Adolf Zutter
Adolf Zutter (born February 10, 1889 in Zweibrücken , † May 27, 1947 in Landsberg ) was a German SS-Hauptsturmführer and adjutant of the camp commandant in Mauthausen concentration camp .
Life
Zutter, a member of the NSDAP ( membership number 3.543.330) and the SS (membership number 226.911), was a member of the Mauthausen concentration camp from September 27, 1939 to the beginning of May 1945. From September 27, 1939 to the spring of 1942, he was first active as a commanding officer in the Wiener Graben and then as commander of the guards until June 1942. From June 1942 to early May 1945 he was adjutant under camp commandant Franz Ziereis in Mauthausen concentration camp.
After the end of the war, Zutter was indicted in a US military court in the main Mauthausen trial as part of the Dachau trials and sentenced to death by hanging on May 13, 1946 . In the judgment, the order and execution of executions and participation in gassings were taken into account as individual acts of excess at Zutter . The sentence was carried out on May 27, 1947 in the Landsberg War Crimes Prison .
literature
- Ernst Klee : The personal dictionary on the Third Reich - Who was what before and after 1945 , Frankfurt am Main, 2nd edition: June 2007, p. 699.
- Case No. 000-50-5 (US vs. Hans Altfuldisch et al.) Tried 13 May 46 at jewishvirtuallibrary.org (pdf, 13.2 MB, English)
- Florian Freund: The Dachau Mauthausen Trial, in: Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance. Yearbook 2001, Vienna 2001, pp. 35–66
Individual evidence
- ↑ Florian Freund : The Dachau Mauthausen Trial, in: Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance. Yearbook 2001, Vienna 2001, p. 57
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zutter, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German SS Hauptsturmführer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zweibrücken |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 1947 |
| Place of death | Landsberg |