Richard Rokita

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Richard Robert Rokita (born October 8, 1894 in Aschersleben , † October 5, 1976 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber ) was a German SS-Untersturmführer and deputy of the camp commandant of the Lemberg-Janowska forced labor camp .

Life

Rokita was a professional musician . From 1914 to 1918 he took part in the First World War. In 1931 Rokita became a member of the SA . In 1932 he joined the NSDAP and the SS . In 1941 he became a trainer for SS auxiliary guards in the Trawniki camp . In the summer of 1942 he was transferred to SS and Police Leader Lemberg . Then he was employed as the deputy of the camp commandant in the forced labor camp Lemberg-Janowska Gustav Willhaus . From November 1942 to June 1943 he was camp leader of the Tarnopol forced labor camp . In July 1943 he was transferred to the HSSPF in the General Government. He was then part of the Italian Waffen SS Legion.

After the war he lived under a false name until 1956 and worked as a porter . He was arrested in 1960, but the trial was severed on October 16, 1963. In 1968 the proceedings were dropped because they were unable to stand trial .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Dieter Pohl: National Socialist Persecution of Jews in East Galicia, 1941–1944., Munich 1997, p. 419.
  2. ↑ a b c Ernst Klee: The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich. Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 505
personal data
SURNAME Rokita, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rokita, Richard Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German SS-Untersturmführer and deputy of the camp commandant of the Lemberg-Janowska forced labor camp
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Aschersleben
DATE OF DEATH 5th October 1976
Place of death Rothenburg ob der Tauber