Paul Henss

Paul Henss (born September 2, 1922 ; † March 25, 2008 ) was a member of the Waffen SS , a member of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler , an SS troop unit personally subordinate to the dictator, and dog handlers in the Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps between 1942 and 1944 .

When he immigrated to the United States in 1955, the former SS man Henss had deliberately concealed his Nazi past. In front of US journalists, Henss initially claimed that he had never set foot in Dachau and Buchenwald, but that he was active in dog training and the guarding of prisoners on the Eastern Front. In March 2007, Henss then admitted that he had been deployed to both concentration camps for two to three months. In October 2007, Henss told journalists that although he had trained sheepdogs and Rottweilers , he had not committed any war crimes.

The Department of Special Investigations in the US Department of Justice Office of Special Investigations has reportedly won cases against 106 Nazi perpetrators who sought refuge in the United States since 1979. Investigator Eli Rosenbaum announced: "The brutal system of the concentration camp would not have worked without the determination of SS men like Paul Henss, who, with a sharp dog, stood between the prisoners and their freedom." In addition to controlling the prisoners and preventing their escape In the Nazi concentration camps, Henss took part in the supervision of forced labor .

The US departments of justice and homeland security had initiated a deportation procedure against the former 85-year-old concentration camp guard Henss from Germany, whose last US residence in October 2007 for 10 years had been Lawrenceville near Atlanta in the state of Georgia .

Judge Dan Pelletier ordered Paul Henss to be deported on Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 after a 30-minute hearing in the absence of the accused. The US judicial authorities announced that Henss had already left for Germany on Friday, November 9th, 2007.

The central office in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for the processing of National Socialist mass crimes at the Dortmund public prosecutor's office announced in its notice of employment dated February 4, 2008 under AKTENZEICHEN 45 Js 1/08 that the investigation against the concentration camp guard Paul Henss has been discontinued because settled the proceedings by his death on March 25, 2008.

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↑ AKTENZEICHEN 45 Js 1/08 Central office in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for the processing of National Socialist mass crimes at the Dortmund public prosecutor's office

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SURNAME	Henss, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German concentration camp supervisor, member of the Waffen SS and the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
DATE OF BIRTH	September 2, 1922
DATE OF DEATH	March 25, 2008

[1] AKTENZEICHEN 45 Js 1/08 Central office in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for the processing of National Socialist mass crimes at the Dortmund public prosecutor's office