Rudolf Joachim Seck

Rudolf Joachim Seck (15 July 1908 – 4 June 1974) was an SS-Oberscharführer (staff sergeant) during World War II. During the war, Seck committed many atrocities for which he was later sentenced to serve life in prison by a West German court.

Activities during World War II

Seck held the SS ranks of Unterscharführer and later Oberscharführer (staff sergeant). He was the commander of Jungfernhof concentration camp, near Riga, Latvia. His office was at the Gestapo headquarters in Riga on Reimerstrasse. In 1951, Seck was convicted for his atrocities in Latvia sentenced to life in prison. Among his crimes were his personal murder of eight Jews, including seven in Jungfernhof. The court described these murders as follows: Seck was released from prison in 1964, and died in 1974.