About Karl Jeschke
Lived 1890 – 2000. Karl Jeschke was a politician, military personnel and schutzstaffel.
Karl Hermann Jeschke (born August 17, 1890, date of death unknown) was an SS-Oberscharführer and member of staff at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was prosecuted at the Auschwitz Trial.
Jeschke was born in Hohenliebenthal. He joined the Nazi Party in 1933. He served in the Wehrmacht fighting on the front until 1944. In July 1944 he was drafted into the Waffen-SS and sent to Auschwitz, where he worked as a guard. In mid-September 1944 he was transferred to the Charlottengrube subcamp.
After World War II, Jeschke was tried by the Supreme National Tribunal in Kraków. He received a three-year prison sentence. His subsequent whereabouts are unknown.
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Who was Karl Jeschke?
SS officer at Auschwitz
When was Karl Jeschke born?
Karl Jeschke was born on 17 August 1890 in Hohenliebenthal.
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Karl Jeschke died in 2000.
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Karl Jeschke was a politician, military personnel and schutzstaffel.
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