Jupp Kotalla
Joseph Johann (Jupp) Kotalla (born July 14, 1908 in Bismarckhütte , † July 31, 1979 in Breda ) was the head of administration in Kamp Amersfoort during the Second World War . In September 1942 he was appointed Protective Custody Camp Leader II in Amersfoort by Karl Peter Berg . Kotalla was instrumental in the deportation of Dutch Jews.
Life
Kotalla was a representative by profession. He was hospitalized several times for psychiatric problems.
Warehouse manager in Amersfoort
Kotalla was a feared camp leader and was called the executioner of Amersfoort . He was particularly cruel towards Jews and priests and participated in firing squads in the camp several times . He was SS-Untererschutzhaftlagerführer and deputy commandant during the absence of Commandant Berg. While he was in Amersfoort, he received psychiatric treatment, from December 1942 to April 1943 in the German military hospital in The Hague .
Criminal proceedings
After the war, Kotalla was tried in Amsterdam . He was charged with commanding the execution of ten people, participating in three executions of 67 people, and mistreating prisoners. In 1949 he was sentenced to death, but in 1951 this sentence was changed to "life long". Together with Willy Lages , Ferdinand from the Fünten and Franz Fischer , known as the four of Breda , he was imprisoned in Breda.
After Willy Lages was released from prison in 1966 because of a life-threatening illness, the Dutch government considered the possibility of pardoning the other three war criminals in 1972. However, this met with strong opposition from the population and was ultimately rejected by parliament. Subsequently, an umbrella organization of the associations of the former resistance and the victims of persecution was founded. Her objection led, among other things, to the fact that Kotalla was not released despite poor health, but died in 1979 in Breda prison.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dutch criminal proceedings against Germans and Austrians for Nazi crimes committed during World War II ( Memento of the original from February 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. jur.uva.nl. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
- ^ Suffering as a reason for detention - discussions about the three from Breda uni-muenster.de. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kotalla, Yup |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kotalla, Josef Johann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German SS member and war criminal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bismarckhütte |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1979 |
| Place of death | Breda |