Josef Kramer, 1945-08-08

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Object 1, Item 73

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Commandant of Auschwitz-Birkenau (May 8, 1944 - Nov. 25, 1944) and Bergen-Belsen (Dec. 1944 until liberation). By inmates, called The Beast of Belsen, and responsible for the deaths of thousands of people. Convicted of war crimes and hanged in the prison at Hamelin in December 1945.

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