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Kurt Becher

SS officer (1909-1995) · Germany · On the map · Died at 85

Kurt Andreas Ernst Becher was a mid-ranking SS commander who was Special Commissioner of all Concentration Camps (Reichssonderkommissar für sämtliche Konzentrationslager), and Chief of the Economic Department of the SS Command in Hungary during the German occupation in 1944.

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He is best known for having traded Jewish lives for money during the Holocaust.

Country
Germany
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Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 1995 · aged 85