Josef Riegler (SS member)

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Josef Riegler (born July 5, 1922 in Linz , † May 27, 1947 in Landsberg am Lech ) was an Austrian SS-Unterscharführer , block leader and report leader in the Mauthausen concentration camp .

Life

Josef Riegler was the son of the factory worker Josef Riegler and his wife Katharina Riegler. Because of his good grades, he should study and become a teacher after leaving school . On April 30, 1938, after the Anschluss of Austria , he joined the SS . Then he joined the SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 2 "Brandenburg" in Oranienburg , where he received military training.

In the autumn of 1939 he participated in the attack on Poland as a member of the SS-Totenkopf-Standarte 2 . In April 1940 he took part in the occupation of Norway as a member of the SS Totenkopf Standard . After this unit had been integrated into the SS Mountain Division "North" , Riegler came to Finland on the Russian front in the summer , where at the end of 1941 he suffered frostbite on both feet. In February 1942 he was transferred to the Mauthausen concentration camp, where he was employed as a block leader. In February 1943 Riegler was transferred to the Großraming satellite camp , where he served as a report leader. There he often carried out flogging on prisoners. In August 1943 he was transferred to the Vienna-Schwechat satellite camp . In October 1943 he was ordered to the subcamp there in Redl-Zipf . In January 1944 he was transferred to the Passau satellite camp . In October 1944 he was transferred back to the main camp in Mauthausen, where he was the report leader. He also acted as a shooter in the execution squads that Johann Altfuldisch had commanded as the camp leader . In mid-November 1944 he took part in the execution of 26 Yugoslav prisoners .

On May 13, 1945, he was arrested by members of the US Army in Vöcklabruck and finally brought to Dachau . On May 13, 1946, he was sentenced to death by hanging as part of the main Mauthausen trial. The sentence was carried out on May 27, 1947 in the Landsberg War Crimes Prison .

literature

  • Gregor Holzinger (Ed.): The second row: perpetrator biographies from the Mauthausen concentration camp . new academic press, Vienna, 2016 ISBN 978-3-7003-1978-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Gregor Holzinger: The second series: perpetrator biographies from the Mauthausen concentration camp , Vienna, 2016, p. 127.
  2. ^ A b Gregor Holzinger: The second row: perpetrator biographies from the Mauthausen concentration camp , Vienna, 2016, p. 128.
  3. ↑ a b Gregor Holzinger: The second series: perpetrator biographies from the Mauthausen concentration camp , Vienna, 2016, p. 129.
  4. ^ Gregor Holzinger: The second series: perpetrators biographies from the Mauthausen concentration camp , Vienna, 2016, p. 130.
personal data
SURNAME Riegler, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian SS-Unterscharführer, Blockführer and Rapportführer in Mauthausen concentration camp
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 1947
Place of death Landsberg am Lech