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Karl Höllenreiner

1914 – 1984

Survivor of the Nazis

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Lived 1914 – 1984 (aged 69–70). Karl Höllenreiner was a German.

Karl Höllenreiner (born 9 March 1914 in Fürth; died 1 September 1984) was a survivor of the Nazi genocide of the Sinti and Roma. He testified as a witness and victim of the seawater experiments at the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial. was arrested on 29 May 1944 and deported to the Auschwitz Gypsy camp. The camp was operational until August 1944. Höllenreiner was tattooed and registered there with the prisoner number Z 10062.

From there he was deported to Buchenwald concentration camp. In mid-July 1944, he was transferred to Dachau concentration camp, where he became an involuntary subject in Wilhelm Beiglböck's seawater experiments. Subsequently, he was deployed as a forced laborer in a subcamp of the Messerschmitt GmbH factory. Others of Karl's family suffered under the Nazis, including Herman Mano Höllenreiner, and Hugo Höllenreiner.

Höllenreiner gave the following account at trial:

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Who was Karl Höllenreiner?

Survivor of the Nazis

When was Karl Höllenreiner born?

Karl Höllenreiner was born on 6 March 1914 in Fürth.

When did Karl Höllenreiner die?

Karl Höllenreiner died in 1984.

What nationality was Karl Höllenreiner?

Karl Höllenreiner was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Karl Höllenreiner

· Wikidata: Q15822947

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