Charles Coward Military person

Charles Joseph Coward (1905–1976), known as the "Count of Auschwitz", was a British soldier captured during World War II who rescued Jews from Auschwitz and smuggled himself into Auschwitz III for one night, subsequently testifying about his experience at the IG Farben Trial at Nuremberg.

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Birth dateJanuary 01, 1905
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1976

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military operations
World War II
military branch
British Army
service start1937
service end1945

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External resources

  1. http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/HNF&CISOPTR=173&REC=2
  2. http://www.csub.edu/~mbaker2/white.pdf
  3. http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/Military_Law/pdf/NT_war-criminals_Vol-VIII.pdf
  4. http://www.mqmagazine.co.uk/issue-17/p-47.php
  5. http://www.wollheim-memorial.de/en/karel_sperber_19101957