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Oskar Gröning
Oskar Gröning served as prisoner-money clerk and armed ramp guard. 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.
Confirmed findings
- Oskar Gröning: 1921-06-10–2018-03-09. (Source: Federal Court of Justice of Germany, cited passage; Source: Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, cited passage; Source: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library, Lower Saxon Biography, cited passage; Source: Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice, cited passage)
- From 1942-09, Oskar Gröning served in the prisoner-money administration at Auschwitz. During the Hungarian action, on at least 3 days he guarded deportees’ luggage at the ramp to preserve their unsuspecting state and form part of the armed threat; he also sorted, recorded and transferred confiscated money to Berlin. (Source: Federal Court of Justice of Germany, cited passage; Source: Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, cited passage; Source: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library, Lower Saxon Biography, cited passage; Source: Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice, cited passage)
- On 2015-07-15 he was sentenced to 4 years’ imprisonment for aiding murder in 300000 cases. His appeal was dismissed on 2016-09-20, and his complaint against postponement being denied on 2017-12-21; he died in hospital on 2018-03-09 before imprisonment began. (Source: Federal Court of Justice of Germany, cited passage; Source: Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, cited passage; Source: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library, Lower Saxon Biography, cited passage; Source: Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice, 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: Federal Court of Justice of Germany, cited passage; Source: Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, cited passage; Source: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library, Lower Saxon Biography, cited passage; Source: Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice, cited passage)
Key events and mechanisms
- From 1942-09, Oskar Gröning served in the prisoner-money administration at Auschwitz. During the Hungarian action, on at least 3 days he guarded deportees’ luggage at the ramp to preserve their unsuspecting state and form part of the armed threat; he also sorted, recorded and transferred confiscated money to Berlin. (Source: Federal Court of Justice of Germany, cited passage; Source: Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, cited passage; Source: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library, Lower Saxon Biography, cited passage; Source: Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice, cited passage)
- On 2015-07-15 he was sentenced to 4 years’ imprisonment for aiding murder in 300000 cases. His appeal was dismissed on 2016-09-20, and his complaint against postponement being denied on 2017-12-21; he died in hospital on 2018-03-09 before imprisonment began. (Source: Federal Court of Justice of Germany, cited passage; Source: Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, cited passage; Source: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library, Lower Saxon Biography, cited passage; Source: Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice, 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
On 2015-07-15 he was sentenced to 4 years’ imprisonment for aiding murder in 300000 cases. His appeal was dismissed on 2016-09-20, and his complaint against postponement being denied on 2017-12-21; he died in hospital on 2018-03-09 before imprisonment began. (Source: Federal Court of Justice of Germany, cited passage; Source: Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, cited passage; Source: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library, Lower Saxon Biography, cited passage; Source: Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice, 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: Federal Court of Justice of Germany, cited passage; Source: Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, cited passage; Source: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library, Lower Saxon Biography, cited passage; Source: Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice, cited passage)
Sources
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