Anton Bergmeier

Anton Bergmeier in April 1947

Anton Bergmeier (born December 9, 1919 in Rinnberg ; † October 11, 1984 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm ) was a German SS-Oberscharführer and used as a detention supervisor in the Buchenwald concentration camp bunker .

Life

Anton Bergmeier was a member of the SS . From 1938 on, he was deputy head of the Martin Sommer detention area in Buchenwald concentration camp. Bergmeier held this position until February 1943. In the course of investigations against the former camp commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, Karl Otto Koch , the subject of which was corruption, unauthorized killings and mistreatment, Bergmeier was also targeted by SS judge Konrad Morgen . Martin Sommer was then imprisoned, while Bergmeier was at least released from his post as arrest warden. In February 1943 Bergmeier was transferred to the newly established 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" , where he stayed until the end of the war.

After the end of the war, Bergmeier was arrested and charged with 30 other suspects in the main Buchenwald trial in Dachau . Bergmeier was accused by witnesses of mistreating Allied prisoners. On August 14, 1947, Bergmeier was sentenced to death by hanging on account of his position in the detention area of the camp and the mistreatment that resulted in death for “helping and participating in the operations of the Buchenwald concentration camp” . The sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment. Bergmeier was probably released from the Landsberg War Crimes Prison in the mid-1950s . Nothing is known about his further life. Bergmeier died in Pfaffenhofen in October 1984.

literature

Deputy Judge Advocate's Office 7708 War Crimes Group European Command APO 407: United States of America v. Josias Prince zu Waldeck et al. - Case 000-50-9. Review and Recommendations . No place, November 1947. Original document in English (PDF file; 16.6 MB) . Finding the verdict and appeals for revision and mercy on Bergmeier on pp. 41–43.

Individual evidence

^ Anton Bergmeier. Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation, archived from the original on January 23, 2015 ; accessed on March 10, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Bergmeier, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German arrest guard in Buchenwald concentration camp
DATE OF BIRTH	December 9, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rinnberg
DATE OF DEATH	October 11, 1984
Place of death	Pfaffenhofen on the Ilm

[1] Anton Bergmeier. Buchenwald and Mittelbau-Dora Memorials Foundation, archived from the original on January 23, 2015 ; accessed on March 10, 2019 .