Adolf Theuer
Adolf Theuer (* 20th September 1920 in Henneberg Bolatitz , today Opava District ; † 23. April 1947 in Opava ) was a German war criminal and a member of the SS .
Theuer was a bricklayer by trade. From 1940 to 1945 he was a member of the SS team in Auschwitz concentration camp , where he was involved in the gassing of prisoners as an SS medical officer and disinfector . He then worked briefly in the Buchenwald subcamp in Ohrdruf . With the SS he was promoted to SS-Unterscharführer in 1941 .
He was sentenced to death and hanged on April 23, 1947 after a trial by a Czechoslovak court .
literature
- Ernst Klee : Auschwitz. Perpetrators, accomplices and victims and what became of them. A dictionary of persons , S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-10-039333-3 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Theuer, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German war criminal and member of the SS |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th September 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Henneberg-Bolatitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1947 |
| Place of death | Troppau |