Fritz Buntrock

Fritz Buntrock (8 March 1909 – 24 January 1948) was a Nazi German war criminal and SS-Unterscharführer (the SS equivalent to a corporal) serving at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust in occupied Poland. He was prosecuted at the first Auschwitz trial.^[1]

Fritz Buntrock
Born	March 8, 1909 Osnabrück, German Empire
Died	January 24, 1948 (aged 38) Montelupich Prison, Kraków, Polish People's Republic
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Occupation	SS-Unterscharfuehrer
Political party	National Socialist German Workers' Party
Criminal status	Executed
Motive	Nazism
Conviction	Crimes against humanity
Trial	Auschwitz trial
Criminal penalty	Death

Due to his brutal treatment of prisoners he was nicknamed "Bulldog" in the camp. Buntrock supervised the gas chambers.^[2] Buntrock was tried by the Supreme National Tribunal in Kraków and sentenced to death. He was hanged in Montelupich Prison on 24 January 1948.