Josef Schwammberger

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Josef Schwammberger (February 14, 1912 in Brixen, South Tyrol - December 3, 2004 in Stuttgart), SS officer - Oberscharführer, war criminal, commandant of camps in Rozadow, Przemysl and Mielec. As a camp commandant (1942-1944), he contributed to the deaths of several thousand people, mostly Jews who were imprisoned or brought to the camp. He was known for his cruelty, and witnesses in his trial testified that many had been killed by naked hands. After World War II he took refuge in Argentina, worked in a petroleum-chemical company in La Plata, without even changing his name. In 1987 he was detained and handed over to the German authorities. Set up in Stuttgart, at the beginning of the trial, 3377 people were murdered or assassinated. Eventually, 34 people were killed directly from the hands of Schwammberger and 275 at his command. For these crimes he was sentenced on 18 May 1992 to life imprisonment. In August 2002, the court, having regard to the cruelty of the convict, did not approve of the dismissal due to old age.

In 2003 Schwammberger's wife, Kathe, died in Argentina at the age of 87. Josef Schwammberger himself died in prison hospital a year later. Authoritative control (person):

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