About Max Pauly
Lived 1907 – 1946 (aged 39). Max Pauly was a merchant.
Max Pauly (1 June 1907 – 8 October 1946) was an SS-Standartenführer who was the commandant of Stutthof concentration camp from September 1939 to August 1942 and commandant of Neuengamme concentration camp and the associated subcamps from September 1942 until liberation in May 1945. He lived on site with his family. Prior to his assignment at the camps, Pauly had presided over the executions of Polish POWs captured after the Defence of the Polish Post Office in Danzig.
Execution Pauly was executed by hanging by Albert Pierrepoint in Hamelin Prison on 8 October 1946.
Legacy Pauly is mentioned under the name of "Hans" in Simon Wiesenthal's 1967 book, The Murderers Among Us (ch. 22, "The Other Side of the Moon").
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Who was Max Pauly?
SS Sturmbannführer; commandant of Stutthof concentration camp (1907–1946)
When was Max Pauly born?
Max Pauly was born on 1 June 1907 in Wesselburen.
When did Max Pauly die?
Max Pauly died on 8 October 1946 in Hamelin.
What was Max Pauly's occupation?
Max Pauly was a merchant.
What nationality was Max Pauly?
Max Pauly's recorded nationality: Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany.
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