Martin Gottfried Weiss
| Martin Gottfried Weiss | |
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 SS-Obersturmbannführer Weiss in custody | |
| Born |
3 June 1905 Weiden in der Oberpfalz |
| Died |
29 May 1946 (aged 40) Dachau Trials execution |
| Allegiance |
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| Service/branch |
 Schutzstaffel |
| Years of service | until 1945 |
| Rank |
 SS-Obersturmbannführer |
SS-Obersturmbannführer (Lieutenant Colonel) Martin Gottfried Weiss alternatively spelled Weiß (3 June 1905 – 29 May 1946) was the Commandant of Dachau concentration camp in 1945 at the time of his arrest. He also served from April 1940 until September 1942 as the commandant of Neuengamme concentration camp,[1] and later, from November 1943 until May 1944, as the fourth commandant of Majdanek death camp.[2]
Life
Weiss was born in Weiden in der Oberpfalz. He was appointed commandant of Majdanek after his predecessor Hermann Florstedt was charged with wholesale stealing from the Jews to become rich. Weiss was captured at Munich on 29 April 1945 by corporal Henry Senger of the 292nd Field Artillery Observation Battalion,[3][4] and was tried during the Dachau Trials beginning 13 November 1945. After being found guilty of "violating the laws and usages of war," Weiss was executed by hanging at Landsberg prison on 29 May 1946.[5]
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- ↑ Zámečník, Stanislav (2002), Das war Dachau, Luxemburg: Comité International de Dachau, pp. 254–255
- ↑ Chris Webb, Carmelo Lisciotto (2007). "Majdanek Concentration Camp (a.k.a. KL Lublin)". H.E.A.R.T, Holocaust Research Project.org. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ↑ "How a teenage corporal nabbed commandant of Dachau". ucsb.edu.
- ↑ Henry C. Senger. "The Capture of SS Colonel Commandant Martin Gottfried Weiss, The Last Commandant of Dachau Concentration Camp". ucsb.edu.
- ↑ Tomaz Jardim, The Mauthausen Trial - American Military Justice in Germany (Harvard, 2012) 46.
| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by SS-Sturmbannführer Walter Eisfeld |
Commandant of Neuengamme concentration camp April 1940 – September 1942 |
Succeeded by SS-Obersturmbannführer Max Pauly |
| Preceded by SS-Obersturmführer Hermann Florstedt |
Commandant of Majdanek concentration camp 1 November 1943 – 5 May 1944 |
Succeeded by SS-Obersturmbannführer Arthur Liebehenschel |
| Preceded by SS-Hauptsturmführer Eduard Weiter |
Commandant of Dachau concentration camp 26 April 1945 – 28 April 1945 |
Succeeded by SS-Untersturmführer Johannes Otto |
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