# Horst Fischer

> Horst Paul Silvester Fischer was a German medical doctor and member of the SS who participated in selections in Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II. He selected at least 70,000 prisoners to be gassed, then supervised their gassings. Although he avoided immediate detection after the war, Fischer's crimes came to light in the late 1950s. After tracking him down, Fischer was arrested by East German secret police officials in 1965. In a high-profile public case tried directly by the Supreme Court of East Germany, Fischer, the highest-ranking concentration camp doctor to ever stand trial in front of a German court, was found guilty of crimes against humanity and condemned to death. He was executed by guillotine in 1966.

*German physician and camp doctor in the Auschwitz III Monowitz concentration camp (1912–1966)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1912-12-31
- **Died:** 1966-08-08
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.7 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 12.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 3.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Горст Фішер](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%A4%D1%96%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%80)
- [هورست فيشر](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%B1)
- [Horst Fischer (Mediziner)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Fischer_(Mediziner))
- [Χορστ Φίσερ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%83%CF%84_%CE%A6%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%81)
- [Horst Fischer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Fischer)
- [Horst Fischer](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Fischer)
- [הורסט פישר](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%98_%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8)
- [Horst Fischer](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Fischer)
- [Horst Fischer](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Fischer)
- [호르스트 피셔](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%B8%EB%A5%B4%EC%8A%A4%ED%8A%B8_%ED%94%BC%EC%85%94)
- [Horst Fischer](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Fischer)
- [Horst Paul Silvester Fischer](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Paul_Silvester_Fischer)
- [Фишер, Хорст](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82)
- [Horst Fischer](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Fischer)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75098)

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