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Franz Romeikat
Franz Romeikat served as Auschwitz staff member connected with the clothing store and the plunder of victims’ property. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Auschwitz-Birkenau · 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
- Franz Romeikat was born on 7 October 1904 and served at Auschwitz from 3 February 1941 to October 1944, including in the clothing store and Standortverwaltung. (Source: Jagiellonian University — IURA, Supreme National Tribunal judgment 5/47, point 37 concerning Franz Romeikat; Source: Institute of National Remembrance, pp. 188–189 and notes 703–706; biographical profile of Franz Romeikat; Source: Hessisches Landesarchiv, HHStAW 461, 37638/8, Hauptakten vol. 7, fols. 987–1144; Romeikat testimony, fols. 1138–1144)
- The Supreme National Tribunal judgment found that he beat prisoners and participated in the organised plunder of property taken from gas-chamber victims. (Source: Jagiellonian University — IURA, Supreme National Tribunal judgment 5/47, point 37 concerning Franz Romeikat; Source: Institute of National Remembrance, pp. 188–189 and notes 703–706; biographical profile of Franz Romeikat; Source: Hessisches Landesarchiv, HHStAW 461, 37638/8, Hauptakten vol. 7, fols. 987–1144; Romeikat testimony, fols. 1138–1144)
- The tribunal sentenced him to fifteen years; he was released on 25 June 1956 and died in Frankfurt am Main on 12 August 1973. (Source: Jagiellonian University — IURA, Supreme National Tribunal judgment 5/47, point 37 concerning Franz Romeikat; Source: Institute of National Remembrance, pp. 188–189 and notes 703–706; biographical profile of Franz Romeikat; Source: Hessisches Landesarchiv, HHStAW 461, 37638/8, Hauptakten vol. 7, fols. 987–1144; Romeikat testimony, fols. 1138–1144)
Place in the chain of responsibility
Romeikat’s responsibility rests on specifically established acts of violence and participation in the plunder system, not merely on membership in the Auschwitz staff. (Source: Jagiellonian University — IURA, Supreme National Tribunal judgment 5/47, point 37 concerning Franz Romeikat; Source: Institute of National Remembrance, pp. 188–189 and notes 703–706; biographical profile of Franz Romeikat; Source: Hessisches Landesarchiv, HHStAW 461, 37638/8, Hauptakten vol. 7, fols. 987–1144; Romeikat testimony, fols. 1138–1144)
Key events and mechanisms
- 3 February 1941 – began service at Auschwitz (Source: Jagiellonian University — IURA, Supreme National Tribunal judgment 5/47, point 37 concerning Franz Romeikat; Source: Institute of National Remembrance, pp. 188–189 and notes 703–706; biographical profile of Franz Romeikat; Source: Hessisches Landesarchiv, HHStAW 461, 37638/8, Hauptakten vol. 7, fols. 987–1144; Romeikat testimony, fols. 1138–1144)
- 1941–1944 – clothing-store work and participation in property plunder (Source: Jagiellonian University — IURA, Supreme National Tribunal judgment 5/47, point 37 concerning Franz Romeikat; Source: Institute of National Remembrance, pp. 188–189 and notes 703–706; biographical profile of Franz Romeikat; Source: Hessisches Landesarchiv, HHStAW 461, 37638/8, Hauptakten vol. 7, fols. 987–1144; Romeikat testimony, fols. 1138–1144)
- 1947 – fifteen-year sentence by the Supreme National Tribunal (Source: Jagiellonian University — IURA, Supreme National Tribunal judgment 5/47, point 37 concerning Franz Romeikat; Source: Institute of National Remembrance, pp. 188–189 and notes 703–706; biographical profile of Franz Romeikat; Source: Hessisches Landesarchiv, HHStAW 461, 37638/8, Hauptakten vol. 7, fols. 987–1144; Romeikat testimony, fols. 1138–1144)
- 25 June 1956 – released from prison (Source: Jagiellonian University — IURA, Supreme National Tribunal judgment 5/47, point 37 concerning Franz Romeikat; Source: Institute of National Remembrance, pp. 188–189 and notes 703–706; biographical profile of Franz Romeikat; Source: Hessisches Landesarchiv, HHStAW 461, 37638/8, Hauptakten vol. 7, fols. 987–1144; Romeikat testimony, fols. 1138–1144)
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
The Supreme National Tribunal sentenced Romeikat to fifteen years’ imprisonment. He was released on 25 June 1956. (Source: Jagiellonian University — IURA, Supreme National Tribunal judgment 5/47, point 37 concerning Franz Romeikat; Source: Institute of National Remembrance, pp. 188–189 and notes 703–706; biographical profile of Franz Romeikat; Source: Hessisches Landesarchiv, HHStAW 461, 37638/8, Hauptakten vol. 7, fols. 987–1144; Romeikat testimony, fols. 1138–1144)
Limits of the evidence
The profile does not attribute all plunder at Auschwitz or the acts of other staff members to Romeikat; it follows finding 37 of the judgment and the IPN biography. (Source: Jagiellonian University — IURA, Supreme National Tribunal judgment 5/47, point 37 concerning Franz Romeikat; Source: Institute of National Remembrance, pp. 188–189 and notes 703–706; biographical profile of Franz Romeikat; Source: Hessisches Landesarchiv, HHStAW 461, 37638/8, Hauptakten vol. 7, fols. 987–1144; Romeikat testimony, fols. 1138–1144)
Sources
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