70
years ago on this date, 29 May 1946, a Nazi War Criminal, Martin Gottfried
Weiss, was executed by hanging.
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| SS-Obersturmbannführer Weiss in custody |
SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) Martin Gottfried Weiss alternatively spelled Weiß (3 June 1905 – 29 May 1946) was the Commandant of Dachau
concentration camp in 1945 at the time of his arrest. He also served as the
commandant of Neuengamme concentration camp from April 1940 until September
1942, and the Majdanek death camp's fourth commandant from November 1943 until
May 1944.
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