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Ludwig Plagge

The Supreme National Tribunal sentenced him to death in 1947; the sentence was carried out in Kraków on 1948-01-24. 1910–1948

Ludwig Plagge served as Blockführer and camp-section head. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Auschwitz, 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.

Concentration campsCamp terrorAuschwitzGenocide of Roma and Sinti

Confirmed findings

Ludwig Plagge: 1910-01-13–1948-01-24. (Source: Institute of National Remembrance, cited passage; Source: Pilecki Institute, Chronicles of Terror, cited passage; Source: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, cited passage)
As a Blockführer at Auschwitz, Ludwig Plagge beat prisoners and used other forms of violence; he also headed the Romani camp section, while testimony and the indictment linked him to selections and killings. (Source: Institute of National Remembrance, cited passage; Source: Pilecki Institute, Chronicles of Terror, cited passage; Source: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, cited passage)
The Supreme National Tribunal sentenced him to death in 1947; the sentence was carried out in Kraków on 1948-01-24. (Source: Institute of National Remembrance, cited passage; Source: Pilecki Institute, Chronicles of Terror, cited passage; Source: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 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: Institute of National Remembrance, cited passage; Source: Pilecki Institute, Chronicles of Terror, cited passage; Source: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, cited passage)

Key events and mechanisms

As a Blockführer at Auschwitz, Ludwig Plagge beat prisoners and used other forms of violence; he also headed the Romani camp section, while testimony and the indictment linked him to selections and killings. (Source: Institute of National Remembrance, cited passage; Source: Pilecki Institute, Chronicles of Terror, cited passage; Source: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, cited passage)
The Supreme National Tribunal sentenced him to death in 1947; the sentence was carried out in Kraków on 1948-01-24. (Source: Institute of National Remembrance, cited passage; Source: Pilecki Institute, Chronicles of Terror, cited passage; Source: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, cited passage)

No victim-count ranking

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 him to death in 1947; the sentence was carried out in Kraków on 1948-01-24. (Source: Institute of National Remembrance, cited passage; Source: Pilecki Institute, Chronicles of Terror, cited passage; Source: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 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: Institute of National Remembrance, cited passage; Source: Pilecki Institute, Chronicles of Terror, cited passage; Source: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, cited passage)

Sources

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