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Karl Fritzsch
SS officer (1903-1945) · Germany · On the map · Politicians · Died at 41
Karl Fritzsch was a German SS official who served as deputy and acting commandant at the Auschwitz concentration camp from 1940 to 1941.
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He is best known as the official responsible for the death of priest Maximilian Kolbe and, according to Rudolf Höss, first suggesting using poisonous gas Zyklon B and experimenting with gas chambers for the purpose of mass murder at Auschwitz. Fritzsch served at a number of Nazi concentration camps until 1944 when he was implicated in a corruption scandal and dismissed from his positions. Fritzsch was sent to front line duty and is believed to have died at the Battle of Berlin on 2 May 1945, but this is unconfirmed, and his fate is unknown.
