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Kurt Eccarius
Kurt Eccarius served as head of the Zellenbau at Sachsenhausen. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Sachsenhausen, Germany 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
- Kurt Eccarius: 1905-03-05–1984-10-09. (Source: Deutsche Biographie, cited passage; Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, cited passage; Source: Gedenkstättenforum, cited passage; Source: Bavarian State Archives, cited passage)
- As the long-serving head of the Zellenbau prison at Sachsenhausen, he helped run its system of violence and aided the murder of 14-year-old Heinrich Petz. (Source: Deutsche Biographie, cited passage; Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, cited passage; Source: Gedenkstättenforum, cited passage; Source: Bavarian State Archives, cited passage)
- In 1947 he was sentenced to life at forced labour, and on 1969-12-22 a West German court imposed a combined sentence of 8.5 years, deemed served after credit for his earlier sentence and pre-trial detention. (Source: Deutsche Biographie, cited passage; Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, cited passage; Source: Gedenkstättenforum, cited passage; Source: Bavarian State Archives, cited passage)
Place in the chain of responsibility
The profile separates the documented office and individual conduct from the wider crimes of the institution or subordinate formation. (Source: Deutsche Biographie, cited passage; Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, cited passage; Source: Gedenkstättenforum, cited passage; Source: Bavarian State Archives, cited passage)
Key events and mechanisms
- As the long-serving head of the Zellenbau prison at Sachsenhausen, he helped run its system of violence and aided the murder of 14-year-old Heinrich Petz. (Source: Deutsche Biographie, cited passage; Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, cited passage; Source: Gedenkstättenforum, cited passage; Source: Bavarian State Archives, cited passage)
- In 1947 he was sentenced to life at forced labour, and on 1969-12-22 a West German court imposed a combined sentence of 8.5 years, deemed served after credit for his earlier sentence and pre-trial detention. (Source: Deutsche Biographie, cited passage; Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, cited passage; Source: Gedenkstättenforum, cited passage; Source: Bavarian State Archives, cited passage)
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 he was sentenced to life at forced labour, and on 1969-12-22 a West German court imposed a combined sentence of 8.5 years, deemed served after credit for his earlier sentence and pre-trial detention. (Source: Deutsche Biographie, cited passage; Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, cited passage; Source: Gedenkstättenforum, cited passage; Source: Bavarian State Archives, cited passage)
Limits of the evidence
Only claims tied to the cited evidence are included. No individual victim total or additional order is attributed without separate proof. No portrait was selected because rights were not verified. (Source: Deutsche Biographie, cited passage; Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, cited passage; Source: Gedenkstättenforum, cited passage; Source: Bavarian State Archives, cited passage)
Sources
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