDF p. 55; testimony of Tadeusz Paczula identifying Adolf Theuer as involved in conducting gassing operations; Source: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Filip Müller quotation, Auschwitz Inferno, pp. 33–34; paragraph describing the silence in the crematorium and biographical note)
Key events and mechanisms
- 1942–1944 – service in the disinfection squad and participation in Auschwitz gassing operations (Source: Fritz Bauer Institute — Auschwitz Trial, PDF p. 55; testimony of Tadeusz Paczula identifying Adolf Theuer as involved in conducting gassing operations; Source: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Filip Müller quotation, Auschwitz Inferno, pp. 33–34; paragraph describing the silence in the crematorium and biographical note)
- after the war – trial before a Czechoslovak court and death sentence (Source: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Filip Müller quotation, Auschwitz Inferno, pp. 33–34; paragraph describing the silence in the crematorium and biographical note; Source: Police of the Czech Republic, Printed p. 142, item 1052 (Adolf Teuer/Theuer))
- 23 April 1947 – execution at Opava (Source: Police of the Czech Republic, Printed p. 142, item 1052 (Adolf Teuer/Theuer))
The circle records authority, function and agency. Several profiles may describe different parts of the same persecution chain, so profile-level totals must not be added together.
Postwar accountability
Czechoslovak justice sentenced Theuer to death for Nazi crimes. The sentence was carried out at Opava on 23 April 1947. (Source: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Filip Müller quotation, Auschwitz Inferno, pp. 33–34; paragraph describing the silence in the crematorium and biographical note; Source: Police of the Czech Republic, Printed p. 142, item 1052 (Adolf Teuer/Theuer))
Limits of the evidence
The sources use the surname variants Teuer and Theuer and differ on his precise SS rank. The profile describes documented participation in gassing procedures without attributing to him decisions over the entire Auschwitz killing programme. (Source: Fritz Bauer Institute — Auschwitz Trial, PDF p. 55; testimony of Tadeusz Paczula identifying Adolf Theuer as involved in conducting gassing operations; Source: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, Filip Müller quotation, Auschwitz Inferno, pp. 33–34; paragraph describing the silence in the crematorium and biographical note)
Sources
The source set combines institutional, archival, trial or scholarly material from at least two independent publishers.