First Belsen Trial Rottenführer Wilhelm Dörr

Date Of Birth : 09/02/1921
Place Of Birth : Merenberg
Died : 13/12/1945
Comments :
Trial : First Belsen Trial
Trial Location : 30 Lindenstraße, Lüneburg 17 September - 17 November 1945
Trial Defendent Number : 27
   
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Brief History

Worked as a farmer on his father's farm.

15 December 1940 volunteered to join the German Army but was refused.

Volunteered to join the Waffen SS and was sent to Dresden in the Engineers for training.

Autumn 1941 fell ill and was admitted to hospital.

Transferred to Oranienburg.

January 1944 transferred to Dora - Mittelbau.

September 1944 transferred to Klein Bodungen.

05 April 1945 evacuation from Klein Bodungen with 610 prisoners.

11 April 1945 arrived Bergen-Belsen.

17 September 1945. Stands trial at the 'Trial of Josef Kramer and Forty Four others' at 30 Lindenstraße, Lüneburg. Charged with Count 1.

17 November 1945. Sentenced to death by hanging.

13 December 1945. Death sentence carried out at Hameln prison.

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