On
this date, January 28, 1948, 19 Nazi War criminals who were tried in the Auschwitz Trial, were all executed by hanging at
Montelupich Prison,
Kraków. One of them was Josef Kollmer. I will post information about him from
Wikipedia.
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| Josef Kollmer |
Josef Kollmer
(February 26, 1901 – January 28, 1948) was an SS-Obersturmführer at
Auschwitz. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial.
Born
in Händlern, Bavaria, Kollmer was a farmer by trade. He became a member of the
SS on January 1, 1935 after having previously spent several years in the German
police force. He joined the Nazi party in May 1937. In October 1941 he was
drafted into the Waffen-SS and was assigned to Auschwitz, where he commanded
various guard companies until October 1943. He then temporarily transferred to
Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp, but returned to Auschwitz in May 1944.
Initially he commanded the guard company at Auschwitz main camp, then later the
one at Monowitz concentration camp from August to October 1944. During his time
at Auschwitz, Kollmer participated in the extermination of Jews in the Birkenau
gas chambers, and carried out executions against the shooting wall between
blocks 10 and 11 and at the Buna factory.
Kollmer
was tried by the Supreme National Tribunal at the Auschwitz Trial in Kraków and
was sentenced to death. His sentence was carried out by hanging in Montelupich
Prison, Kraków.
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