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Erich Wasicky
(born May 27, 1911 in Vienna – died May 28, 1947 at Landsberg Prison, Landsberg
am Lech, Allied-occupied Germany) was a pharmacist at the Mauthausen concentration camp
in charge of gassing victims.
Wasicky
was a physician. He joined the NSDAP and was a member of the SS. Between 1941
and 1944, he worked as a pharmacist at Mauthausen concentration camp. It was
his duty to select victims to die in the gas chamber. The exact number of his
victims is not known, but more than 3,100 died in neighboring Hartheim
concentration camp, which fell under Wasicky's jurisdiction. After the Nazis
started using the poison Cyclon B, Wasicky was put in charge of establishing
this process in both Mauthausen and Hartheim.
After
the end of World War II, Wasicky was charged with murder by a U.S. military
tribunal. On May 13, 1946, he was found guilty. On May 28, 1947, he was hanged
in Landsberg Prison.
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