Heinrich Matthes
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Heinrich Arthur Matthes (11 January 1902 – 16 December 1978) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. He served as a deputy commandant of Treblinka extermination camp during the Operation Reinhard phase of the Holocaust in Poland. Matthes was appointed chief of the extermination area at Camp 2 where the gas chambers were built and managed by the SS personnel overseeing some 300 slave labourers disposing of corpses under penalty of death. He was tried in the 1964 Treblinka trials, convicted, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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Born | (1902-01-11)11 January 1902 |
Died | 16 December 1978(1978-12-16) (aged 76) |
Known for | Deputy commandant of Treblinka death camp |
Criminal status | Deceased |
Conviction(s) | Murder Accessory to murder |
Trial | Treblinka trials |
Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
SS career | |
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Rank | Obercharführer
Oberwachtmeister (Since Late 1943-)Obergefreiter (Wehrmacht) |
Unit | SS-Totenkopfverbände |
Commands | Camp II. in Treblinka Extermination Camp |
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