Egon Zill

Egon Gustav Adolf Zill (28 March 1906 in Plauen – 23 October 1974 in Munich) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) Sturmbannführer and concentration camp commandant.

Zill was born in Plauen. The son of a brewer from Plauen, Zill's father was severely injured in the First World War, and as such Zill was apprenticed to a baker at an early age in order to bring in much needed money to the family. As a 17-year-old, Zill enlisted in both the Nazi Party and the Sturmabteilung (SA), switching to the SS as soon as it came to his hometown (in fact, Zill was the 535 member of the SS nationally). He moved between camps, seeing service at Dachau, Ravensbrück and Hinzert in various capacities. Zill was replaced in April 1943 by Max Koegel after being judged ineffective as a commandant. The move followed letters of complaint to Fritz Sauckel from the villagers about the high standards of living enjoyed by camp guards and their wives in contrast to the impoverished standards in the village, as well as a culture of corruption amongst the guards. He was transferred to the Eastern Front in 1943. In 1953, Zill was arrested by West German authorities. In 1955, he was found guilty of two counts of incitement to murder by a Munich court and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Following his release, Zill settled in Dachau. He died in 1974.