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Fritz Buntrock (8 March 1909 – 24 January 1948) was a Nazi German war criminal and SS-Unterscharführer (the SS equivalent to a corporal) serving at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust in occupied Poland. He was prosecuted at the first Auschwitz trial.[1]
Fritz Buntrock | |
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| Born | March 8, 1909 |
| Died | January 24, 1948 (aged 38) |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Occupation | SS-Unterscharfuehrer |
| Political party | National Socialist German Workers' Party |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Motive | Nazism |
| Conviction(s) | Crimes against humanity |
| Trial | Auschwitz trial |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Due to his brutal treatment of prisoners he was nicknamed "Bulldog" in the camp. Buntrock supervised the gas chambers.[2] Buntrock was tried by the Supreme National Tribunal in Kraków and sentenced to death. He was hanged in Montelupich Prison on 24 January 1948.
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