Fritz Buntrock
Holocaust perpetrator
About Fritz Buntrock
Lived 1909 – 1948 (aged 38). Fritz Buntrock was a German concentration camp guard.
Fritz Buntrock (8 March 1909 – 24 January 1948) was a Nazi German war criminal and SS-Unterscharführer (the SS equivalent to a corporal) serving at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust in occupied Poland. He was prosecuted at the first Auschwitz trial.
Due to his brutal treatment of prisoners he was nicknamed "Bulldog" in the camp. Buntrock supervised the gas chambers. Buntrock was tried by the Supreme National Tribunal in Kraków and sentenced to death. He was hanged in Montelupich Prison on 24 January 1948.
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Who was Fritz Buntrock?
Holocaust perpetrator (1909-1948)
When was Fritz Buntrock born?
Fritz Buntrock was born on 8 March 1909 in Osnabrück.
When did Fritz Buntrock die?
Fritz Buntrock died on 24 January 1948 in Kraków.
What was Fritz Buntrock's occupation?
Fritz Buntrock was a concentration camp guard.
What nationality was Fritz Buntrock?
Fritz Buntrock was German.
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