Nazi Members
Blonde German housewife Erna Petri was returning home after a
shopping trip in town when something caught her eye: six small, nearly naked
boys huddled in terror by the side of the country road. Married to a senior SS
officer, the 23-year-old knew instantly who they were. They must be the Jews
she’d heard about — the ones who’d escaped from a train taking them to an
extermination camp.
But she was a mother herself, with two children of her own.
So she humanely took the starving, whimpering youngsters home, calmed them down and
gave them food to eat. Then she led the six of them — the youngest aged six, the oldest 12 —
into the woods, lined them up on the edge of a pit and shot them methodically
one by one with a pistol in the back of the neck. This schizophrenic combination
of warm-hearted mother one minute and cold-blooded killer the next is an enigma
and one that — now revealed in a new book based on years of trawling through remote
archives puts a crueler than ever spin on the Third Reich.
She marched into a building being used as a makeshift hospital
and through the children’s ward, eyeing each bed-ridden child. Then she stopped,
picked one up, took it to the balcony and threw the child to the pavement three
floors below. She did the same with other children. Some died, and even those
who survived were seriously injured.
Her specialty or, as one survivor put it, her ‘nasty habit’ was
killing children. One observer noted that Altvater often lured children with
sweets. When they came to her and opened their mouths, she shot them in the
mouth with the small pistol that she kept at her side. The new book involves
information from archives which revealed some women were as guilty as the men.
The new book involves information from archives which revealed some women were
as guilty as the men. On another occasion, she beckoned a toddler over, then
grabbed him tightly by the legs and slammed his head against a wall as if she
were banging the dust out of a mat. She threw the lifeless child at the feet of
his father, who later testified: ‘Such sadism from a woman I have never seen.
I will never forget this.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2432620/Hitlers-Furies-The-Nazi-women-bit-evil-men.html
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shopping trip in town when something caught her eye: six small, nearly naked
boys huddled in terror by the side of the country road. Married to a senior SS
officer, the 23-year-old knew instantly who they were. They must be the Jews
she’d heard about — the ones who’d escaped from a train taking them to an
extermination camp.
But she was a mother herself, with two children of her own.
So she humanely took the starving, whimpering youngsters home, calmed them down and
gave them food to eat. Then she led the six of them — the youngest aged six, the oldest 12 —
into the woods, lined them up on the edge of a pit and shot them methodically
one by one with a pistol in the back of the neck. This schizophrenic combination
of warm-hearted mother one minute and cold-blooded killer the next is an enigma
and one that — now revealed in a new book based on years of trawling through remote
archives puts a crueler than ever spin on the Third Reich.
She marched into a building being used as a makeshift hospital
and through the children’s ward, eyeing each bed-ridden child. Then she stopped,
picked one up, took it to the balcony and threw the child to the pavement three
floors below. She did the same with other children. Some died, and even those
who survived were seriously injured.
Her specialty or, as one survivor put it, her ‘nasty habit’ was
killing children. One observer noted that Altvater often lured children with
sweets. When they came to her and opened their mouths, she shot them in the
mouth with the small pistol that she kept at her side. The new book involves
information from archives which revealed some women were as guilty as the men.
The new book involves information from archives which revealed some women were
as guilty as the men. On another occasion, she beckoned a toddler over, then
grabbed him tightly by the legs and slammed his head against a wall as if she
were banging the dust out of a mat. She threw the lifeless child at the feet of
his father, who later testified: ‘Such sadism from a woman I have never seen.
I will never forget this.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2432620/Hitlers-Furies-The-Nazi-women-bit-evil-men.html
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Ilse Koch was known as the “Witch of Buchenwald” because of her sadistic
cruelty towards prisoners, Ilse Koch was married to another wicked Nazi SS, Karl
Otto Koch, but outshone him in the depraved, inhumane, disregard for life which
was her trademark. She used her sexual prowess by wandering around the camps
naked, with a whip, and if any man so much as glanced at her she would have them
shot on the spot. The most infamous accusation against Ilse Koch was that she
had selected inmates with interesting tattoos to be killed, so that their skins
could be made into lampshades for her home (though, unfortunately, no evidence
of these lampshades has been found). After the war she was arrested and spent
time in prison on different charges, eventually hanging herself in her cell in
1967, apparently consumed by guilt.
http://listverse.com/2010/08/22/top-15-most-evil-nazis/.
