Johann Niemann
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Johann Niemann (4 August 1913 – 14 October 1943) was a German SS officer and Holocaust perpetrator who was deputy commandant of Sobibor extermination camp during Operation Reinhard. He also served as a Leichenverbrenner (corpse cremator) at Grafeneck, Brandenburg, and Bernburg during the Aktion T4, the SS "euthanasia" program. Niemann was killed during the Sobibor prisoner uprising in 1943.
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Born | (1913-08-04)4 August 1913 Völlen [de], Westoverledingen, German Empire |
Died | 14 October 1943(1943-10-14) (aged 30) Sobibor extermination camp, Lublin Voivodeship, German-occupied Poland |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Schutzstaffel |
Years of service | 1934–1943 |
Rank | SS-Untersturmführer |
Unit | SS-Totenkopfverbände |
Commands held | Sobibor extermination camp |
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