Theodor Dannecker

Theodor Dannecker
Dannecker in 1942
Born27 March 1913 (1913-03-27)
Died10 December 1945(1945-12-10) (aged 32)
Cause of deathSuicide[1]
SS service
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service / branch Schutzstaffel
Years of service1934–1945
RankSS-Hauptsturmführer

Theodor Dannecker (27 March 1913 – 10 December 1945) was a German SS-captain (Hauptsturmführer), a key aide to Adolf Eichmann in the deportation of Jews during World War II.

A trained lawyer Dannecker first served at the Reich Security Main Office in Berlin before being sent to France as specialist on Nazi anti-Jewish policies (Judenberater). Throughout the war Dannecker oversaw the implementation of the Final Solution sending Jewish men, women and children from France (1942), Bulgaria (1943), Italy (1944) and Hungary to Auschwitz concentration camp. Captured in 1945 by American soldiers, he committed suicide in prison.

  1. ^ "Dannecker, Theodor (1913–1945)" (in German). Gedenkorte Europa 1939–1945. Retrieved 19 September 2018.

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