He was a German SS non commissioned officer
and he served in Leichten burg, Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen Concentration camps before he
was posted to the notorious Auschwitz camp. Along with him there were thirty other prisoners
to carry out some special duties. He was a barrack in charge. He derived great
pleasure in killing prisoners. He also was found to beg corrupt and stole
belongings of the prisoners. The camp inmates placed lice having typhus into
his clothes. He did not die but his wife died. After death of his wife, he
started having illicit relations with women of camp among prisoners. These were
found out by authorities and he was found undesirablr and sentenced to death. However, this was not
carried out., And he was sent to Burgeon A Sub camp as punishment. He was
subsequently dismissed from SS and thrown out. It is learnt that he was killed
in occupied Czechoslovakia in the battle of Budapest in June 1944. He enjoyed
very bad reputation in the camps. He claimed that he executed 25000 prisoners.
Commandant Hoess wrote in his memoirs that he was very sly and worthless person
and wanted to rise to power over the dead bodies.He had a bad character indeed.
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