Samuel Kunz
Samuel Kunz (born August 1921 in Russia ; † November 18, 2010 in Wachtberg ) was a Russian-German security guard in the Belzec extermination camp and a suspected Nazi war criminal .
Life
Samuel Kunz, a native of the Volga German , was trained in the Trawniki SS training camp and was a security guard at the Belzec extermination camp from January 1942 to July 1943 . He lived in Germany after the end of World War II , worked as a craftsman for the Bonn Federal Ministry of Construction and received German citizenship.
Kunz is said to have assisted the murder of 430,000 people. He had admitted his past as an SS man in several interrogations, but denied having been involved in individual shootings. He was ranked third among the most wanted Nazi war criminals worldwide by the Simon Wiesenthal Center . He died shortly before the start of the trial at the Bonn Regional Court , possibly not a natural death. The following procedural items should be negotiated in the trial against Kunz:
- Aid in the murder of 430,000 people in the Belzec extermination camp
- Hand murder of eight people
- Murder of two people
See also
Web links
- Alleged Nazi war criminal Samuel Kunz has died . In: Spiegel Online from November 22, 2010
- Sven Felix Kellerhoff : Holocaust - alleged Nazi mass murderer Samuel Kunz accused . In: Die Welt -Online from July 28, 2010
- Simon Wiesenthal Center: Top ten Nazis still alive
- The exterminator . In: Focus Online from April 26, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kunz, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German concentration camp guard and suspected war criminal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Russia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 2010 |
| Place of death | Bonn |