Adolf Krömer
Adolf Krömer (born May 19, 1890 in Roben near Leobschütz , † February 17, 1944 in Auschwitz ) was a German camp pharmacist in the Auschwitz concentration camp and a National Socialist .
Life
Krömer, a pharmacist by profession, took part in the First World War. After the handover of power to the National Socialists , he joined the NSDAP in May 1933 ( membership number 3.530.596) and the SS in June 1933 (SS number 119.440).
After the beginning of the Second World War he was a member of the Waffen SS . From November 1941 he was in charge of the camp pharmacy in Auschwitz. In November 1943 he was promoted to SS-Sturmbannführer within the Waffen SS . On September 15, 1943 Krömer was awarded the War Merit Cross, Second Class with Swords. This award suggests his involvement in killings. Krömer took part in the so-called “ramp” in the selections of Jewish people who had been transported by rail to the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp . Krömer died in February 1944 after a heart attack in the military hospital of the Auschwitz concentration camp. As claimed by his successor as camp pharmacist Victor Capesius, he was not executed after the end of the war because of the “spread of defeatism ”.
literature
- Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum (ed.): Auschwitz death books . Volume 1: Reports , KG Saur Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-598-11263-7 .
- Ernst Klee : Auschwitz. Perpetrators, accomplices, victims and what became of them. A dictionary of persons . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-10-039333-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Excerpt from the seniority list of the SS
- ↑ a b Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum (ed.): Auschwitz death books . Volume 1: Reports , 1995, p. 287
- ^ Norbert Frei (ed.): Location and command office orders of the Auschwitz concentration camp 1940-1945 , Munich 2000, ISBN 978-3-598-24030-0 . P. 337
- ^ Ernst Klee: Auschwitz. Perpetrators, accomplices and victims and what became of them. A dictionary of persons. Frankfurt am Main 2013, p. 238
- ^ Sven Felix Kellerhoff : Documents on concentration camp doctors discovered in Auschwitz. 280 papers were found during renovation work in the former home of an SS officer . In: Die Welt online from March 24, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krömer, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pharmacist in Auschwitz concentration camp |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Robes at Leobschütz |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1944 |
| Place of death | Auschwitz |