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Eduard Krebsbach
Eduard Krebsbach served as SS chief camp physician at Mauthausen. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Mauthausen and Hartheim · Austria 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
- Eduard Krebsbach was born in Bonn in 1894. From July 1941 to August 1943 he served as the SS chief camp physician at Mauthausen. (Source: Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (DÖW), Florian Freund, “Der Dachauer Mauthausenprozess”, printed pp. 45–49, especially p. 49 and notes 57, 62; Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Holocaust Encyclopedia, sections “Medical Experiments”, “Gassing and Euthanasia” and “Postwar Trials”)
- Alois Höllriegl testified that prisoners with prolonged illnesses were killed by injection by Krebsbach. USHMM states that he killed an undetermined number of prisoners in this manner by injecting phenol into their hearts. (Source: Mauthausen Memorial — Collections, DMP.000-50-5-2.49749, testimony of Alois Höllriegl, 27 September 1945, pp. 49749–49769; catalogue description; Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Holocaust Encyclopedia, sections “Medical Experiments”, “Gassing and Euthanasia” and “Postwar Trials”)
- In a sworn statement Krebsbach said that he participated as a physician in about 200 shootings and several gassings; he also admitted selecting sick prisoners for gassing at Mauthausen and Hartheim. (Source: Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (DÖW), Florian Freund, “Der Dachauer Mauthausenprozess”, printed pp. 45–49, especially p. 49 and notes 57, 62; Source: Mauthausen Memorial — research journal “coMMents”, article text p. 38 and note 90; discussion of Antoni Gościński’s trial testimony)
- A US military court convicted him in the Mauthausen Main Case and sentenced him to death. The sentence was carried out on 28 May 1947. (Source: Mauthausen Memorial, section on the Mauthausen Main Case and caption identifying former chief camp physician Eduard Krebsbach; Source: Mauthausen Memorial — research journal “coMMents”, article text p. 38 and note 90; discussion of Antoni Gościński’s trial testimony)
Place in the chain of responsibility
Krebsbach’s responsibility is individualised by a witness statement, his own sworn statement, USHMM’s institutional finding and the judgment. It concerns medical selections and participation in killing mechanisms, not mere membership of camp medical staff. (Source: Mauthausen Memorial — Collections, DMP.000-50-5-2.49749, testimony of Alois Höllriegl, 27 September 1945, pp. 49749–49769; catalogue description; Source: Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (DÖW), Florian Freund, “Der Dachauer Mauthausenprozess”, printed pp. 45–49, especially p. 49 and notes 57, 62; Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Holocaust Encyclopedia, sections “Medical Experiments”, “Gassing and Euthanasia” and “Postwar Trials”; Source: Mauthausen Memorial — research journal “coMMents”, article text p. 38 and note 90; discussion of Antoni Gościński’s trial testimony)
Key events and mechanisms
- July 1941 – became SS chief camp physician at Mauthausen (Source: Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (DÖW), Florian Freund, “Der Dachauer Mauthausenprozess”, printed pp. 45–49, especially p. 49 and notes 57, 62; Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Holocaust Encyclopedia, sections “Medical Experiments”, “Gassing and Euthanasia” and “Postwar Trials”)
- 1941–1943 – lethal injections, participation in shootings and gassings, and selection of sick prisoners for Mauthausen and Hartheim (Source: Mauthausen Memorial — Collections, DMP.000-50-5-2.49749, testimony of Alois Höllriegl, 27 September 1945, pp. 49749–49769; catalogue description; Source: Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (DÖW), Florian Freund, “Der Dachauer Mauthausenprozess”, printed pp. 45–49, especially p. 49 and notes 57, 62; Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Holocaust Encyclopedia, sections “Medical Experiments”, “Gassing and Euthanasia” and “Postwar Trials”; Source: Mauthausen Memorial — research journal “coMMents”, article text p. 38 and note 90; discussion of Antoni Gościński’s trial testimony)
- 29 March–13 May 1946 – Mauthausen Main Case at Dachau (Source: Mauthausen Memorial, section on the Mauthausen Main Case and caption identifying former chief camp physician Eduard Krebsbach)
- 28 May 1947 – death sentence carried out (Source: Mauthausen Memorial — research journal “coMMents”, article text p. 38 and note 90; discussion of Antoni Gościński’s trial testimony)
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
Krebsbach was one of the defendants in the Mauthausen Main Case. He was convicted, sentenced to death and executed on 28 May 1947. (Source: Mauthausen Memorial, section on the Mauthausen Main Case and caption identifying former chief camp physician Eduard Krebsbach; Source: Mauthausen Memorial — research journal “coMMents”, article text p. 38 and note 90; discussion of Antoni Gościński’s trial testimony)
Limits of the evidence
The figure of about 200 shootings comes from Krebsbach’s statement and describes participation in a medical capacity, not a proved personal victim total. The number of injection victims is undetermined. Höllriegl’s account is identified as witness testimony rather than presented as an anonymous editorial assertion. (Source: Mauthausen Memorial — Collections, DMP.000-50-5-2.49749, testimony of Alois Höllriegl, 27 September 1945, pp. 49749–49769; catalogue description; Source: Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance (DÖW), Florian Freund, “Der Dachauer Mauthausenprozess”, printed pp. 45–49, especially p. 49 and notes 57, 62; Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum — Holocaust Encyclopedia, sections “Medical Experiments”, “Gassing and Euthanasia” and “Postwar Trials”; Source: Mauthausen Memorial — research journal “coMMents”, article text p. 38 and note 90; discussion of Antoni Gościński’s trial testimony)
Sources
The source set combines institutional, archival, trial or scholarly material from at least two independent publishers.