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Franz Stangl was born in Austria, Stangl was a commandant of the Sobibor and
Treblinka extermination camps. In 1940, through a direct order from Heinrich
Himmler, Stangl became superintendent of the T-4 Euthanasia Program at the
Euthanasia Institute at Schloss Hartheim where mentally and physically disabled
people were sent to be killed. Stangl accepted, and grew accustomed to the
killing of Jews, perceiving prisoners not as humans but merely as “cargo”. He is
quoted as saying, “I remember standing there, next to the pits full of
black-blue corpses…. somebody said ‘What shall we do with rotting garbage?’
that started me thinking of them as cargo. Stangl escaped Germany after the war
and was eventually arrested in Brazil, in 1967. He was tried for the deaths of
around 900,000 people. He admitted to these killings, but argued: “My
conscience is clear. I was simply doing my duty”. He died of heart failure in
1971, while serving a life sentence.
http://listverse.com/2010/08/22/top-15-most-evil-nazis/.
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Treblinka extermination camps. In 1940, through a direct order from Heinrich
Himmler, Stangl became superintendent of the T-4 Euthanasia Program at the
Euthanasia Institute at Schloss Hartheim where mentally and physically disabled
people were sent to be killed. Stangl accepted, and grew accustomed to the
killing of Jews, perceiving prisoners not as humans but merely as “cargo”. He is
quoted as saying, “I remember standing there, next to the pits full of
black-blue corpses…. somebody said ‘What shall we do with rotting garbage?’
that started me thinking of them as cargo. Stangl escaped Germany after the war
and was eventually arrested in Brazil, in 1967. He was tried for the deaths of
around 900,000 people. He admitted to these killings, but argued: “My
conscience is clear. I was simply doing my duty”. He died of heart failure in
1971, while serving a life sentence.
http://listverse.com/2010/08/22/top-15-most-evil-nazis/.
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Josef Kramer was the Commandant of the Bergen-Belsen concentration
camp. Dubbed “The Beast of Belsen” by camp inmates; he was a notorious Nazi war
criminal, directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. Kramer
adopted his own draconian policies at Auschwitz and Belsen and, along with Irma
Grese; he terrorized his prisoners without remorse. After the war he was
convicted of war crimes and hanged in Hameln prison by noted British executioner
Albert Pierrepoint. Whilst on trial he stated his lack of feelings as he was “just following orders”.
http://listverse.com/2010/08/22/top-15-most-evil-nazis/.
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camp. Dubbed “The Beast of Belsen” by camp inmates; he was a notorious Nazi war
criminal, directly responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. Kramer
adopted his own draconian policies at Auschwitz and Belsen and, along with Irma
Grese; he terrorized his prisoners without remorse. After the war he was
convicted of war crimes and hanged in Hameln prison by noted British executioner
Albert Pierrepoint. Whilst on trial he stated his lack of feelings as he was “just following orders”.
http://listverse.com/2010/08/22/top-15-most-evil-nazis/.
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WW1 veteran Dr. Oskar Dirlewanger led the infamous SS
Dirlewanger Brigade, a penal battalion comprised of the sickest most vicious
criminals in the Riech. Dirlwanger raped two 13 year old girls on separate
occasions in the 1930s, and lost his Dr. Title after being imprisoned, only to
have it reinstated after his bravery fighting in the Spanish Civil War. He
volunteered for the SS at the start of WW2, and was given his own battalion due
to his excellent soldiery, Dirlewanger’s unit was employed in operations
against partisans in the occupied Soviet Union, but he and his soldiers are
widely believed to have tortured, raped and murdered civilians (including
children) and he allegedly fed female hostages strychnine in order to entertain
his soldiers whilst they died in agony. Dirlewanger was captured by the French
in a hospital after being injured at the front as he had always led his
soldiers into battle. The French handed him over to the Polish, who locked him
up and beat and tortured him over the next few days. He died from injuries
inflicted by the Polish guards around June 5, 1945.
http://listverse.com/2010/08/22/top-15-most-evil-nazis/.
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Dirlewanger Brigade, a penal battalion comprised of the sickest most vicious
criminals in the Riech. Dirlwanger raped two 13 year old girls on separate
occasions in the 1930s, and lost his Dr. Title after being imprisoned, only to
have it reinstated after his bravery fighting in the Spanish Civil War. He
volunteered for the SS at the start of WW2, and was given his own battalion due
to his excellent soldiery, Dirlewanger’s unit was employed in operations
against partisans in the occupied Soviet Union, but he and his soldiers are
widely believed to have tortured, raped and murdered civilians (including
children) and he allegedly fed female hostages strychnine in order to entertain
his soldiers whilst they died in agony. Dirlewanger was captured by the French
in a hospital after being injured at the front as he had always led his
soldiers into battle. The French handed him over to the Polish, who locked him
up and beat and tortured him over the next few days. He died from injuries
inflicted by the Polish guards around June 5, 1945.
http://listverse.com/2010/08/22/top-15-most-evil-nazis/.
