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Alfred Ittner
Alfred Ittner served as Sobibor staff member; cashier who took victims’ property before the gas chamber. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Sobibor · 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
- Alfred Ittner was born on 13 January 1907 at Kulmbach. After service in the T4 programme he arrived at Sobibor on 28 April 1942. (Source: Institute of National Remembrance — IPN Archive, IPN BU 2586/220; Hagen Regional Court, case 11 Ks 1/64; 422-page judgment copy; catalogue identity record; Source: Stichting Sobibor, Biographical entry “ITTNER, Jakob Alfred”)
- At Sobibor he worked at the cashier’s desk, where valuables were taken from victims sent to the gas chamber, and later performed duties in Lager III. (Source: Stichting Sobibor, Biographical entry “ITTNER, Jakob Alfred”; Source: Marek Bem, Sobibor Extermination Camp 1942–1943, pp. 210, 306–307 and 356)
- The Hagen Regional Court convicted him of aiding the murder of at least 68,000 people and sentenced him to four years’ imprisonment on 20 December 1966. (Source: Justice and Nazi Crimes, Lfd. Nr. 642; Hagen Regional Court, 20 December 1966; Federal Court of Justice, 25 March 1971; Source: Marek Bem, Sobibor Extermination Camp 1942–1943, pp. 210, 306–307 and 356)
Place in the chain of responsibility
Ittner’s role shows that administrative confiscation immediately before the gas chamber formed part of the organised killing process. The judgment classified his responsibility as aiding murder, not as sole perpetration of the entire operation. (Source: Stichting Sobibor, Biographical entry “ITTNER, Jakob Alfred”; Source: Marek Bem, Sobibor Extermination Camp 1942–1943, pp. 210, 306–307 and 356)
Key events and mechanisms
- 28 April 1942 – arrived at the Sobibor extermination camp (Source: Stichting Sobibor, Biographical entry “ITTNER, Jakob Alfred”)
- 20 December 1966 – judgment of the Hagen Regional Court (Source: Justice and Nazi Crimes, Lfd. Nr. 642; Hagen Regional Court, 20 December 1966; Federal Court of Justice, 25 March 1971; Source: Marek Bem, Sobibor Extermination Camp 1942–1943, pp. 210, 306–307 and 356)
- 1976 – died at Kulmbach (Source: Stichting Sobibor, Biographical entry “ITTNER, Jakob Alfred”; Source: Marek Bem, Sobibor Extermination Camp 1942–1943, pp. 210, 306–307 and 356)
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
In the Sobibor staff trial before the Hagen Regional Court, Ittner received four years’ imprisonment for aiding the murder of at least 68,000 people. (Source: Institute of National Remembrance — IPN Archive, IPN BU 2586/220; Hagen Regional Court, case 11 Ks 1/64; 422-page judgment copy; catalogue identity record; Source: Justice and Nazi Crimes, Lfd. Nr. 642; Hagen Regional Court, 20 December 1966; Federal Court of Justice, 25 March 1971)
Limits of the evidence
Work at the cashier’s desk immediately preceded entry into the gas chamber, but the sources do not support a claim that Ittner personally operated the gassing equipment. The profile follows the court’s classification of aiding murder. (Source: Justice and Nazi Crimes, Lfd. Nr. 642; Hagen Regional Court, 20 December 1966; Federal Court of Justice, 25 March 1971; Source: Marek Bem, Sobibor Extermination Camp 1942–1943, pp. 210, 306–307 and 356)
Sources
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