Kurt Lauer
Kurt Lauer (born February 27, 1923 in Dittweiler ; † unknown) worked for the guards of the Ravensbrück concentration camp at the main gate.
Life
Kurt Lauer, who initially worked as a factory worker, became a member of the Waffen SS in May 1941 and later also a member of the NSDAP . From March 1942 to the end of April 1945 Lauer was deployed with the guards of the Ravensbrück concentration camp. After the end of the war, Lauer stated that his year of birth was 1921, although 1923 was recorded in his personnel records.
After the end of the Second World War , Lauer had to answer for his crimes committed in the Ravensbrück concentration camp before a British military tribunal in the sixth of the seven Ravensbrück trials . Lauer was sentenced on July 26, 1948 to fifteen years in prison for participating in the mistreatment of Allied prisoners. After the verdict was confirmed on August 6, 1948, he remained in custody.
Kurt Lauer was released from prison on May 7, 1955 for good conduct. Nothing is known about his further life.
literature
- Silke Schäfer: On the self-image of women in the concentration camp. The Ravensbrück camp. Berlin 2002 (Dissertation TU Berlin), urn : nbn: de: kobv: 83-opus-4303 , doi : 10.14279 / depositonce-528 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Silke Schäfer: On the self-image of women in the concentration camp. The Ravensbrück camp. Berlin 2002 (Dissertation TU Berlin), urn : nbn: de: kobv: 83-opus-4303 , doi : 10.14279 / depositonce-528 , p. 37
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lauer, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German member of the guards in the Ravensbrück concentration camp |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dittweiler |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century or 21st century |