Xaver Strauss
Xaver Strauss , also Strauss , (born May 29, 1910 in Velburg ; † December 8, 1998 in Weiden ) was German SS-Hauptsturmführer (1941) and, as administrative director, head of the site administration in Mauthausen concentration camp .
Life
Strauss had been a member of the SS since 1933 (membership number 161.264) and from 1937 belonged to the NSDAP . After serving in concentration camps , he was transferred to Mauthausen concentration camp by the Flossenbürg concentration camp site administration in May 1940 . From December 1940 to early May 1945, Strauss was in charge of the site administration with one interruption. Between the beginning of September 1942 and the middle of February 1943, Strauss served as part of a " front-line probation " with the 2nd / SS Infantry Regiment 10 on the Eastern Front .
Strauss's duties in the administrative area included the procurement and distribution of food, clothing and necessities in the concentration camps. Strauss was therefore jointly responsible for the inhumane living conditions of the concentration camp prisoners in Mauthausen.
Strauss was arrested after the end of the war. On August 7, 1947, Strauss and eleven other defendants were brought before an American military court on charges of war crimes in a subsidiary trial to the Mauthausen main trial , which took place as part of the Dachau trials . He was charged with mistreating concentration camp inmates and taking part in executions. In his defense, Strauss stated that he made an effort to ensure good supplies for the prisoners and had not participated in executions or abuse of prisoners. On August 25, 1947, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by the American military tribunal. However, the verdict was later reduced. Strauss was imprisoned in the Landsberg War Crimes Prison and was released from prison in Weiden on October 25, 1954. Nothing is known about his further life.
literature
- Ernst Klee : The dictionary of persons on the Third Reich: Who was what before and after 1945. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-16048-8
- United States vs. Otto Bernhardt et al. - Case 000-50-5-18 (English, PDF file, 41.9 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Xaver Strauss on www.dws-xip.pl
- ↑ a b United States vs. Otto Bernhardt et al. - Case 000-50-5-18
- ^ Ernst Klee: Das Personenlexikon zum Third Reich , Frankfurt am Main 2007, p. 607.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strauss, Xaver |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Strauss, Xaver |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German administrative leaders in concentration camps |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Velburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1998 |
| Place of death | Pastures |