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Friedrich Jeckeln led one of the largest collections of Einsatzgruppen,
and was personally responsible for ordering the deaths of over 100,000 Jews,
Slavs, Roma, and other “undesirables” of the Third Reich, in the occupied Soviet
Union during World War II. Jeckeln developed his own methods to kill large
numbers of people, which became known as the “Jeckeln System” during the
Rumbula, Babi Yar, and Kamianets-Podilskyi Massacres. After the war he was tried
and hanged by the Russian’s in Riga on February 3, 1946.
http://listverse.com/2010/08/22/top-15-most-evil-nazis/.
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and was personally responsible for ordering the deaths of over 100,000 Jews,
Slavs, Roma, and other “undesirables” of the Third Reich, in the occupied Soviet
Union during World War II. Jeckeln developed his own methods to kill large
numbers of people, which became known as the “Jeckeln System” during the
Rumbula, Babi Yar, and Kamianets-Podilskyi Massacres. After the war he was tried
and hanged by the Russian’s in Riga on February 3, 1946.
http://listverse.com/2010/08/22/top-15-most-evil-nazis/.
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Adolf Eichmann was an SS officer who
played a significant role in organising the Final Solution. Born to Lutheran
parents in western Germany, Eichmann’s family moved to Austria, where he was
educated. He joined the Austrian SS and, in 1934, was accepted into the
Sicherheitsdienst . After the outbreak of war Eichmann was assigned
to an SS department responsible for overseeing Jewish transportation and
resettlement. Sometime in late 1941 he became aware of the plan to liquidate the
entire Jewish population of Europe. Eichmann attended the Wannsee conference in
1942, essentially to gather and record information. For the rest of the war he
worked diligently and devotedly on Jewish deportations. Though a wanted man,
Eichmann managed to escape to South America where he changed his name and lived
in hiding. In 1960 he was followed and detained by Mossad
agents, who smuggled him to Israel. He was charged with war crimes and
executed in 1962, still largely unrepentant about his role in the Holocaust.
http://alphahistory.com/holocaust/whos-who-in-the-holocaust/
played a significant role in organising the Final Solution. Born to Lutheran
parents in western Germany, Eichmann’s family moved to Austria, where he was
educated. He joined the Austrian SS and, in 1934, was accepted into the
Sicherheitsdienst . After the outbreak of war Eichmann was assigned
to an SS department responsible for overseeing Jewish transportation and
resettlement. Sometime in late 1941 he became aware of the plan to liquidate the
entire Jewish population of Europe. Eichmann attended the Wannsee conference in
1942, essentially to gather and record information. For the rest of the war he
worked diligently and devotedly on Jewish deportations. Though a wanted man,
Eichmann managed to escape to South America where he changed his name and lived
in hiding. In 1960 he was followed and detained by Mossad
agents, who smuggled him to Israel. He was charged with war crimes and
executed in 1962, still largely unrepentant about his role in the Holocaust.
http://alphahistory.com/holocaust/whos-who-in-the-holocaust/
Joseph Goebbels was Nazi Germany’s
propaganda minister, one of Hitler’s inner circle and – for 24 hours – his
successor as fuhrer. Goebbels was born in industrial Ruhr region of
Germany, his dreams of military service thwarted by a deformed leg. Instead, the
young Goebbels attended university and graduated with a doctorate in literature.
He joined the NSDAP in late 1924 and within months was editor of a party
newspaper. In 1926 Goebbels became Gauleiter for Berlin,
where he launched his own newspaper, Der Angriff In its
pages Goebbels launched scurrilous and unrelenting attacks on the city’s leading
Jews, contributing to its growing anti Semitism. Like Hitler a prolific
speechmaker, Goebbels oratory was also laced with anti Jewish rumors,
conspiracies and threats. Perhaps his most significant anti-Semitic action was
to deliver the November 1938 speech that triggered Kristallnacht, or
the "Night of the Long Knives".
http://alphahistory.com/holocaust/whos-who-in-the-holocaust/
propaganda minister, one of Hitler’s inner circle and – for 24 hours – his
successor as fuhrer. Goebbels was born in industrial Ruhr region of
Germany, his dreams of military service thwarted by a deformed leg. Instead, the
young Goebbels attended university and graduated with a doctorate in literature.
