Otto Förschner
German SS officer and concentration camp commander, convicted war criminal (1902–1946) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Otto Förschner (4 November 1902 – 28 May 1946) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and a Nazi concentration camp commander. After serving with the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front, Förschner worked as a senior official at the Buchenwald concentration camp (1942–1943) and later served as the commandant of Mittelbau-Dora (1943–1945) and Kaufering (1945). Following the German defeat, he was convicted of war crimes by US occupation authorities at the Dachau trials and was hanged in May 1946.
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Otto Förschner | |
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Born | (1902-11-04)4 November 1902 |
Died | 28 May 1946(1946-05-28) (aged 43) |
Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
Known for | Nazi concentration camp official |
Criminal status | Executed |
Conviction(s) | War crimes |
Trial | Dachau camp trial |
Criminal penalty | Death |
Military career | |
Allegiance | Weimar Republic Nazi Germany |
Service/ | Reichsheer SS-Totenkopfverbände |
Rank | Sturmbannführer |
Commands held | Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp Kaufering concentration camp |
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