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Emil Euler
Emil Euler served as commander of guard companies in the Mauthausen camp complex. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Ebensee · Gusen · Mauthausen 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
- Emil Euler was born on 15 February 1884; NARA identifies him as an SS-Obersturmführer. (Source: NARA, Reference Information Paper 115, PDF pp. 311 and 183–185, Case 000-50-5-6; identity, birth date, rank, role, 10-year sentence, extradition and execution)
- From 12 March 1944 to 5 May 1945 he served at Ebensee as a guard and commanding officer. Testimony preserved by the Mauthausen Memorial also describes him as Lagerführer and Wachkompanieführer. (Source: U.S. review of the Emil Euler case, PDF pp. 11–13; Ebensee service, findings, witness evidence of violence and 10-year sentence; Source: Mauthausen Memorial, DMP.000-50-5-6.50991, pp. 50991–51002; Konrad Wegner testimony identifying Euler and describing abuse and shootings)
- In 1947 a U.S. court found him guilty and sentenced him to 10 years. After extradition to Poland he was convicted again and executed on 13 September 1950. (Source: NARA, Reference Information Paper 115, PDF pp. 311 and 183–185, Case 000-50-5-6; identity, birth date, rank, role, 10-year sentence, extradition and execution)
Place in the chain of responsibility
Euler’s documented responsibility encompasses command over guard personnel and specific witness evidence of beatings, use of a dog against prisoners and shootings. The individual acts of violence are explicitly presented as testimony evaluated in the proceedings. (Source: Mauthausen Memorial, DMP.000-50-5-6.50991, pp. 50991–51002; Konrad Wegner testimony identifying Euler and describing abuse and shootings; Source: U.S. review of the Emil Euler case, PDF pp. 11–13; Ebensee service, findings, witness evidence of violence and 10-year sentence)
Key events and mechanisms
- 12 March 1944 – began service at Ebensee and remained there as guard and commanding officer until 5 May 1945 (Source: U.S. review of the Emil Euler case, PDF pp. 11–13; Ebensee service, findings, witness evidence of violence and 10-year sentence)
- 9 July–5 August 1947 – tried at Dachau, found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison (Source: NARA, Reference Information Paper 115, PDF pp. 311 and 183–185, Case 000-50-5-6; identity, birth date, rank, role, 10-year sentence, extradition and execution)
- 13 September 1950 – executed in Poland after extradition and another conviction (Source: NARA, Reference Information Paper 115, PDF pp. 311 and 183–185, Case 000-50-5-6; identity, birth date, rank, role, 10-year sentence, extradition and execution)
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 1947 a U.S. court found Euler guilty and sentenced him to 10 years in prison. He was then extradited to Poland, convicted again and executed on 13 September 1950. (Source: NARA, Reference Information Paper 115, PDF pp. 311 and 183–185, Case 000-50-5-6; identity, birth date, rank, role, 10-year sentence, extradition and execution)
Limits of the evidence
The cited NARA passages do not give a birthplace or the precise city of the Polish execution. The Arolsen file confirms a further body of testimony, but without identified folios it is not used here to add dates. No portrait with verified reuse rights was located. (Source: Arolsen Archives, ref. 9032900; collection description for 69 documents containing witness statements against Emil Euler and Hans Kammerer; Source: NARA, Reference Information Paper 115, PDF pp. 311 and 183–185, Case 000-50-5-6; identity, birth date, rank, role, 10-year sentence, extradition and execution)
Sources
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