Gustav Wagner - Wikipedia
WEBGustav Franz Wagner (18 July 1911 – 3 October 1980) was an Austrian member of the SS with the rank of Staff sergeant (Oberscharführer). [2] [3] Wagner was a deputy commander of Sobibor extermination camp in German-occupied Poland , where 200,000-250,000 Jews were murdered in the camp's gas chambers during Operation Reinhard .
The Goldsmith and the Nazi – DW – 01/15/2024
WEBJan 15, 2024 · Gustav Wagner, known as the "Beast of Sobibor", was an ardent National Socialist. He was feared for his sadism and unpredictability. Some 250,000 people were murdered in Sobibor. Very...
List of Sobibor extermination camp personnel - Wikipedia
WEBGustav Wagner: SS-Oberscharführer: Staff sergeant, deputy commandant (Quartermaster, sergeant major of the camp) Johann Niemann: SS-Untersturmführer: Second lieutenant, deputy commandant, killed in the revolt Karl Frenzel: SS-Oberscharführer: Staff sergeant, commandant of Camp I …
Images of Sobibor from deputy camp commandant Johann …
WEBImages of Sobibor from deputy camp commandant Johann Niemann's album | Holocaust Encyclopedia. Tags. Sobibor killing centers albums. In 2020, the Holocaust Museum acquired more than 50 previously unknown images from Sobibor that had been the property of camp deputy commandant Johann Niemann.
Opinion | The Tracking And Freeing Of a Nazis Killer
WEBAug 19, 1979 · Gustav Franz Wagner was the deputy commandant of the Sobibor extermination camp in eastern Poland. It was not a conventional concentration camp, because there was no work for those who...
Sobibor trial - Wikipedia
WEBWest German investigation. The trial. Proceedings. Verdicts. Soviet Union trials of the 1960s. See also. References. Sobibor trial. The Sobibor trial was a 1965–66 judicial trial in the West German prosecution of SS officers who had worked at Sobibor extermination camp; it was held in Hagen.
Sobibor Uprising | Holocaust Encyclopedia
WEBIn this clip, Chaim refers to [Gustav] Wagner, Sobibor's deputy commandant. Item View. Chaim Engel describes his role in the Sobibor uprising. In 1939, as Chaim's tour in the Polish army was nearing its scheduled end, Germany invaded Poland. The Germans captured Chaim and sent him to Germany for forced labor.
Sobibor - ID Cards/Oral Histories | Holocaust Encyclopedia
WEBIn the 1943 Sobibor uprising, Chaim killed a guard. He escaped with his girlfriend, Selma, whom he later married. A farmer hid them until liberation in June 1944. In this clip, Chaim refers to [Gustav] Wagner, Sobibor's deputy commandant. Item View
Gustav Wagner: The “Beast of Sobibor” and his extradition by the ...
WEBJan 1, 2015 · Gustav W agner, a deputy commandant in Sobibor, committed terrible crimes against humanity. His His violent and brutal nature gave him the nickname of “the beast of Sobibor.”
Sobibor Death Camp : History, Biographies, Remembrance
WEBApr 25, 2017 · Columbia University Press, Apr 25, 2017 - History - 402 pages. The Sobibor Death Camp was the second extermination camp built by the Nazis as part of the secretive Operation Reinhardt—with intent...
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