Franz Kautny

Franz Kautny (born June 22, 1907 , † May 27, 1947 in Landsberg am Lech ) was a Czechoslovak SS-Oberscharführer and member of the guards at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp and the Steyr sub-camp .

biography

Kautny was of Czechoslovak nationality and had been a member of the Waffen SS since February 1943 . Between 1933 and 1945 he worked as a guard in concentration camps. He was part of the guards at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp between February 22, 1943 and September 1, 1944, and between February 23 and May 1945.

After the end of the war, Kautny was indicted before an American military court in the main Mauthausen trial , part of the Dachau trials . He was accused of the following offenses: In the first half of 1943 he is said to have severely mistreated a Yugoslav concentration camp inmate who was working on the railway line between Mauthausen and Gusen with a rifle butt. Another witness testified that in March or April 1945, together with other guards, Kautny had so badly mistreated the twelve members of a concentration camp working group that worked outside the camp that two Russian prisoners died during the night. Kautny admitted to having shot a prisoner who, according to the records in Mauthausen's death register, was a German citizen while attempting to escape.

Kautny denied all statements made by the witnesses. The court considered the burden of proof to be so overwhelming that Kautny to death by the strand was convicted. The reasons for the judgment stated that the establishment and operation of the Mauthausen concentration camp had been a criminal act. Everyone who worked there was able to recognize this criminal character. The concentration camp staff were particularly aware of the numerous types of murder by shooting , gassing , hanging, willful death from starvation and other types of killing . He was on 27 May 1947 war crimes prison Landsberg executed .

Web links

Review and Recommendations of the Deputy Judge Advocate for War Crimes (pdf) on the Mauthausen main process at www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org (13.16 MB)

Individual evidence

↑ For the reasons for the judgment, see: Robert Sigl: In the interest of justice. The Dachau war crimes trials 1945-1948. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 3-593-34641-9 , p. 105 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Kautny, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Czech concentration camp guard in Mauthausen concentration camp
DATE OF BIRTH	June 22, 1907
DATE OF DEATH	May 27, 1947
Place of death	Landsberg

[1] For the reasons for the judgment, see: Robert Sigl: In the interest of justice. The Dachau war crimes trials 1945-1948. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 3-593-34641-9 , p. 105 f.