Martin Gottfried Weiss

Martin Gottfried Weiss
Born(1905-06-03)3 June 1905
Died29 May 1946(1946-05-29) (aged 40)
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Political partyNazi Party
Criminal statusExecuted
Conviction(s)War crimes
TrialDachau camp trial
Criminal penaltyDeath
Military career
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service / branch Schutzstaffel
Years of service1932–1945
Rank SS-Obersturmbannführer

Martin Gottfried Weiss, alternatively spelled Weiß (3 June 1905 – 29 May 1946), but best known as The Demon of Dachau was the commandant of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945 at the time of his arrest. He also served from April 1940 until September 1942 as the commandant of Neuengamme concentration camp,[1] and later, from November 1943 until May 1944, as the fourth commandant of Majdanek concentration camp.[2] He was executed for war crimes.

  1. ^ Zámečník, Stanislav (2002), Das war Dachau, Luxemburg: Comité International de Dachau, pp. 254–255
  2. ^ Chris Webb, Carmelo Lisciotto (2007). "Majdanek Concentration Camp (a.k.a. KL Lublin)". H.E.A.R.T, Holocaust Research Project.org. Retrieved 11 August 2013.

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