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Eduard Roschmann

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SS officer (1908-1977)

AustriaLawyersLived 1908 to 1977 · aged 68
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Eduard Roschmann was an Austrian Nazi SS-Obersturmführer and commandant of the Riga Ghetto during 1943. He was responsible for numerous murders and other atrocities.

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Map of the Riga ghetto, as published in a Nazi-controlled newspaper in Riga in 1941.Map of the Riga ghetto, as published in a Nazi-controlled newspaper in Riga in 1941.False Argentine identification issued to Roschmann in the name of "Federico Wegener".False Argentine identification issued to Roschmann in the name of "Federico Wegener".

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About this person

Eduard Roschmann was an Austrian Nazi SS-Obersturmführer and commandant of the Riga Ghetto during 1943. He was responsible for numerous murders and other atrocities. As a result of a fictionalized portrayal in the novel The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth and its subsequent film adaptation, Roschmann came to be known as the "Butcher of Riga".

Country
Austria
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Lawyers
Type
Lawyer
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1908 to 1977 · aged 68
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