Heinz Thilo

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Heinz Thilo (born October 8, 1911 in Elberfeld ; †  May 13, 1945 in Hohenelbe ) was a German medic, war criminal and SS-Hauptsturmführer who was employed as a concentration camp doctor in the Auschwitz and Gross-Rosen concentration camps .

Life

Heinz Thilo joined the NSDAP ( membership number 404.295) in December 1930 and the SS (SS number 126.436) in October 1934 . Thilo finished his medical studies with a doctorate in Jena in 1935 and worked essentially from April 1938 to the end of 1941 as a gynecologist at the "Organization Lebensborn ".

During the Second World War he was used by the 3rd Medical Company in Oranienburg from February 1942 until he was transferred to Auschwitz concentration camp as a troop doctor and camp doctor in July 1942 . He was u. a. used in the quarantine camp and in the gypsy camp and also tried drugs on inmates. From October 9, 1942, he worked as a camp doctor in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp , where he was the chief doctor of the prisoner infirmary. In this function he often performed ramp duty and took part in the selections in which he selected Jews from the incoming transports for gassing . He also selected prisoners from the prisoner infirmary for the gas chamber and also took part in the liquidation of the “ Theresienstadt family camp ” on March 8, 1944, during which 3,791 Jews were gassed. According to his colleague Johann Paul Kremer , Thilo referred to Auschwitz as "Anus Mundi" (the ass of the world). In the course of 1944 the camp doctor Franz Lucas became Thilo's representative in the prisoner infirmary. In October 1944, Thilos was transferred to the Groß-Rosen concentration camp, where he also served as a camp doctor until it was dissolved in February 1945. He had previously been promoted to SS-Hauptsturmführer in November 1944. Even before the camp was liberated Thilo deposed and committed suicide on May 13, 1945 in Hohenelbe suicide .

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  1. ↑ a b Extract from the seniority list of the SS
  2. ↑ a b Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum (ed.): Auschwitz death books . Volume 1: Reports , 1995, p. 301
personal data
SURNAME Thilo, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German concentration camp doctor
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1945
Place of death Hohenelbe