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Johann Altfuldisch
Johann Altfuldisch served as protective-custody camp leader at Mauthausen. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Mauthausen in Austria annexed to the Reich 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
- Born on 11 November 1911, he served in the SS and acted as leader of the prisoner camp at Mauthausen. (Source: United States National Archives, Mauthausen case record, pp. 125–126, 154 and 163–164; Source: Mauthausen Memorial, account of the prosecution of perpetrators; Source: erinnern.at, Florian Freund study, p. 64, notes 102 and 104; Source: Mauthausen Memorial, Jahrbuch 2016, p. 26, table 1, Johann Altfuldisch row)
- The United States tribunal found him a participant in the camp’s common design, which encompassed killings, beatings, torture, starvation and other abuse. (Source: United States National Archives, Mauthausen case record, pp. 125–126, 154 and 163–164; Source: Mauthausen Memorial, account of the prosecution of perpetrators; Source: erinnern.at, Florian Freund study, p. 64, notes 102 and 104)
- He was sentenced to death in the Mauthausen main trial, and the sentence was carried out at Landsberg. (Source: United States National Archives, Mauthausen case record, pp. 125–126, 154 and 163–164; Source: Mauthausen Memorial, account of the prosecution of perpetrators; Source: erinnern.at, Florian Freund study, p. 64, notes 102 and 104)
Place in the chain of responsibility
His responsibility joins a camp leadership function with the judicial finding of participation in the common design; the profile does not automatically attribute every staff act to him. (Source: United States National Archives, Mauthausen case record, pp. 125–126, 154 and 163–164; Source: Mauthausen Memorial, account of the prosecution of perpetrators; Source: erinnern.at, Florian Freund study, p. 64, notes 102 and 104)
Key events and mechanisms
- The Mauthausen main trial opened on 29 March 1946. (Source: United States National Archives, Mauthausen case record, pp. 125–126, 154 and 163–164; Source: Mauthausen Memorial, account of the prosecution of perpetrators; Source: erinnern.at, Florian Freund study, p. 64, notes 102 and 104)
- The death sentence was imposed on 13 May 1946. (Source: United States National Archives, Mauthausen case record, pp. 125–126, 154 and 163–164; Source: Mauthausen Memorial, account of the prosecution of perpetrators; Source: erinnern.at, Florian Freund study, p. 64, notes 102 and 104)
- He was executed at Landsberg on 28 May 1947. (Source: United States National Archives, Mauthausen case record, pp. 125–126, 154 and 163–164; Source: Mauthausen Memorial, account of the prosecution of perpetrators; Source: erinnern.at, Florian Freund study, p. 64, notes 102 and 104)
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
A United States military tribunal at Dachau sentenced him to death in the Mauthausen main trial; the sentence was carried out on 28 May 1947. (Source: United States National Archives, Mauthausen case record, pp. 125–126, 154 and 163–164; Source: Mauthausen Memorial, account of the prosecution of perpetrators; Source: erinnern.at, Florian Freund study, p. 64, notes 102 and 104)
Limits of the evidence
No killing or beating committed by Mauthausen staff is attributed to him without a separate source, and no distinct victim total is assigned. No portrait was selected without verified rights. (Source: United States National Archives, Mauthausen case record, pp. 125–126, 154 and 163–164; Source: Mauthausen Memorial, account of the prosecution of perpetrators; Source: erinnern.at, Florian Freund study, p. 64, notes 102 and 104)
Sources
The source set combines institutional, archival, trial or scholarly material from at least two independent publishers.