Franz Hössler Military person

Franz Hößler, also Franz Hössler (About this sound listen ; 4 February 1906 – 13 December 1945) was a Nazi German SS-Obersturmführer and Schutzhaftlagerführer at the Auschwitz-Birkenau, Dora-Mittelbau and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps during World War II. Captured by the Allies at the end of the war, Hößler was charged with crimes against humanity in the First Bergen-Belsen Trial, found guilty, and sentenced to death. He was executed by hanging at Hameln Prison in 1945.

Personal facts

Franz Hössler
Birth dateFebruary 04, 1906
Birth place
Germany , Marktoberdorf
Date of deathDecember 13, 1945
Place of death
Germany , Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

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Military person

military branch
Schutzstaffel
military command
Schutzhaftlagerführer Auschwitz
Schutzhaftlagerführer Bergen-Belsen
Schutzhaftlagerführer Mittelwerk
military unit
SS-Totenkopfverbände
service number
NSDAP #1374713
SS #41940
service start1933
service end1945

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External resources

  1. http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/rezensionen/type=rezausstellungen&id=49