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Philipp Schmitt

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Nazi concentration camp officer (1902-1950)

GermanyLived 1902 to 1950 · aged 47
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Philipp Johann Adolf Schmitt was a German officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS) who served as commandant of Fort Breendonk, a Nazi prison camp in German-occupied Belgium during World War II. For a year, he was also in charge of Mechelen transit camp but was dismissed for corruption and black marketeering.

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Fort Breendonk, the prison camp which Schmitt commanded, is now preserved as a museumFort Breendonk, the prison camp which Schmitt commanded, is now preserved as a museum

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Philipp Johann Adolf Schmitt was a German officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS) who served as commandant of Fort Breendonk, a Nazi prison camp in German-occupied Belgium during World War II. For a year, he was also in charge of Mechelen transit camp but was dismissed for corruption and black marketeering. He later served in occupied Denmark and the Netherlands. After the war, he was convicted of war crimes and was executed in 1950. Schmitt was the last person executed in Belgium.

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Germany
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Lived 1902 to 1950 · aged 47
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