Studied medicine and completed his military service in Romania, finishing his studies in Budapest after The Great War. Lived as a doctor in Siebenbürgen, becoming a member of the NSDAP. 26 May 1943 joined the Waffen-SS and was posted to Yugoslavia. 15 December 1943 arrived in Auschwitz, where he at first served as a camp doctor in the women’s camp in Birkenau. Subsequently he worked as a camp doctor in the Gypsy camp. End January 1945, with the evacuation of Auschwitz, he was transferred to Bergen-Belsen. 10 February - Mid March transferred to KL Neuengamme. Mid March 1945 transferred to Bergen-Belsen. Arrested by the British 17 April 1945 Contracted Typhus and treated in a German Military hospital in Gifhorn 17 September 1945. Stands trial at the 'Trial of Josef Kramer and Forty Four others' at 30 Lindenstraße, Lüneburg. Charged with Count 1> and Count 2 17 November 1945. Sentenced to death by hanging. 13 December 1945. Death sentence carried out at Hameln prison. Can you help? Please contact me with any information you may have. |