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Ewald Jauch
Ewald Jauch served as commander of the Bullenhuser Damm satellite camp. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Hamburg 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
- Ewald Jauch was born on 23 April 1902 in Schwenningen and died on 11 October 1946 in Hamelin. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
- In 1940–1944 he served as a guard and Rapportführer at Neuengamme, and in 1944–1945 commanded satellite camps including Bullenhuser Damm. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
- Memorial sources state that he participated in the murder of 20 Jewish children and adult prisoners at Bullenhuser Damm in April 1945. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
- In 1946 a British military court sentenced him to death; he was executed on 11 October 1946. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
Place in the chain of responsibility
The profile attributes to Ewald Jauch only the documented role and conduct described in the cited sources, without transferring to him every crime committed by the institutions or units with which he was associated. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
Key events and mechanisms
- In 1940–1944 he served as a guard and Rapportführer at Neuengamme, and in 1944–1945 commanded satellite camps including Bullenhuser Damm. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
- In 1946 a British military court sentenced him to death; he was executed on 11 October 1946. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
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
After fleeing and being arrested, he stood trial at the Curiohaus and was executed at Hamelin. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
Limits of the evidence
The profile limits responsibility to his documented service and participation in the Bullenhuser Damm crime. No individual victim total is assigned, and no additional order or act is attributed without an explicit source finding. No portrait with clearly documented publication rights was found. (Source: cited institutional or judicial record; Source: cited institutional or judicial record)
Sources
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