70 years ago on
this date, October 8, 1946, the Hangman of Majdanek, Anton Thumann, was
executed by hanging at Hamelin Prison.
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Anton Thumann after capture
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Anton Thumann
(31 October 1912 — 8 October 1946) was a Nazi German SS-Obersturmführer
and a Schutzhaftlagerführer in various concentration camps during World
War II. After the war, Thumann was arrested by British occupation forces and
charged with crimes against humanity. At the Neuengamme Trial in 1946 he was
found to be guilty, sentenced to death and executed by hanging at Hamelin
Prison.
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