He joined the NSDAP in late 1924 and within months was editor of a party
newspaper. In 1926 Goebbels became Gauleiter for Berlin,
where he launched his own newspaper, Der Angriff In its
pages Goebbels launched scurrilous and unrelenting attacks on the city’s leading
Jews, contributing to its growing anti Semitism. Like Hitler a prolific
speechmaker, Goebbels oratory was also laced with anti Jewish rumors,
conspiracies and threats. Perhaps his most significant anti-Semitic action was
to deliver the November 1938 speech that triggered Kristallnacht, or
the "Night of the Long Knives".
http://alphahistory.com/holocaust/whos-who-in-the-holocaust/
Hermann Goering was the second most
influential figure in the Nazi Party and Hitler’s nominal successor. Goering was
born into an affluent Bavarian family and followed his father into the military.
During World War I the young Goering made his name as a successful, though
somewhat arrogant fighter pilot. Goering joined the Nazi Party in 1922 and
briefly served as leader of the Sturmabteilung. He was shot in the
groin during Hitler’s failed putsch in Munich in late 1923. By the late 1920s
Goering was a member of the Reichstag; in 1933 he was appointed to Hitler’s
cabinet; the following year he organized and formed the Gestapo state
security police. As Hitler’s second in command, Goering was responsible for
overseeing many important policies, including economic programs and military
expansion. Goering was also an embittered anti-Semite who frequently fumed about
Jews and the need to eradicate them from German life. In July 1941 he issued
Reinhard Heydrich with the order to initiate a "Final Solution to the Jewish
Question". Goering committed suicide in Nuremberg in 1946
http://alphahistory.com/holocaust/whos-who-in-the-holocaust/
influential figure in the Nazi Party and Hitler’s nominal successor. Goering was
born into an affluent Bavarian family and followed his father into the military.
During World War I the young Goering made his name as a successful, though
somewhat arrogant fighter pilot. Goering joined the Nazi Party in 1922 and
briefly served as leader of the Sturmabteilung. He was shot in the
groin during Hitler’s failed putsch in Munich in late 1923. By the late 1920s
Goering was a member of the Reichstag; in 1933 he was appointed to Hitler’s
cabinet; the following year he organized and formed the Gestapo state
security police. As Hitler’s second in command, Goering was responsible for
overseeing many important policies, including economic programs and military
expansion. Goering was also an embittered anti-Semite who frequently fumed about
Jews and the need to eradicate them from German life. In July 1941 he issued
Reinhard Heydrich with the order to initiate a "Final Solution to the Jewish
Question". Goering committed suicide in Nuremberg in 1946
http://alphahistory.com/holocaust/whos-who-in-the-holocaust/
Heinrich Himmler was Reichsfuhrer
of the SS and the highest ranking Nazi leader after Hitler and Hermann Goering.
Born in Munich to a family of devout Catholics, Himmler was a sickly and
physically weak child but a good student. As a teenager he attempted to enter
the army but was rejected, so he turned instead to paramilitary groups. In 1922
Himmler joined an anti-Semitic political group; the following year he took up
membership of the Nazi Party and participated in its disastrous putsch
attempt in Munich. He was given command of the SS and was a racial fanatic: he viewed the expurgation of
undesirable races as a difficult but necessary task and constantly reminded
the SS men under his command of this. Himmler’s obsession with racial cleansing
and his command of the SS indict him as the Nazi leader with the greatest
individual responsibility for the killing of six million Jews.
http://alphahistory.com/holocaust/whos-who-in-the-holocaust/
of the SS and the highest ranking Nazi leader after Hitler and Hermann Goering.
Born in Munich to a family of devout Catholics, Himmler was a sickly and
physically weak child but a good student. As a teenager he attempted to enter
the army but was rejected, so he turned instead to paramilitary groups. In 1922
Himmler joined an anti-Semitic political group; the following year he took up
membership of the Nazi Party and participated in its disastrous putsch
attempt in Munich. He was given command of the SS and was a racial fanatic: he viewed the expurgation of
undesirable races as a difficult but necessary task and constantly reminded
the SS men under his command of this. Himmler’s obsession with racial cleansing
and his command of the SS indict him as the Nazi leader with the greatest
individual responsibility for the killing of six million Jews.
http://alphahistory.com/holocaust/whos-who-in-the-holocaust/
Rudolf Hess was Deputy Fuhrer and considered to be the third
man in Hitler's Germany after Goring. Hess was a somewhat neurotic member
of Hitler's inner circle best known for his surprise flight to Scotland
on May 10, 1941where intended to negotiate peace with the British,
but he got captured and got sentenced to prison for a long time.
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/biographies/apr-hess-cal.htm
man in Hitler's Germany after Goring. Hess was a somewhat neurotic member
of Hitler's inner circle best known for his surprise flight to Scotland
on May 10, 1941where intended to negotiate peace with the British,
but he got captured and got sentenced to prison for a long time.
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/biographies/apr-hess-cal.htm