Hugo Lausterer

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Hugo Alfred Erwin Lausterer (born January 2, 1890 in Metzingen , † after 1950 ) was a German SS squad leader and commando leader in the Feldafing subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp .

biography

Lausterer, a salesman by trade, worked as a telephone operator in the town hall of Metzingen. On December 10, 1941, he became a member of the SS and at the same time was deployed to the guards of the Dachau concentration camp until February 1942. He then worked as a security guard at an external command of the Dachau concentration camp in Radolfzell until October 1942, where 120 prisoners set up a shooting range for the SS. After that he was again deployed to the security team of the Dachau concentration camp until November and was again employed as a security guard at a Dachau field detachment in Bayrischzell . From December 1943 to February 1943 he was hospitalized and then until October 1943 he worked in the effects room of the Dachau concentration camp, where the prisoners' property was administered. As a security guard in the Allach subcamp, he was also responsible for the subcamp's SS canteen until March 1944. As a command leader, he then headed a bomb search team in Munich ; During this mission, some prisoners died while recovering explosives. From June 1944 to October 1944 he was in charge of a detainee detachment for the removal of rubble from the Lodenfrey textile factory in Munich. From November 1944 to January 1945 he was assigned to the command leader in the Dachau subcamp Feldafing and was then again a member of the security team of the Dachau concentration camp. On April 26, 1945 he accompanied an evacuation march with the aim of Tyrol via Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Seefeld , where after a few days he was the only security guard with about 70 prisoners who were unable to march. There he organized board and lodging for the inmates. A short time later these prisoners were brought back to Garmisch-Partenkirchen by train and Lausterer was treated at the Seefeld hospital.

After his arrest, Lausterer was tried on November 15, 1945 in the main Dachau trial, which took place as part of the Dachau trials , on charges of war crimes before a US military court . On December 13, 1945, Lausterer, who had no individual criminal offenses, was sentenced to ten years in prison for participating in the crimes in the Dachau concentration camp. Lausterer was imprisoned in the Landsberg War Crimes Prison and released early in October 1950 for good conduct. Nothing is known about his further life.

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personal data
SURNAME Lausterer, Hugo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lausterer, Hugo Alfred Erwin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German SS squad leader in Dachau concentration camp
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Metzingen
DATE OF DEATH after 1950