About Erich Dinges
Lived 1911 – 2000. Erich Dinges was a German politician and schutzstaffel.
Erich Adam Oskar Dinges (20 November 1911 – 23 April 1953) was an SS-Sturmmann and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial. Dinges was born in Frankfurt am Main. He worked as a driving instructor. He joined the Nazi Party and the SS on 1 March 1932. From 30 May 1941 to November 1944 he was a chauffeur at Auschwitz.
Dinges was tried by the Supreme National Tribunal in Kraków and was sentenced to 5 years in prison on 22 December 1947. He was released from prison in 1952, after completing his sentence. Dinges died in 1953 under unknown circumstances.
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Who was Erich Dinges?
Holocaust perpetrator
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Erich Dinges was born on 20 November 1911 in Frankfurt.
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Erich Dinges died in 2000.
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Erich Dinges was a politician and schutzstaffel.
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Erich Dinges was German.
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